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The latest milestone release of OpenStack, the open source cloud platform project that's become a centerpiece of both Red ...

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Icehouse, the newest version of the leading open source cloud OpenStack, is now ready for users....

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From the Plugging dept.: The OpenBSD has started a cleanup of their in-tree OpenSSL library. Improvements include removing "exploit mitigation countermeasures", fixing bugs, removal of questionable entropy additions, and many more. ...

From the uknaejnJJUN9982jJN dept.: When NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden first emailed Glenn Greenwald, he insisted on using email encryption software called PGP for all communications. But this month, we learned that Snowden used another technology to keep his communications out of the NSA™s prying eyes. It™s called Tails. And naturally, nobody knows exactly who created it. Tails is a kind of computer-in-a-box....

Coverity, a company specializing in software quality and security testing solutions, finds that open source programs tend to have fewer errors than proprietary programs....

Red Hat is looking to advance the Docker Linux container application for wider enterprise use. "Containers are all about streamlining the movement of the application to the cloud," said Paul Cormier, Red Hat president for products and technologies, during a press conference at the company's Red Hat Summit in San Francisco Tuesday. ...

But where's the final release of Red Hat's flagship Linux server distribution?...

How secure is TrueCrypt, the open source disk encryption system used by many as a line of defense against snoops (and maybe spooks)? ...

I've spent the last week considering the data and opinions concerning the Heartbleed bug that was found in the widely used OpenSSL cryp ...

Bitcoin may finally be coming into its own as a cryptocurrency, despite the implosions of several online exchanges and ...

Data Center - InfoWorld     Application Development Applications Big Data Cloud Computing Consumerization Data Center Mobile Tech Security Virtualization News Blog White Papers Webcasts Test Center Technologies Tech Watch Video Deep Dives More Feature Review: Microsoft Office 365 vs. Google Apps Web browser or Office suite? Microsoft's and Google's office productivity and collaboration clouds pit...

Another week, another "mistaken" takedown notice from Big Media -- this time, Sony took ...

KVM, Linux's built-in hypervisor for the x86 chip family will be available at the end of this quarter for IBM's Power chip family....

Nobody needs to be reminded of the severity of the Heartbleed OpenSSL bug ....

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Working to keep its place in an increasingly heated competitive landscape, MongoDB has updated its namesake open source NoSQL database system with considerable performance improvements, a new automated management module, and stronger security tools. ...

From the #heartbleed dept.: A serious vulnerability in the popular OpenSSL cryptographic library has been discovered that allows attackers to steal information unnoticed. Known as the Heartbleed bug, the vulnerability allows anyone on the Internet to read the memory of systems that run vulnerable versions of OpenSSL, revealing the secret authentication and encryption keys to protect the traffic. User...

In this example, I'm installing Microsoft Office 2010 on Mint 16 using CrossOver Linux 13.1.2....