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Nexenta's Lockareff and Powell: Software-Only Storage for Everyone 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
In the cloud storage competition for customers, a battle is raging over innovative software-only storage systems and wannabe innovators still hawking yesteryear's legacy hardware solutions. Dollars an...
Ode to Groklaw: A Requiem for What Was Lost 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
It's not often we here in the Linux blogosphere must cope with death -- figuratively speaking -- in the projects and products we love. After all, when it's open source, what may "die" one day will lik...
It's a Go for Omate's Android-Powered Smartwatch 23 Aug 2013 | 11:22 pm
With nearly a month to spare, startup Omate burst through its Kickstarter goal of $100,000 this week and is on its way to shipping its TruSmart smartwatch in time for the holiday season. More than $25...
Failed Funding Effort Blunts Canonical's Ubuntu Edge 23 Aug 2013 | 09:03 pm
Canonical raised more than $12 million over 30 frantic days of crowdfunding its ambitious Ubuntu Edge superphone project, but it was still short some $20 million by the time the effort closed on Wedne...
Snapchat Adds a Splash of Spontaneity to Sharing Photos 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
A few weeks ago I looked at Burner, an Android app that creates anonymous, disposable phone numbers for your smartphone. Android app Snapchat is in the same arena in that it, too, provides privacy for...
Crowds Cough Up More Than $12K for Facebook Hacker 23 Aug 2013 | 03:34 am
The hacker who uncovered a bug on Facebook earlier this week may indeed get a reward for his efforts, but not from the social network itself. After it became clear that Facebook would not pay Khalil S...
Open Source Meets Textbook Publishing - Much Cash Freed Up 22 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
There's no denying the growing impact of open source software in today's business landscape, but for those who want additional proof of the open approach's viability, there's OpenStax College. Since 2...
Gotta Access Linux Files? Paragon ExtFS Delivers the Goods 21 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Paragon's ExtFS is a cross-platform application that can make using Linux much easier in multiple-OS platforms. As much as I try to stay exclusively in the Linux OS world, every so often a work situat...
Groklaw Shutters Doors Over Email Privacy Concerns 21 Aug 2013 | 01:23 am
The continuing flood of news about the NSA's surveillance of Americans' communications, which has already forced secure email providers Lavabit and Silent Circle to shut down, has now claimed yet anot...
Tokutek's John Partridge: Open Source Is Vested in Big Data 20 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Ask Tokutek CEO John Partridge what makes open source such a snug fit for the database industry and for Big Data, and he'll tell you it is the decision-making by engineers that use open source. "For p...
