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• Lawsuit threatens to break new ground on the GPL and software licensing issues - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  

  opensource.com: When Versata Software sued Ameriprise Financial Services for breaching its software license, it unwittingly unearthed a GPL violation of its own

  
  
• Linux Foundation Adds Embedded, Cloud Computing Members - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  

  The VAR Guy: The Linux Foundation has announced four new members, including Linaro Limited, which focuses on open source software development for ARM devices.

  
  
• Did Linux become a gaming platform a long time ago? - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  

   ITworld: Yes, there have been games available for Linux for quite a long time, but nothing like what we're seeing now.

  
  
• Zorin OS 9 - Linux for Windows users - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  

   EveryDayLinuxUser: Zorin OS is one of those Linux distributions that is fighting the middle ground combining ease of use with familiarity for Windows users

  
  
• What are better alternatives to basic command line utilities - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  

   xmodulo: The command line can be scary especially at the beginning. You

  
  
• Linux-friendly Sitara COM adds MIMO WiFi, BLE 4.0 - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  
  
• When Metrics Go Wrong - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  

  OpenSourceCommunity: Good metrics should lead to action, but sometimes, if you're not careful, you can end up with results you didn't intend.

  
  
• Israeli Iron Dome firms 'hacked' - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  The BBC has seen evidence that appears to confirm hackers stole secret military documents from two Israeli government-owned companies.
  
• Who Funds Tor Project May Surprise You, or Maybe Not - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  

  eWEEK: The U.S government is helping foot the bill for the Tor Project, even as new attacks against the anonymous network platform are disclosed.

  
  
• Keeping the cyber thieves at bay - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  Keeping cyber thieves' paws off your data
  
• VIDEO: Commonwealth Games goes virtual - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  In a sporting first Glasgow 2014 is being streamed to a virtual reality headset
  
• Bid to stop Iran web name seizure - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  Bomb victims' families make legal attempt to seize entire Iranian, Syrian and North Korean web space.
  
• Dark net drugs ads have 'doubled' - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  An investigation by the BBC indicates that the number of listings advertising illegal drugs sales on the dark net has doubled in less than a year.
  
• 'Draconian' Russian net law enacted - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  A new law imposing restrictions on bloggers and social media users has come into effect in Russia.
  
• Verizon scolded over slow data plan - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  Verizon's plan to slow data download speeds for 4G mobile customers on unlimited deals is "deeply troubling", the US government says.
  
• Facebook expands Africa push - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  Facebook puts itself at forefront of push into Africa and Asia.
  
• VIDEO: The rise and rise of video blogs - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  Members of the 'millennial generation' are finding ways to earn a living from skills they learned not at school, but on social media.
  
• Every Armenian 'to write a Wiki entry' - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  High profile artists and politicians all seem to be in on the national campaign.
  
• Sony's profits jump on sales of PS4 - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  Sony reports better-than-expected profits for the first quarter, helped by robust sales of its PS4 gaming console and a weak Japanese currency.
  
• Fedora 21 will feature “solarized” color schemes in both the Terminal and Gedit - LinuxToday News
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  

  Fedora Magazine: Solarized comes in both light and dark variants, and really makes these applications look fantastic and works really well on a wide range of displays and screen brightness levels.

  
  
• Fisherman finds 1-in-30-million calico lobster, donates it to New Hampshire aquarium - FOX News
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  A fisherman has caught a rare lobster that's bright orange with dark blue spots.
  
• Deep-sea 'Octomom' guards eggs for record 4.5 years - FOX News
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  A real-life "Octomom" off the coast of California has been declared a champion of parenting and patience in the animal world.
  
• 'Scaly anteaters' in danger of going extinct because we're eating them - FOX News
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  Pangolins, also known as scaly anteaters, are the only known mammals in the world to sport scales.
  
• Scientists: Ship found buried at New York's World Trade Center predates American Revolution - FOX News
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  Researchers say a ship unearthed at the site of New York's World Trade Center predates American independence.
  
• Honey, who shrunk the dinosaurs? Study traces dinosaur evolution into early birds - FOX News
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  Scientists have mapped how a group of fearsome, massive dinosaurs evolved and shrank to the likes of robins and hummingbirds.
  
• Otzi 'the Iceman' had heart disease genes - FOX News
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014
  Otzi the Iceman, a well-preserved mummy discovered in the Alps, may have had a genetic predisposition to heart disease, new research suggests.
  
• Netflix pays AT&T to ensure quality - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014
  The streaming video service Netflix agrees to pay US telecoms giant AT&T to ensure its content is delivered to users smoothly.
  
• Nintendo posts loss despite Mario - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014
  Nintendo's share price drops after the company reports a bigger than expected loss despite the release of Mario Kart 8 over the period.
  
• Instagram reveals new Bolt photo app - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014
  The picture-based social media site reveals a new Snapchat-style app that lets users send temporary messages.
  
• VIDEO: Broads-view opens up Norfolk waterways - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014
  The Norfolk Broads will soon be available for virtual navigation thanks to a novel aquatic equivalent of Google's Streetview technology
  
• VIDEO: New tech opens doors for jobseekers - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014
  New technology is opening up whole new careers to young jobseekers who may be having difficulty getting into more established professions.
  
• Tablet screens to correct sight loss - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014
  US engineers have developed a prototype tablet display that compensates for an individuals' vision problems.
  
• VIDEO: UK to allow driverless cars on roads - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014
  The UK government will shortly outline measures to permit driverless cars to use public roads by next year.
  
• Machine Learning: Easier Ways to Make Payments With Smartphones - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014
  Several new products and services have been released that could make mobile payments more convenient and worth trying.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The moon bites a chunk out of the sun - FOX News
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014
  On July 26, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) noticed something peculiar about its normally uninterrupted view of the sun — a chunk was missing.
  
• State of the Art: Lytro’s Illum Is a Camera for Serious Photographers - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014
  The Illum, made by Lytro, allows users to switch the focus between subjects after taking a photo, but it is hampered by some quirks.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Broken robots 'learn to keep going' - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014
  Engineers take a step towards having machines that can operate even when they are damaged by developing a robot that can teach itself to walk, even with a broken leg.
  
• Tor attack may have unmasked users - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014
  Users of the "dark net" service Tor who visited hidden websites may have had their identities revealed by a five-month long cyber-attack.
  
• Mammoths and mastodons of the Ohio Valley were homebodies - FOX News
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014
  People may imagine mammoths and mastodons as enormous beasts that roamed the vast North American continent more than 10,000 years ago.
  
• Vintage NASA probe out of gas, but still alive, private team says - FOX News
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014
  Alas, ISEE-3 spacecraft, we almost caught you.
  
• Moon could hold ancient fossils, clues to origins of life on Earth: study - FOX News
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014
  Might the moon be able to shed some light on the origins of life on Earth?
  
• Samsung profit hit by phone slowdown - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014
  Profits at Samsung Electronics fall 20% in the second quarter, hurt mainly by a slowdown in smartphone sales and a strong Korean currency.
  
• Gadgetwise: The iOgrapher Helps Improve Your Smartphone Video - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014
  The iOgrapher helps stabilize the phone or an iPad while shooting video and allows moviemakers to add lenses and lights.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• App Smart: Looking for Inspiration? Rejoice, O Mobile Poet! - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014
  A roundup of poetry apps to bring words of grace and life to your mobile device.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Smart home kit proves 'easy to hack' - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014
  Security experts at HP raise concern about smart home devices after testing 10 app-controlled examples and discovering vulnerabilities.
  
• UK to allow driverless cars on roads - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014
  The UK government says it plans to allow driverless cars on public roads in January, and asks cities to compete to host one of three trials.
  
• VIDEO: Making money out of social media - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 29 Jul 2014
  Samira Hussain reports from New York on the opportunities opened up by technology that did not even exist a few years ago.
  
• Sleep sensor smashes Kickstarter goal - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 29 Jul 2014
  A 22-year-old British entrepreneur's new sleep-tracking device cracks $1m (£590,000) on the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform in five days.
  
• AUDIO: How to protect your online reputation - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 28 Jul 2014
  Recent high profile cases have illustrated the danger of people having their public reputation damaged by negative online rumours and social media sites.
  
• Q&A: Using the ‘Public’ Network Option - NYT > Personal Tech
  Mon, 28 Jul 2014
  Plus, how to see the date and time stamps of iPhone photos.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• VIDEO: Tech review: This week's headlines - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014
  Why robots are playing football in Brazil, plus other technology news
  
• VIDEO: 'Passion' is the key to good blogging - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 25 Jul 2014
  The BBC's Sameer Hashmi talks to the woman behind the successful Bollywood blog MissMalini.com.
  
• Machine Learning: LG's Smartwatch Shows Android Wear Operating System Has a Long Way to Go - NYT > Personal Tech
  Thu, 24 Jul 2014
  Google's operating system for wearable devices has some promising features, but they’re not ready yet.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• App Smart: Circle the Skies, From Your Smartphone or Tablet - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 23 Jul 2014
  Mobile apps can offer realistic graphics and sophisticated controls that simulate many aspects of flying real aircraft.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Gadgetwise: A Smartphone That Takes the Fall - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 23 Jul 2014
  A dropped device’s chances of emerging with its screen unscathed depend on a number of factors, including previous damage and how it lands.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• VIDEO: How to build and fly your own drone - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 23 Jul 2014
  Personal aerial drones that take pictures could soon become a lot more common, thanks to a new invention.
  
• State of the Art: Amazon’s Fire Phone: Solid Device Beneath a Layer of Whiz-Bang Frippery - NYT > Personal Tech
  Tue, 22 Jul 2014
  Despite its flashy features, such as Dynamic Perspective and Firefly, the Fire Phone can stand alone for those uninterested in such frills.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The Getaway: Photo Storage by Personality (Yours) - NYT > Personal Tech
  Tue, 22 Jul 2014
  Use this guide to match the type of photographer you are with storage and organization tools for your vacation pictures.
  
  
• Weinstein Company Plans to Release ‘One Chance’ on Yahoo’s Free Streaming Site - NYT > Personal Tech
  Mon, 21 Jul 2014
  The film, which had its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, will arrive in theaters in the fall, after it appears on Yahoo Screen.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Q&A: Where to Start When Starting a Blog - NYT > Personal Tech
  Mon, 21 Jul 2014
  Plus, saving the data on your laptop after a spill.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Q&A: Maxing Out Gmail Storage - NYT > Personal Tech
  Fri, 18 Jul 2014
  Plus, how to remote control and share between Macs.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• VIDEO: Tech review: This week's headlines - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 18 Jul 2014
  A smart contact lens that could help diabetics monitor their glucose levels is being developed
  
• State of the Art: With DC59 Motorhead, Dyson Looks to Create the iPad of Vacuums - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 16 Jul 2014
  In a software-obsessed world, the company has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in high-tech motors as it tries to build better machines.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Gadgetwise: Review: Blackphone Trades Some Convenience for Security - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 16 Jul 2014
  Blackphone is impressive for the level of privacy that it offers, but do consumers need that amount of security from their smartphone?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• App Smart: Your Time in the Sun, Measured to the Minute - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 16 Jul 2014
  Apps can time a user’s exposure to the summer sun, and recommend protective clothing and sunscreen factors.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Machine Learning: Easier Ways to Protect Email From Unwanted Prying Eyes - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 16 Jul 2014
  Security experts say email is a lot more like a postcard than a letter inside an envelope, and almost anyone can read it while the note is in transit.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Apple Joins With IBM on Business Software - NYT > Personal Tech
  Tue, 15 Jul 2014
  The two companies have been working on more than 100 software programs developed for Apple’s iOS operating system, tailoring them for use in industries.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Q&A: Restoring Internet Explorer 11 to Windows 8.1 App Tiles - NYT > Personal Tech
  Mon, 14 Jul 2014
  Plus, planning ahead for iOS 8, the next version of Apple’s mobile operating system.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Q&A: Shielding Modems When Lightning Strikes - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 09 Jul 2014
  Also, how to collect scanned pages into a single PDF file.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• App Smart: Apps for a Day at the Beach - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 09 Jul 2014
  Beachgoers can get weather reports, surf forecasts and some summer reading.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• State of the Art: ‘Slender Man’ Story and the New Urban Legends - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 09 Jul 2014
  An attempted murder in Wisconsin is tied to Slender Man, a crowdsourced fictional character said to be a modern twist on the folklore once passed down orally.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Machine Learning: Cutting the High Cost of Digital Living - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 09 Jul 2014
  An audit of subscriptions can help a consumer find services that are duplicated or unneeded, or that have even been forgotten.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Gadgetwise: External Drives Bring Data Storage Back Home - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 09 Jul 2014
  Whether desktop or portable, a user’s own device offers an alternative to cloud storage with its monthly fees.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Q&A: Prepaid Mobile Data Plans for International Travel - NYT > Personal Tech
  Thu, 03 Jul 2014
  Also, how to get everything from an iPod, even if you didn’t buy it through the same computer.