Fedora recently celebrated a 10th birthday , but the Linux distribution is not done reaching milestones. Source: Tech
Month: November 2013
Thales and MagTek deliver open source mobile point of sale (mPOS) solution for independent Payment Gateways
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Support for PIN based payment card transactions at mPOS lowers risk and transaction fees for mobile merchants moving away from cashCambridge, UK – 12 November 2013 – Thales, leader in information systems and communications security, and MagTek, a leading provider of secure transaction technology to the payment card industry, announce an integrated open source mobile…
Quake Live won't support Linux
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Today in Open Source: No Linux support for Quake Live. Plus: Pear OS 8 review, and Mark Shuttleworth apologizes for Tea Party remarks No Linux Support for Quake Live Despite advances being made in Linux gaming by Valve, id Software won’t be supporting Linux in Quake Live. Source: Tech
Retailers, Manufacturers and Brand Managers Gain Competitive Advantage From New Website Pricing Comparison Tool
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Leading retail intelligence technology group Cogenta (www.cogenta.com) has launched Web Advantage, an innovative new tool, which for the first time, enables retailers, manufacturers and brand managers to compare real-time pricing across multiple product categories.Developed in response to client demand, Web Advantage provides highly accurate up to the minute price intelligence data and competitive price tracking…
Pear is a Linux-based Os X alternative
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Pear OS is a Linux-based operating system that strives to combine an Apple OS X experience with the open source philosophy of GNU/Linux. Source: Tech
Thin End of the Wedge? Research on UK Housing Association Desktop IT Strategy
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Improved management and security with reduced costs are key benefits, report IT ManagersReading, UK November 12th, 2013 UK Housing Associations are adopting a thin client desktop infrastructure to improve management and security while cutting costs, industry research has revealed.60% of UK Housing Associations are using thin clients, with 43% of these associations using them for…
AMD Enables Server APU Software to Reimagine the Server
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In his keynote address at APU13, AMD Corporate Fellow Phil Rogers highlighted the significant progress AMD has made in both developing software internally and empowering others to develop software to take advantage of the capabilities of AMD APU technology, which combines industry leading AMD Radeoni 1 2 graphics processing engines with x86 … (more) Source:…
Yum Tips for Taking Charge of Package Management in CentOS
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An important aspect of administering a CentOS server is to understand its package management system and its various online repositories. Together they ensure you are always running a secure and updated server. CentOS uses the Yellow Dog Updater, Modified (yum) package manager to install and update software packages in RPM format from online software repositories.…
IBM System z, Legacy or Useful Tool?
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Kusnetzky Group clients often speak to us about their need for scalability, reliability, management, and security. They also report the challenges they face when considering cloud computing, the use of Big Data and analytics to better understand their customers’ needs and how to safely and effectively support both their own staff and customers using today’s…
Surprise: Top Executives are Really Bullish on Virtualization, Survey Says
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Top executives are enthusiastic about the benefits of virtualization, while middle managers’ responses are a collective ‘meh.’ Say again? Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit Source: Linux