Open Source Insider

May 2013

• Beware: WordPress alert

  Adrian Bridgwater 31 May 2013

Although WordPress is considered a mature platform, regular updates address serious security vulnerabilities that may be used by an attacker targeting a WordPress site.

• Fedora 19 Schrödinger's Cat hits beta release

  Adrian Bridgwater 29 May 2013

Fedora 19 Schrödinger's Cat hits beta Release - each Fedora release is said to represent the culmination of work by 'hundreds' of engineers and 'thousands' of contributors.

• Free World of Tanks game blasts XBox One away

  Adrian Bridgwater 26 May 2013

Free & open source World of Tanks game blasts XBox One away. Famed for its truly impressive World of Tanks game, UK and America-based Wargaming has announced details for the version 8.6 update ...

• Fedora 'Pidora' now optimised for Raspberry Pi mini-computer

  Adrian Bridgwater 23 May 2013

Fedora is a free and open source Linux-based operating system sponsored by Red Hat

• Intel's Android mobile chipset play embraces ARM

  Adrian Bridgwater 20 May 2013

Intel has released a new set of development tools for the Android Jelly Bean mobile device operating system called Beacon Mountain.

• How to keep sexism out of open source

  Adrian Bridgwater 20 May 2013

Any number of surveys will give you broad brush summary stats on the dearth of women in professional IT roles.

• Blackberry Messenger (BBM) to run on Android

  Adrian Bridgwater 15 May 2013

Reports emanating from BlackBerry's annual developer conference confirm that the firm is planning to offer the Blackberry Messenger (BBM) service on other platforms.

• A shot in the arm for enterprise Linux

  Adrian Bridgwater 14 May 2013

A shot in the arm for enterprise Linux -- Linux space is also now strengthened by Bromium, Chelsio, Fusion-io, nexB and ownCloud all joining the Linux Foundation.

• International Space Station adopts Debian Linux, drops Windows & Red Hat into airlock

  Adrian Bridgwater 13 May 2013

In space, no one can hear you scream at the Windows 8 Metro screen.

• Amazon launches Android app store in China

  Adrian Bridgwater 10 May 2013

Reuters reports news this week of Amazon.com launching an Android application store in China offering "paid" and free applications.

• Mozilla blasts spurious disguise of online surveillance tools

  Adrian Bridgwater 06 May 2013

Mozilla accuses Gamma International of producing spyware that "passes itself off" as Firefox.

• Open source is losing (process) control

  Adrian Bridgwater 01 May 2013

Sonatype's annual Open Source Development Survey asserts to be the "largest of its kind" surveying (as it claims) more than 3,500 developers, architects and IT managers - all of who currently ...