Technology

Sunday, April 30, 2017

Duty Calls Popular Shooter Back to World War II

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Call of Duty will return to its World War II roots when the latest title arrives this November, publisher Activision Blizzard announced on Wednesday. The franchise has been a steady hit maker since its 2003 debut. Various titles in the series...

OPINION Our Sci-Fi Future: Silly vs. Terrifying

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The future is now, or at least it is coming soon. Today's technological developments are looking very much like what once was the domain of science fiction. Maybe we don't have domed cities and flying cars, but we do have buildings that reach...

HOW TO Linux's Big Bang: One Kernel, Countless Distros

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Even if you're a newcomer to Linux, you've probably figured out that it is not a single, monolithic operating system, but a constellation of projects. The different "stars" in this constellation take the form of "distributions," or "distros."...

Mobile Ubuntu Gamble to Fizzle Out in June

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Canonical this week said that it will end its support for Ubuntu Touch phones and Ubuntu-powered tablets in June, and that it will shut down its app store at the end of this year. The company previously had signaled the system's demise, but...

Red Hat Gives JBoss AMQ a Makeover

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Red Hat on Thursday announced JBoss AMQ 7, a messaging platform upgrade that enhances its overall performance and improves client availability for developers. JBoss AMQ is a lightweight, standards-based open source platform designed to enable...

Saturday, April 22, 2017

Facebook's Latest Moon Shot: I Think, Therefore I Type

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Facebook on Wednesday told its F8 conference audience about two new cutting-edge projects that could change the way humans engage with devices. Over the next two years, the company will work on a new technology that will allow anyone to type...

Report: Commercial Software Riddled With Open Source Code Flaws

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Black Duck Software on Wednesday released its 2017 Open Source Security and Risk Analysis, detailing significant cross-industry risks related to open source vulnerabilities and license compliance challenges. Black Duck conducted audits of...