Intel, AMD vie to rewire PC’s brain

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August 26, 2010

The two longstanding chip rivals seem to agree on the PC processor’s future. But they tap into different strengths to get there.

Program announced for Embedded Linux Conference Europe

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August 26, 2010

The program for the Embedded Linux Conference Europe has been announced. The conference will be held October 26-28 in Cambridge, UK, and will be co-located with the GStreamer conference on October 26. “The conference will host almost 50 sessions, including presentations, Birds-of-a-Feather sessions, keynotes and tutorials.” Some of the speakers include Ari Rauch, Ralf Baechle, Wolfram Sang, Armijn Hemel, Kevin Hillman, Wookey, Grant Likely, and Frank Rowand. Click below for the full announcement.

Google open source Acre, a server-side JavaScript application platform

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The H

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August 26, 2010

Google has released Acre, a server-based JavaScript platform which Google use to power the Freebase Apps platform, as open source

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Mozilla Labs experiments with Git

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August 26, 2010

Mozilla has announced that, in addition to being available in a publicly accessible mercurial instance, its Mozilla Labs projects and experiments will now be mirrored on the GitHub project hosting service

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digiKam 1.4.0 released

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August 26, 2010

The digiKam project has released the latest update for its open source advanced digital photo management application, adding a new “Remove Doubles” modifier and addressing several bugs found in the previous version

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Cheap, Subsidized Android Tablets On Way From Carrier Orange? [Tablets]

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Gizmodo

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August 26, 2010

French publication Les Echos has reported that French carrier Orange will be selling three own-branded Android tablets by Christmas. Allegedly, the tablet will be sold for under 250 Euros, and be subsidized even more when 3G contracts are taken out.

Eucalyptus 2.0 is to offer improved scalability

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The H

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August 26, 2010

Two months after the commercial Eucalyptus Enterprise version, vendor Eucalyptus has released the open source variant of its Amazon EC2-compatible cloud software

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Vyatta 6.1 now IPv6 certified

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The H

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August 26, 2010

Open source networking software and hardware specialist Vyatta has released version 6.1 of its Linux-based router and firewall software. The networking distribution now has its IPv6 Ready Logo Phase 2 certification and new cloud-specific features

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Red Hat Talks Cloud App Management Tech

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August 26, 2010

The Linux player says the cloud should be open and apps able to move between the cloud and the enterprise data center. And it thinks it has the technology that can help.

Yeah – Learn Linux: Maintain the integrity of filesystems

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August 25, 2010

Learn how to check the integrity of your Linux filesystems, monitor free space, and fix simple problems. Use the material in this article to study for the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) 101 exam for Linux system administrator certification—or just to check your filesystems and keep them in good working order, especially after a system crash or power loss.