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Twenty years ago, even staunch proponents of free and open source software like Richard Stallman questioned the social imperative for free hardware designs[1]. Academics had...
Read more: Mainstream academia embraces open source hardware
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News briefs for April 6, 2018.
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Linux kernel developer, free software activist and Google engineer Matthew Garrett discovered that Symantec is using a Linux distro based on the QCA Software Development Kit (QSDK) project: "This is a- Written by: J D
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Docker founder Solomon Hykes has announced that he is leaving the company's daily operations. Docker sprang to life in 2013, when Hykes rebranded dotcloud as Docker Inc. and appointed a new CEO with the goal of successfully monetizing...
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Next week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress about his company's failure to prevent the data firm Cambridge Analytica[1] from siphoning off information belonging to up to 87 million people[2]...
Read more: Facebook Messenger's 'Unsend' Feature Is What Happens When You Scramble
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Abandonware is a term used for a piece of software that is no longer developed or supported by the original author. In the Joomla-world, abandonware can include third party extensions such as components, modules, plugins, templates and/or libraries. ...
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Read more: The Pro Marketer's Product Launch Checklist for 2018 - Whiteboard Friday
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Tweaks to the algorithm and changes to how search results are presented are often lamented by frustrated marketers, but these evolutions can also present valuable new opportunities for making contentRead more: 5 ways to make your website stand out in the SERPs
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With Facebook, you -- and your data -- are the product. (Image: CNET/CBS Interactive) Facebook just can't catch a break -- not that many think it should.
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It's been almost a month since the CambridgeRead more: On Facebook, Zuckerberg gets privacy and you get nothing
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We previously announced plans to deprecate Chrome’s trust in the Symantec certificate authority (including Symantec-owned brands like Thawte, VeriSign, Equifax, GeoTrust, and RapidSSL). This post outlines how...
Read more: Distrust of the Symantec PKI: Immediate action needed by site operators