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Nvidia Hackers Add Fresh Demand Calling for GPU Drivers to Go Open Source
Following reports that Nvidia has been the latest high profile victim of a major online security breach, the details surrounding the incident have, slowly but surely, been creeping out onto the internet. Put simply though, at this point it appears pretty certain that the hack was successful and the group…
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IBM Acquires Red Hat for $34 Billion (£27B)
Largest Acquisition Yet by IBM It is now official. Open source specialists Red Hat is now part of IBM. This is IBM’s largest ever acquisition worth $34 billion USD (£27B). IBM offered $190 per issued and outstanding share, which is a 62% premium over Friday’s closing share price. Red hat…
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DragonBox Pyra Handheld PC Almost Ready After Four Years
The Long Wait is Almost Over The DragonBox Pyra open source mobile game console has been announced all the way back in 2014. Now, four years later, and after evolving into a handheld gaming PC, it is finally almost available. According to Liliputing, the team working on its development have…
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Turris MOX is a Modular and Open-Source Router
Turris MOX is a Modular and Open-Source Router “Probably the first router configurable as easily as a sandwich. Choose the parts you actually want.” That is the official introduction to a very interesting Indiegogo campaign. The Turris MOX is both open-source and modular, which is quite unique for a router.…
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OpenRA – The Free C&C Red Alert Game Gets Update
OpenRA, the free to download C&C Red Alert/Dune 2000 project has just received a new updated release! Almost 6 months after the initial release was issued, OpenRA have just supplied a new update to the fantastic and free to play Red Alert to apply some improvements and bug fixes. You may…
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The War on Kodi Ramps Up
Kodi, the open-source media centre software born out of the Xbox Media Center (XBMC) project, has long been wrongly conflated with piracy due to the ability of third-parties to develop apps that allow users to illegally stream copyrighted materials. The undue focus on Kodi has been exacerbated by the sale…
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SoundSwitch Aims To Make Audio Switching Hassle Free
If you find yourself constantly switching between your audio devices, SoundSwitch may be the software you’re looking for, the program aims to make switching devices hassle free and simple. Normally, to switch devices, it involves using the system tray and choosing your playback device. This isn’t a huge amount of…
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Obama’s Facebook Messenger Bot Now Open Source and Available to Download
The Obama Facebook Messenger bot was released in August and created to communicate with people on behalf of the president. In theory, this allows the US president to receive comments, questions and other remarks from US citizens in a quick manner. The “meet the public where they are” strategy provides a…
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Linksys Launches Next Generation WRT Router with AC3200
Linksys announced the next generation of its WRT router, the WRT3200ACM, featuring Tri-Stream 160 technology and creating the fastest Dual Band router available. With MU-MIMO technology for simultaneous Wi-Fi connections to multiple devices at the same time and being open-source ready for complete flexibility, the WRT3200ACM allows customization of networking…
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Google and Monotype Unveil Open Source Font Supporting 800+Languages
Google has entered into a partnership with Monotype to create a new open-source font called Noto which supports more than 800 languages and 100 writing scripts. This is a fantastic move to help improve web communication and eliminate blank boxes commonly referred to as “tofu”. These boxes appear when a…
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Pre-Loaded Kodi Boxes Face UK Legal Enquiry
A trader from Middlesbrough, UK, could become the first person to be prosecuted for selling Android TV boxes preloaded with Kodi software. 54-year-old Brian Thompson is being taken to court by Middlesbrough Council, following an 18-month investigation, for selling ‘pre-loaded’ Kodi set-top boxes which, it accuses, facilitates the circumvention of…
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Microsoft’s PowerShell Goes Open-Source
Microsoft has just announced that they will be making their popular administration and configuration management tool PowerShell open source. The process has been gradual, with Microsoft slowly adding PowerShell’s code and documentation onto GitHub, but finally, the tool is available to view and build. PowerShell has been a part of…
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Crytek’s CryEngine Is Now Open Source
Crytek has been facing some troubles over the last few years, but the company’s impressive CryEngine is still being used for a number of very important projects, including Star Citizen and The Climb. However, perhaps some of the most iconic games that used this engine are those belonging to the Crysis…
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Elon Musk Wants AIs to Compete in a New Challenge: Atari High Scores
Elon Musk may be known for his leading roles in both SpaceX and Tesla, but Musk also founded OpenAI alongside Sam Altman and others. This non-profit company seeks to advance artificial intelligence in a way that is able to benefit humanity without concern for profit or other compromising constraints. Yesterday,…
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Visual Studio Will Now Include Xamarin
Microsoft recently brought out Xamarin, software based on letting people create programs using C# and .NET operating systems which can then be ported to both iOS and Android. This meant that using the Microsoft based languages you could develop software for a variety of phones. It’s now been revealed that…
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