Monthly Archives: December 2016
Installation and configuration of VirtualBox on Windows 10
VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualisation tool. It can be used to create virtual machines running different operating systems on a single machine. This article...
Linux 4.8.12 brings updated drivers and performance improvements
Linux kernel 4.8 has just received the 12th maintenance update. The new update comes just five days after the release of kernel 4.8.11.
Although Linux...
Remote management app AirDroid exposes over 50 million Android devices
To competing against Apple's AirDrop, AirDroid was surfaced as a remote management solution for Android devices. But instead of giving a breeze, the app...
Google Chrome replaces Flash support with HTML5
Google has been trying to integrate open source HTML5 in the best possible ways for Chrome for a long time. But ultimately, the latest...
OpenStack: Testing Tempest and REST API
Large pools of compute, storage and networking resources exist in data centres and in enterprises. To manage them, the ideal tool would be OpenStack,...
Cyanogen shuts down Seattle office; co-founder Steve Kondik separates
Things are not fine at Cyanogen. The company, which was behind the world's leading custom Android ROM, has now consolidated its global sites into...
Amazon appoints ex-Googler to lead open source strategy
Amazon has stepped into the growing world of open source with the appointment of Zaheda Bhorat, who was previous leading open source developments at...
Comma.ai’s self-driving technology is now open source
Comma.ai is going one step ahead to help open source community. George Hotz (Geohot), the developer behind Comma.ai, has made the open source availability...
Amazon Aurora adds PostgreSQL support to persuade Oracle customers
Amazon has announced the addition of PostgreSQL support to its Aurora database. This new development will encourage developers to switch from a proprietary Oracle...
Mozilla fixes Firefox zero-day through latest update
Mozilla has pushed a new update to patch the infamous Firefox zero-day. Developers at the Mozilla Foundation have also updated Tor browser to address...