Inside Microsoft’s open source program office
Venture Beast
OCTOBER 22, 2021
Stormy Peters, director of Microsoft's open source programs office, gives the lowdown on the evolution and role of Microsoft's OSPO. Read More.
Your car is about to go open source
Galido
OCTOBER 6, 2016
Automakers want to standardize on a Linux-based OS that would make vehicle infotainment systems act more like smartphones. Automakers are working to standardize on a Linux-based operating system for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems that would make it easier for cars to act more like smartphones.
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Top 8 Highly Paid and in-demand Programming Languages in 2018
Galido
OCTOBER 18, 2018
Information Technology Blog - - Top 8 Highly Paid and in-demand Programming Languages in 2018 - Information Technology Blog. “Everyone should learn how to program a computer, because it teaches you how to think”…Steve Jobs. If you are reading this article, it means that you want to start studying programming.
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Four Attributes of Openness in Modern Communications
CTOvision
DECEMBER 17, 2013
By Prayson Pate Openness is one of the most-cited advantages of cloud-based applications, Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). In this context, what does open really mean? A Beginning of Openness – Documented and Supported. A Milestone – Open Source.
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Microsoft: Hackers in China, Iran and elsewhere start exploiting widespread Apache Log4j flaws
GeekWire
DECEMBER 15, 2021
Microsoft says groups connected to governments in China, Iran, North Korea and Turkey have begun exploiting vulnerabilities in the Apache Software Foundation’s widely used open-source Log4j software library. Hackers can use the software flaws to gain control of compromised computers and systems.
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Google’s new Fuchsia OS arrives first on old Nest Hub
The Verge
MAY 25, 2021
Google’s work on Fuchsia OS first emerged in 2016 , and the open-source operating system is notable for not being based on a Linux kernel, instead using a microkernel called Zircon. It’ll come to users in the Preview Program first, before slowly releasing more broadly. Petr Hosek (@petrh) May 25, 2021.
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Scott Lowe
JANUARY 19, 2024
A set of vulnerabilities in the open source reference implementation of the UEFI specification has been uncovered. I think I’ve linked to Ricardo Sueiras’ “AWS open source newsletter” before; it’s such a useful resource. pertaining to administrative credentials. This looks interesting.
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Scott Lowe
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Networking The good folks over at Packet Pushers have compiled a list of open source networking projects. Operating Systems/Applications Google has open sourced Magicka, an AI-powered file type identification library. I hope you find something useful here! More details are available in this blog post.
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My API story: Helping CSPs achieve business agility
TM Forum
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
I am an Enterprise Architect at CGI, leading transformation programs to deliver core business and operational systems for Communication Service Providers. With the adoption of such industry-standard-based integration, it is easy to onboard additional integration platforms/systems as business needs continue to evolve.
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my API story: Helping CSPs achieve business agility?
TM Forum
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
I am an Enterprise Architect at CGI, leading transformation programs to deliver core business and operational systems for Communication Service Providers. With the adoption of such industry-standard-based integration, it is easy to onboard additional integration platforms/systems as business needs continue to evolve.
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Modernizing the mainframe for the digital era
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 24, 2022
After all, entry-level pricing for mainframes in the z15 family running IBM Z operating systems is $250,000. IBM LinuxONE III systems run only Linux at prices starting at $135,000. The program enables customers to pay only for what they use of Z system hardware and software. Z upgrades and open source.
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How to maximize ROI by choosing the right Java partner for your organization
CIO Business Intelligence
DECEMBER 4, 2023
By: Scott Sellers , Co-Founder and CEO, Azul After almost 30 years, Java remains the programming language of choice for large-scale enterprise applications in the cloud, on-prem, or hybrid. Its versatility, reliability, stability, and open-source and third-party libraries and frameworks make developing and running applications very efficient.
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How and Where to Find and Download R
CTOvision
JANUARY 28, 2015
This is a second in a series of posts about the program R. The first choice you must make is to determine what operating system your computer is running. Clicking on the link desired from that page will download a package of their program, starting another installation process. By May Gourley. project.org. .
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Scott Lowe
OCTOBER 28, 2022
The open source ko project has applied to become a CNCF Sandbox project. Operating Systems/Applications. Programming. Mike McQuaid talks about entitlement in open source. I think some of the lessons in this article could apply to a lot of different scenarios, not just open source usage.
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Google and Canonical bring Flutter apps to Linux and the Snap Store
Venture Beast
JULY 8, 2020
Google is partnering with the Ubuntu Desktop team at Canonical to bring Linux support to its open source UI framework Flutter. Read More.
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Security researcher blasts Tizen: 'May be the worst code I've ever seen'
Network World
APRIL 13, 2017
Samsung has had enough struggles with Tizen , the open-source operating system it is positioning as an alternative to Android. But now Tizen is being blasted by a security expert for being full of egregious security flaws and sloppy programming.
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Exploring Different Software That Support the ePub Format
Kitaboo
APRIL 1, 2024
Those who want to read ePUB eBooks on their Kindle devices can do it with ease by using conversion tools or third-party programs. KITABOO KITABOO is a cloud-based digital textbook platform that offers a powerful and simple ePUB reader for a large range of operating systems and devices.
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Americans are one step closer to a national contact tracing app for Covid-19
Vox
OCTOBER 2, 2020
Apple and Google worked together to make the tool interoperable with iOS and Android operating systems, and iOS 14 has the exposure notification tool baked into the system itself and notifies users about the feature, creating a relatively seamless process to enable it. Open Sourced is made possible by Omidyar Network.
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How a university got itself banned from the Linux kernel
The Verge
APRIL 30, 2021
I’ve spent the past week digging into this world — the players, the jargon, the university’s turbulent history with open-source software, the devoted and principled Linux kernel community. Lu’s research, per his website , concerns “the intersection of security, operating systems, program analysis, and compilers.”
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How to switch an old Windows laptop to Linux
The Verge
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
By the federal government’s Digital Analytics Program (DAP) count in October 2020, 3.2 If you have an older system but are worried that it won’t support Windows 10 — or if you simply don’t want to deal with Windows anymore — I have a suggestion: Switch to desktop Linux. You can run many native Windows programs on Linux using Wine.
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The Hacker Mind Podcast: EP 69 Self-Healing Operating Systems
ForAllSecure
APRIL 19, 2023
It’s time to evolve beyond the UNIX operating system. So while I was editing this podcast on self-healing operating systems, I was reminded of an article that I never finished for Fobes.com. It’s a radical rethinking of how we even view our current choices of UNIX-derived operating systems.
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Scott Lowe
JANUARY 27, 2023
I’ve got another collection of links to articles on networking, security, cloud, programming, and career development—hopefully you find something useful! Cool to see Koyeb release a Pulumi provider, so that you can use Pulumi programs to interact with Koyeb. Welcome to Technology Short Take #164!
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Technology Short Take 165
Scott Lowe
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Now if Denis’ site just had a discoverable RSS feed… Security Aeva Black and Gil Yehuda tackle the conundrum of open source security. Soumaya Mauthoor shows how to use Pulumi’s configuration system to create feature flags for Pulumi infrastructure-as-code programs. As fate (luck?)
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Technology Short Take 143
Scott Lowe
AUGUST 6, 2021
I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. I really enjoy these AWS open source news and updates posts. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture. Servers/Hardware.
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Malware and Antivirus Systems for Linux
Galido
JANUARY 12, 2017
It is recommended that users install these antivirus softwares on the Linux operating system that can be downloaded via Internet. In order to better understand antivirus programs, it may be beneficial to firstly understand the malware itself. Although Linux is a highly secure operating system, you can still find viruses on it.
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Weekly Update 6-3-2019
Linux Academy
JUNE 3, 2019
You have to launch the virtual servers, which means you need to: Choose an operating system. Coder Radio — 7 Languages : Wes is back, and Mike’s got a few surprises in store, including a new view on Electron, a hot take on titles, and a programming challenge for the both of them. Install software packages.
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Technology Short Take 162
Scott Lowe
DECEMBER 9, 2022
Engin Diri’s article on continuous cluster audit scanning with Trivy is a “two-for-one” article: you get to see some Pulumi YAML to create a Kubernetes cluster on Civo, and you get to see writing policies for the Trivy Operator. Ricardo Sueiras captured some great links on open source at AWS in this newsletter.
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Technology Short Take 157
Scott Lowe
JULY 22, 2022
The Kubewarden project—which aims to enable policy authors to write Kubernetes policies in any programming language that can compile down to WebAssembly—just achieved two different milestones. Operating Systems/Applications. Programming. David Anderson’s post on how NAT Traversal works should help.
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Perhaps months too late, the Apple-Google Covid-19 contact tracing tool comes to America
Vox
AUGUST 6, 2020
It’s a somewhat disappointing showing for what seemed to be a promising technical solution from two of the biggest tech companies in the world whose mobile operating systems power nearly all of the world’s mobile phones. Open Sourced is made possible by Omidyar Network. Even Apple and Google can’t fix that.
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Technology Short Take 155
Scott Lowe
MAY 27, 2022
marks the first release of the open source container orchestration platform that is signed using Sigstore (more details here ). Operating Systems/Applications. Programming. Fortunately, it looks like these vulnerabilities have been patched, so be sure to update your Zoom client. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.
Going Serverless: Where to Start
Linux Academy
JUNE 4, 2019
The Serverless Framework is an open-source project that replaces traditional platforms (hardware, operating systems) with a platform that can run in a cloud environment. Your programming language and backend database are similar examples, proving you’re never going to be completely free from some sort of commitment.
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Why Apple’s latest gadget is catching the attention of antitrust regulators
Vox
APRIL 21, 2021
Tile has long argued that Apple unfairly designed its mobile operating system, iOS, and the Find My app to favor its own location-tracking tools. Following the volley of lawyer letters, Apple announced last summer that it would be launching a new program that would enable third-party trackers to work with its Find My app.
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Technology Short Take 143
Scott Lowe
AUGUST 6, 2021
I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. I really enjoy these AWS open source news and updates posts. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture. Servers/Hardware.
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Truly Useful Artificial Intelligence Tools You Can Use Today
CTOvision
DECEMBER 28, 2015
AI capabilities are also being programmed into robotic solutions including self driving cars. This part of the market is very likely going to take off, since open source platforms and open cloud API's and services like Prediction.io is a service with easy to use, open templates for a variety of advanced AI workloads.
Best IT and Tech Blogs – Must Read Information Technology Resources 2019
Galido
MARCH 19, 2019
These areas of IT include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Operating System & Software Blogs. TechWorld – Operating Systems. CIO Dashboard. The Next Web. vLaunchPad.
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Scott Lowe
JUNE 24, 2022
Tetragon is Isovalent’s newly open-sourced security framework. Operating Systems/Applications. Programming. It’s beyond my current skill level in programming, but I did read Tim Bray’s recent article on making code faster in an effort to pick up some “tips and tricks.”
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Technology Short Take 170
Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
And, while we are talking about “another take,” here’s another take on OpenTF (the proposed “truly open source” Terraform fork). Operating Systems/Applications I started being a fan of Basic Apple Guy a while ago, and I use some of his wallpapers on my Mac and my mobile devices.
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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking the Chrome Sandbox
ForAllSecure
OCTOBER 13, 2020
And in between contracts, we like to do vulnerability research on open source software or major high-impact software targets. The most notable example I can think of would be like Windows, or maybe iOS, where large parts of the source code are not open source, but they impact billions of users.
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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking the Chrome Sandbox
ForAllSecure
OCTOBER 13, 2020
And in between contracts, we like to do vulnerability research on open source software or major high-impact software targets. The most notable example I can think of would be like Windows, or maybe iOS, where large parts of the source code are not open source, but they impact billions of users.
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52 Education and Training Required to Become a Successful Programmer
Galido
JUNE 29, 2018
You need to go through a comprehensive training program to even be considered a decent one as we explain below. A programmer is basically a person who uses their skills and knowledge to write code, or rather specific set of instructions which directs the performance of a computer or mobile program. But first things first.
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What’s Free at Linux Academy — May 2019
Linux Academy
APRIL 30, 2019
LPI Linux Essentials — This course teaches the basic concepts of processes, programs, and the components of the Linux operating system. Introduction to Python Development — This course is designed to teach you how to program using Python. In the end, you should have a grasp of how to program. Courses Free in May.
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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking the Chrome Sandbox
ForAllSecure
OCTOBER 13, 2020
And in between contracts, we like to do vulnerability research on open source software or major high-impact software targets. The most notable example I can think of would be like Windows, or maybe iOS, where large parts of the source code are not open source, but they impact billions of users.
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Scott Lowe
OCTOBER 2, 2020
This time around the content is a tad heavy on the security side, but I’ve still managed to pull in articles on networking, cloud computing, applications, and some programming-related content. Operating Systems/Applications. Programming. Here’s hoping you find something useful here! Networking.
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Report Reveals Top Cyber Threats, Trends of 2023 First Half
SecureWorld News
JUNE 13, 2023
While many of these attack trends are troubling, there are a number of things organizations can do to reduce their risk, such as investing in security awareness programs, updating security protocols, working with trusted partners to address vulnerabilities, and partnering with an MDR vendor."
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