July 2, 2013
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The famous quantum reality thought experiment Schrödinger’s Cat, may or may not exist, but the latest version of Red Hat’s community Linux Fedora 19 nick-named Schrödinger’s Cat is alive, well, and ready to be downloaded.
July 2, 2013
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Well, this is different. Jim Jagielski, a co-founder of the Apache Software Foundation; a director of the Open Source Initiative; and currently a consulting software engineer for Linux giant Red Hat is now president of the Microsoft-sponsored, open-source friendly Outercurve Foundation‘s Board of Directors.
Microsoft-sponsored Outercurve Foundation turns to Apache for leadership. More >
July 2, 2013
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t’s been nice knowing you, Google Reader. Google has pulled your plug, and the most popular really simple syndication (RSS) news reader of all is now dead as a doornail.
We’ve known this has been coming for months, but people being people, many of you still haven’t switched to another RSS reader. Here’s my list of three good replacements.
Before jumping into them, you should know what I think is important in an RSS reader.
First, I prefer my newsfeed to be delivered via a Web site rather than by an application. That way I don’t have to worry about whether my RSS reader app on Android is synced up with the one on my Linux box and so on.
July 1, 2013
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As the saga surrounding the revelations about the National Security Agency’s Prism program unfolded, I half expected a public figure to arise and declaim, a la Howard Beale in the movie Network, “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!”
I’m still waiting.
The story is getting plenty of attention from the media. Reporters are playing “Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?” with the elusive whistleblower/spy Edward Snowden (take your pick). But do you care?
On June 10, the day that Britain’s Guardian newspaper revealed Snowden’s identity, the 10 most searched terms, according to Google Trends, were: iOS7, PS4, Tim Tebow, Mac Pro, Kingdom Hearts, Miami Heat, IGN, Chad Johnson, NBA Playoffs, and the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).
All about Prism, Internet privacy and — wait! — squirrel! More >
July 1, 2013
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Many people think Klout, the social network reputation measuring service, scores are nonsense. They’re not. People get hired because of their Klout scores, and now your next promotion may be determined by your Klout score since Microsoft will be integrating Klout into its Yammer enterprise social network software.
Microsoft’s Yammer integrates Klout social networking scores. More >
July 1, 2013
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Linux Mint is my favorite desktop Linux. Thanks to Microsoft’s Secure Boot implementation, however, installing Mint, or any other operating system, on a new Windows 8 PC is a royal pain in the rump. If you’d like to avoid this annoyance, you might consider buying CompuLab’s forthcoming MintBox 2 with Linux Mint 15 pre-installed.