FOSDEM 2010: OpenIntents Addresses Dependency Management
Feb 08, 2010Under the motto "Reuse components, don't reinvent the wheel," Friedger Mueffke, founder of OpenIntents, described his project and its next steps. Using so-called intents, Android apps can provide services to other apps.
more »FOSDEM 2010: Andrew Tanenbaum Sets Reliability Before Performance
Feb 08, 2010Computer science veteran Andrew Tanenbaum presented the third version of his Minix operating system at the FOSDEM 2010 conference on February 6-7 in Brussels, Belgium.
more »Rsync Interface for Maemo
Feb 05, 2010Grsync, a graphical user interface for the rsync synchronization tool, is now available in version 1.0.0 for Maemo.
more »Symbian Sourcecode Available
Feb 05, 2010The Symbian Foundation has released its mobile platform of the same name as free software.
more »Six Figure Award for Favorite Palm Apps
Feb 04, 2010Palm hits the gas pedal: with a six-figure monetary award for the most downloaded webOS applications the California company wants to heat up the app development market.
more »Google Tablet with Chromium OS?
Feb 03, 2010Apple's iPad has evidently inspired the free Chromium OS and Google into developing a hardware implementation in tablet form.
more »CeBIT Open Source Project Lounge - Navit Navit -- open source navigation software
Feb 02, 2010Navit is among the 15 projects to present their work during CeBIT 2010, offering an open-source navigation with support for many mapping formats.
more »CeBIT Open Source Project Lounge -- LiMux LiMux - the Open Source Client of the City of Munich
Feb 02, 2010LiMux is among the 15 projects that will present their work at CeBIT, the famous government client project of the City of Munich.
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Password Management Services Vulnerable to Attack
Should you trust an online service to store your online passwords?
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New Raspberry Pi Adds Two USB Ports
New B+ board lets you build cool things without the complication of a powered USB hub.
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Microsoft Grabs No-IP.com Domains
Redmond rushes in to root out alleged malware haven.
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Firefox Steps into 3D
New initiative will bring futuristic virtual reality effects to the web surfing experience.
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New Trojan Targets Online Banking
Dyreza malware launches a man-in-the-middle attack that compromises SSL.
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HP Rolls Out Massive Cloud Network
New cloud combines worldwide access with local attention to data security.
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New Attack Targets Wireless Logins
A first cousin of the recent Heartbleed attack affects EAP-based wireless and peer-to-peer authentication.
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Geeks Petition for Free Lenovo BIOS
FOSS community acts to protect freedom of choice for laptop devices.
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Firefox Says Yes to DRM
Quintessential open source browser shores up its market share with a step toward the proprietary dark side.
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Webcam Hijackers Busted
Authorities in 16 countries take action against users of the imfamous BlackShades malware tool.