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Richard Stallman Slams Ubuntu Over Amazon Integration, Calls It “Spyware”
The prominent free software advocate Richard Stallman has launched a surprise attack on the Ubuntu Linux operating system, likening it to “spyware” and urging a South American free software association not to promote it anymore. Stallman’s outburst follows the October release of Ubuntu version 12.10 last October, which features integrated Amazon search within its Dash ...
China’s Military Schooling Its Hackers At University?
Chinese hackers belonging to a specialist military unit known cryptically as the People’s Liberation Army Unit 61398 were found to have collaborated with one of the country’s top universities on security research and networking papers. The revelations were uncovered following an investigation by Reuters, which said that the hackers worked together with experts at the ...
Hostile Takeover for Dell Would Leave CEO, Firm in Deep Sh*t
Michael Dell’s dreams of taking his company private are threatening to evolve into a hideous nightmare, after it was revealed that two separate bidders have entered the fray in a bid to wrest control of the company from its founder. Dell’s Special Committee of the Board, which was setup to evaluate any other proposed bids ...
Windows Blue Update Leaked: More Tile Sizes, More Multi-Tasking & More
Yet more tidbits have emerged over the kinds of changes we can expect to see with Windows Blue, a planned update to Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system that is set to be rolled out sometime later this year. The Windows 9 Beta blog was the first to report that a leaked version of Windows Blue ...
Bloatware: Get This Crap Off Of My Phone!
If you happen to have owned an Android smartphone or tablet device in the last couple of years, you’ll be familiar with this particular pet hate of mine. Force fed apps, otherwise known as “Bloatware” or “Crapware”, are by far and away the biggest pain in the ass for Android users. I’m talking about those crappy, infuriating apps that your carrier or hardware manufacturer ...
IBM Pioneers New Liquid-Based Transistors That Mimic The Human Brain
IBM researchers have made a dramatic new breakthrough, creating a new model for the transistor that could one day lead to less power-hungry computer chips that mimic the way the human brain operates. Transistors have been at the heart of tech-heavy society for decades – they can be likened to the ‘building blocks’ of the electronic circuits that power all of ...
Microsoft Transparency Report: Stingy At Home, But Less So Overseas
Microsoft has followed in the footsteps of Google and Twitter to become the latest tech firm to provide details of information requests submitted to it by law enforcement agencies from around the world. According to Microsoft’s Transparency Report, the company received a total 75,378 law enforcement requests over the last year, pertaining to 137,424 accounts. The requests ...
China Taps Ubuntu To Build National Operating System
China has signaled its intention to move away from its dependence on western software products, with the announcement that it will work alongside Canonical to develop a new, open-source operating system customized especially for Chinese users. The end result will be an entirely new version of Ubuntu, Canonical’s Linux-based OS that could well end up being the standard ...
Oracle’s Database Empire Facing Deadly Threat From SLI
It’s been a bad day at the office for Oracle, which has just posted disappointing Q3 earnings that saw revenues fall by 1% and profits remain flat. The company has moved quickly to paper over the cracks, saying that its poor sales execution strategy is to blame for its recent poor performance, but this flimsy ...
European Commission Urged To Slap Google in Antitrust Case
As the European Union’s antitrust probe into Google lurches ahead into its third year, a group of eleven companies opposed to the search engine giant have decided to step up the pressure, writing a letter to regulators urging them to file formal charges against the company instead of pursuing a settlement. For the last two ...