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CERN's open-source messaging framework is at (nearly) the speed of light

Felix Ehm, a member of CERN's beams control group, has always had a curious and scientific bent.
Red Hat prepares RHEL 7 for second half of 2013

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 7 is set to be released in the second half of 2013, Red Hat announced yesterday, as the open source organisation also celebrated the 10th anniversary of its enterprise OS.
Firefox 13 speeds up due to Mozilla's new 'Project Snappy'

When Mozilla launched the beta version of Firefox 13 late last month, it was already clear that faster speeds were on the way, thanks to the fact that the SPDY protocol had been enabled by default.
CERN automates application development with Electric Cloud

The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) is using automation technology from Electric Cloud to accelerate the application development efforts of more than 10,000 users of its ROOT software.
Richard Stallman recovers after being taken ill during speech

Free software and GNU Linux icon Richard Stallman was taken ill at a weekend conference in Spain, reportedly being taken to hospital suffering from symptoms of high blood pressure.
Virtualise the rest of the data centre, VMware recommends at Interop

VMware have recommended organisations follow up server virutalisation and virtualise the rest of the data centre and - including the network.
HP launches second beta of IaaS cloud tools

HP launched a second beta of the cloud computing services it plans to offer commercially as the company prepares to enter the market for IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service).
FBI issues warning about using hotel Internet connections

The FBI today warned travelers there has been an uptick in malicious software infecting laptops and other devices linked to hotel Internet connections.
Android developers never studied Sun's patents, testifies Google's Rubin

Google's engineers never studied other companies' patents while developing Android for fear of allowing those patents to influence their design decisions, Google's Android chief Andy Rubin testified on the stand Wednesday.
Dell aims Ubuntu Linux laptop at developers

Dell has done another u-turn on open source and announced it will again ship a laptop running Ubuntu Linux.

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Mageia Linux 2.0 - Six key features coming to new OS

Mandriva Linux is a venerable distribution with numerous advantages to recommend it, but it's no secret that the software's French publisher has been facing tough times.
Crowdfunding - The latest way to get your project funded

Programmers, manufacturers and developers who want to realise their creative vision without signing onerous contracts or relinquishing rights to their intellectual property now have an alternative to venture capitalists. Crowdfunding - the collection of funds directly from a target audience - has taken off. Small donations are adding up to hundreds of millions of dollars, many of them channeled through a service called Kickstarter.
Online black markets and how they work

The internet is no stranger to crime. From counterfeit and stolen products, to illegal drugs, stolen identities and weapons, nearly anything can be purchased online with a few clicks of the mouse. The online black market not only can be accessed by anyone with an internet connection, but the whole process of ordering illicit goods and services is alarmingly easy and anonymous, with multiple marketplaces to buy or sell anything you want.
Developer support for BlackBerry 10 key to RIM's future

HTML5 and RIM's larger development strategy will come into sharp focus at BlackBerry World in Orlando. This year, it includes the heavily promoted BlackBerry 10 Jam, an intensive, developer-focused agenda for the new operating system, which has not yet been released in final form.
SkyDrive improvements make cloud storage tool a threat to Dropbox

Microsoft is shaking things up with SkyDrive. The new features and capabilities move it out of the Microsoft-centric shadows and pit it more directly against Dropbox, and possibly the imminently rumored Google Drive. However, Microsoft also announced a change to SkyDrive that many won't appreciate.
Virtualisation - Don't let security lag behind technology maturity

Virtualisation is mainstream, with virtualised servers, storage, networking and software featuring in most enterprise IT departments. Applications and workloads are assigned to virtual machines (VMs) and moved from machine to machine as a matter of course, and as a result, deploying physical servers is now the exception rather than the rule.
Unlocking IaaS: The challenges facing OpenStack

Infrastructure-as-a-service is gaining traction in the enterprise with customers lauding the flexibility that it delivers. However, there is still that nagging concern about vendor lock-in.
The 10 most powerful IaaS companies in the world

We assembled this list with help from analysts at Cloud Technology Partners, Current Analysis, Enterprise Strategy Group, Gartner, IDC and Neovise who watch the public cloud Infrastructure as a Service scene very closely. The services in this list include Amazon Web Services, Bluelock, CSC, GoGrid, IBM, OpenStack, Backspace, Savvis, Terremark and VMWare.
For a truly private social network, try RetroShare

It's a rare week indeed that doesn't bring forth some fresh privacy scandal, and creepy apps like Girls Around Me are only one small part of the problem.
Will DevOps be as big as Cloud and Big Data?

The notion of DevOps could become as prevalent as Cloud Computing or Big Data, according to IT process automation company UC4 Software, with IT departments striving to stay agile while still developing and releasing stable code.

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