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The Register, 24.04.13 05:09 UTC

BitTorrent offers file synch tool for PCs and NAS

BitTorrent has opened the Alpha testing program for its new BitTorrent Sync tool to all. Announced last January but only available to a select few, BitTorrent Sync looks a bit like the numerous ...

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CNN World News, 23.04.13 13:39 UTC

Raspberry Pi + Arduino = $100 PC

(CNN) -- The Raspberry Pi is all the rage for hobbyists in search of cheap, credit card-sized computers that can run a full PC operating system. Arduino boards have been around nearly a decade, ...

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The Register, 23.04.13 04:55 UTC

AMD pins future growth to embedded marketplace

AMD has announced a new range chips for embedded devices, and said it hopes that 20 per cent of its revenues in Q4 2013 will come from that market, rather than the 5 per cent currently. Embedded ...

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The Register, 22.04.13 20:06 UTC

Red Hat renames JBoss application server as WildFly

After tallying the votes in a naming contest that kicked off in October 2012, leading Linux vendor Red Hat has announced that the product formerly known as the JBoss Application Server (AS) will ...

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The Register, 22.04.13 08:37 UTC

Fed up with database speed? Meet Big Blue's BLU-eyed boy

Analysis Like other system vendors with their own software stacks, IBM is trying to boost the processing speed of its database software so it can take on larger and larger data munching jobs. The ...

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The Register, 19.04.13 14:37 UTC

Shut the CANUCK up! Sony offers $1 MEELLION to hacked gamers

Canadian gamers affected by the hacking of Sony's Playstation Network have been offered compensation worth $1m by the entertainment giant. An email titled âPSN-SOE-Canada Settlementâ went out ...

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The Register, 19.04.13 14:14 UTC

Google's Page drops the A-bomb: Google Glass runs Android

Google chief exec Larry Page has confirmed his company's techno-spectacles Google Glass will run some form of Android. During an earnings call yesterday for Google's first-quarter 2013 financial ...

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The Register, 19.04.13 01:09 UTC

Rumors say IBM is selling x86 server business to Lenovo

There are rumors swirling around, again, that IBM is looking to sell off all or a portion of its x86 server business to Chinese PC maker and server partner Lenovo Group. CRN caught wind of something ...

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The Register, 18.04.13 13:36 UTC

Shuttleworth: Canonical is fast and easy with OpenStack clouds

Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of the Ubuntu distribution of Linux, has wanted to turn his creation into a cloud platform for years, he said during his keynote at the OpenStack Summit in Portland, ...

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The Register, 18.04.13 10:13 UTC

Manual override: Raspberry Pi beginners' books

Feature The Raspberry Pi has been out for just over a year now. It has undergone a couple of revisions during that time, most recently around October 2012, but a short while ago I decided it was time ...

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The Linux kernel is an operating system kernel used by the Linux family of Unix-like operating systems. It is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software. The Linux kernel is released under the GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2) plus proprietary licenses for some controversial BLOBs and is developed by contributors worldwide. Day-to-day development takes place ...

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