Linux is a common operating system, not least in its Android version, and it is universally assumed that a PC (or whatever “IBM compatible” is called these days) will be able to run it. In fact, machines that can’t run Linux are extremely rare since aficionados keep porting the open-source operating system to even the most obscure and outdated machine families.
Another 42 days have passed which means that Mozilla will release the final version of Firefox 25 today if everything goes along as planned.
Firefox 24.0 users will receive update notifications starting later today, provided that they have not blocked the web browser from updating automatically.
Version 3.7 of WordPress, named “Basie” in honor of Count Basie, is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard. This release features some of the most important architectural updates we’ve made to date. Here are the big ones:
For all the junk food apps they’ve introduced to our daily diets, it’s hard to argue with the fact that smartphones give us an incredible array of tools for staying in touch with our loved ones. High-quality video chat has made it possible to catch up face-to-face no matter where you are in the world and apps like Snapchat have given us new forums for expressing intimate, vulnerable, and spontaneous moments. Still, though, whether you’re reading a text message or watching a friend’s smiling face, both are trapped behind a slab of glass.
Have you ever felt like you were stuck in another dimension? One week of my career was like that, when I put in a short stint on a job that was full of unanswered questions.
On a crisp fall Monday, I arrived for my first day on the new job. In HR, I filled out the usual forms, was introduced to the timekeeping system, listened to explanations of health care plans and the company 401(k), and watched a video about this amazing, fast-growing contractor. Yes, this would be a great company to work for.
We’ve got some exciting news for BlackBerry 10 customers out there— today your favorite smartphone is getting even better with the release of BlackBerry 10.2 OS, which will available for download starting this week.
During the recent collapse in popularity of GNOME, the Free Software community's most popular graphical desktop environment, it's hard to understand why more users didn't turn to the GNU System's other desktop, GNUstep -- or is it?
Although GNUstep implements most of the functionality of a desktop with native apps -- like Workspace Manager and Preferences -- or by including apps built outside the project -- like its window manager, WindowMaker, GNUstep is not a desktop. Its a framework. For most, the distinction is nebulous. It's developers tell us, GNUstep is:
Security firm Malwarebytes has designed a USB stick that can plug into any PC to automate the process of finding, logging, and cleaning up a range of malware.
Called Techbench, the product is a key-shaped USB flash drive designed to get around the need to install software on every system being inspected for malware. Simply plugging in the drive starts the scanning process which can be left to complete on its own before a log file is saved.
Apple has been criticized by the developer of a Chinese app designed to bypass China's Internet censorship protocols after the company removed the title from the App Store in China because its functionality is illegal in that country.
Open Door was sold in the Chinese App Store until July of this year, when Apple pulled the program, saying that it contained content that was illegal within China. The app saw roughly 2,000 daily downloads in China, according to the Daily Mail, and it is still available in the App Stores of other countries, including the U.S. App Store.
This week, as revelations about the extent of National Security Agency (NSA) spying continued to unfold, Ryan Gallagher brought us an article about the types of hardware that agencies outside of the NSA use to gather information from mobile devices. These agencies, which include local law enforcement as well as federal groups like the FBI and the DEA, use highly specialized equipment to gain information about a target. Still, the details about that hardware is largely kept secret from the public.
