FOSSA: Open-sourcing open-source license management
Senior developers know that one of the biggest problems with programming today isn’t the coding itself, but keeping on the right side of all the base code’s open-source licenses. FOSSA has an answer. Read More
Apple’s education event has elephant in the room named Google
Apple’s March 27 field trip is all about education, but the company has a tough task trying to gain share from Google’s Chromebook, G Suite, and Google Classroom stack. Read More
Linux Mint announces Mintbox Mini 2 tiny desktop PC with Intel inside
Due in June, the new Mintbox moves from an AMD CPU to a rival Celeron processor, which should provide a performance boost while maintaining a similar price point. Read More
ATO pulls website offline despite cancelling scheduled maintenance
The Australian Taxation Office once again took its services completely offline after tweeting last week planned maintenance was cancelled. Read More
Formula 1: How sensor technology is changing the race
With Formula 1 pushing its own digitisation projects, each team has also formed a series of close technology partnerships such as that between AT&T and Aston Martin Red Bull Racing in order to collect, analyse, utilise, and secure sensor data to improve performance. Read More
Pivotal files for IPO
The software company, of which Dell is the majority shareholder, has yet to become profitable, its filing shows. Read More
Making sense of Microsoft’s Common Data Service makeover
Microsoft’s ‘Spring ’18’ refresh of its Dynamics 365 services includes some major new development and analytics tech under the covers: The Common Data Service for Apps and for Analytics. Read More
Galaxy S9 touchscreen ‘dead spots’: Samsung’s looking into user complaints
Fresh out of the box, some Galaxy S9 touchscreens aren’t responsive in certain patches. Read More
ReFlex: remote storage with local performance in a flash
Flash storage is fast and expensive, an issue for system designers: load individual servers with SSDs whose performance far exceeds server needs; or put flash in costly shared arrays? What’s needed is a performant way to share individual SSDs across servers – and here’s a solution. Read More
Firefox in 2018: We’ll tackle bad ads, breach alerts, autoplay video, says Mozilla
Firefox could get its own ad blocker and breach notifications alerts, according to Mozilla’s 2018 roadmap. Read More