From improved connectivity to skills creation, we look into some of the technology benefits that Games host city Rio de Janeiro – as well as all of Brazil – will …read more Source:: it-priorities
Month: August 2016
New Lever language builds on Python’s convenience, aims for PyPy speeds
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Lever, a new open source programming language now in its 0.8.0 release, may be inspired by Python, but it doesn’t intend to be limited by it. Lever’s …read more Source:: OpenSource
Is blockchain revolutionary, or just another infrastructure support technology?
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•The leading Bitcoin proponent fears blockchain is becoming too unwieldy to manage. A security expert suggests it will meld into the woodwork, calling it the ‘PKI of the 21st century.’ …read more Source:: it-priorities
Open source uproar as MariaDB goes commercial
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•By Simon Phipps MariaDB Corp. has announced that release 2.0 of its MaxScale database proxy software is henceforth no longer open source. The organization has made it source-available under <a class="colorbox" href="https://mariadb.com/bsl" …read more Source:: OpenSource
Microsoft open sources PowerShell; brings it to Linux and Mac OS X
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•Microsoft is open-sourcing its PowerShell command line shell and bringing it to Linux and Mac OS X, as recently rumored. …read more Source:: it-priorities
Free at last! PowerShell goes open source, heads to Linux
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Microsoft’s open source train has pulled into a most unexpected stop. PowerShell, the company’s flagship command-line environment for automation and systems management, will be released as an open source project and …read more Source:: OpenSource
It’s time to say goodbye to Linux 4.6
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•By Katherine Noyes If you’re using a version of Linux based on the 4.6 series of the kernel, the software’s lead maintainer has a message for you: It’s time to upgrade. Greg Kroah-Hartman on …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: Make GIMP look like Photoshop
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•By Jim Lynch How to make GIMP look and work like Photoshop The GIMP has long been an important app for those who need to create and edit images, and now there’s a way …read more Source:: OpenSource
Shift: public cloud considered more secure than corporate data centers
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•Survey finds majority of IT executives rate security higher in public cloud than in their own data centers, but security is still the greatest concern with cloud. …read more Source:: it-priorities
Review: 6 slick open source routers
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Hackers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but the lousy stock firmware your routers shipped with. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, …read more Source:: OpenSource