September 25, 2013
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Linux-powered gaming computers and consoles are on their way. After announcing SteamOS, a full-featured Linux with added gaming features, Valve, in mid-September, the gaming giant has followed up by saying that it will release 300 prototype Steam Machines to beta-testers this year. In 2014, Valve and its hardware partners will follow this up by with multiple SteamOS machine releases
September 24, 2013
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September 23, 2013
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It’s official. Security researchers Nick DePetrillo and Robert Graham have confirmed Germany-based Chaos Computer Club (CCC) hackers’ claim that they bypassed the fingerprint reader in Apple’s iPhone 5s, called “Touch ID”.
Apple iPhone fingerprint reader confirmed as easy to hack. More>
September 23, 2013
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Who says you can’t make money from Linux? Not Red Hat!
In its 2013 second quarter, Red Hat saw total revenue for the quarter of $374 million. That was an increase of 16 percent in US dollars from 2012’s second quarter. Subscription revenue for the quarter was $327 million, up 17 percent in U.S. dollars year-over-year.
September 23, 2013
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Gabe Newell, CEO of Valve and its Steam game platform, wasn’t kidding when he said at LinuxCon in New Orleans that “Linux is the future of gaming.” Valve is releasing, in advance of the expected announcement of its SteamBox Linux-powered gaming console, its own Linux for gamers: SteamOS.
September 23, 2013
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Will Cyanogen, the newly minted commercial company behind the alternative CyanogenMod Android firmware, actually help fragment Android? Hmmm… Here’s the one word answer: “No.”