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QNX Neutrino OS 'unrelated' to exploit, say Canucks BlackBerry has denied rumors that its software might have played a role in the infamous "Jeep hack," saying it's "unequivocally" not true.…

eInfochips announced Arrow distribution for its “Eragon600″ module and development kits, which run Android or Linux on a quad-core Snapdragon 600 SoC. We missed Qualcomm’s announcement of the eInfochips Eragon600 in June. Now eInfochips has announced a global distribution deal with Arrow Electronics, which will bring the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 based computer-on-module and several carrier […]

When I was a kid I wanted to be a singing dentist, a veterinarian, a reporter, and pretty much everything in between. But the one field that never crossed my mind as a possibility was Information Technology. Sure, I had immersed myself in technology growing up, playing the Putt Putt Saves the Zoo computer game and using desktop publishing software to create my own daily newsletter, The Daily News. While I understood how to use technology to accomplish tasks, I didn't think of it as a vehicle to a potential career path. read more

A security hole in Android's remote support tool is being exploited in the wild.

Ubuntu has received a lot of flack from the community for some of its commercial projects. Placing Amazon ads in Unity's Dash is a classic example of a poorly planned move that flies in the teeth of the community's ethos. A community built on the concepts of freedom and software that empowers the user (instead of some commercial concern) would never take that well.

Fedora 23 Alpha is scheduled to hit the mirrors tomorrow, and Flock our big annual developer and contributor conference, this year in Rochester, New York starts Wednesday.

The entropy of data generated by Linux servers -- which are the backbone of much of the internet -- is, says security expert Bruce Potter, too low... Potter warns that the low entropy problem means that seemingly random numbers could in fact be easier to guess or crack than first thought.

Frank Karlitschek is a free software developer and privacy activist. He'll be speaking at LinuxCon North America in August of this year. His topic, "Open source, safe and secure; A case for leaving data where it is," is very timely given the rash of data breaches we've witnessed lately. read more

Here's what we know about communities: Communities thrive on shared purpose, passion, and commitment. Communities can accomplish more than individuals. Communities require reciprocity. read more

Suppose you want to install an Android app on your Android device. However, for whatever reason, you cannot access Google Play Store on the Android device. What can you do then? One way to install the app without Google Play Store access is to download its APK file using some other means, and then install […]Continue reading... The post How to download apk files from Google Play Store on Linux appeared first on Xmodulo.

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Four years ago, I participated in the WorldSkills Competition. I represented India on the global stage, in the IT Software Solutions for Business category. As part of the competition, I had to build solutions for different business problems using only proprietary office tools. read more

All too often these days, the first time a startup has to deal with a patent issue is when a patent troll attacks them. Or when a prospective investor may ask them how they are protecting their ideas... At no cost, participants can choose two patents from a group of three to five that Google identifies as relevant to their businesses.

Mozilla Firefox users are this week being urged to update to the latest version after an exploit was found being used in the wild which allowed the scooping up of files from users' computers via an ad without leaving a trace behind of the hack.

While the finished tablet isn’t quite ready to ship yet, Jolla has announced it is sending out a handful of pre-production tablets to members of its Developer Device Loan Program... Sailfish is a Linux-based operating system with an emphasis on gesture-based navigation...

HDMI is implemented on just about every piece of sufficiently advanced consumer electronics. You can find it in low-end cellphones, and a single board Linux computer without HDMI is considered crippled. There’s some interesting stuff lurking around in the HDMI spec, and at DEF CON, [Joshua Smith] laid the Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) part of HDMI out on the line, and exposed a few vulnerabilities in this protocol that’s in everything with an HDMI port.

The data scrambling systems used by millions of web servers could be much weaker than they ought to be, say researchers... the entropy of the data streams on Linux servers was often very low because the machines were not generating enough raw information for them.

After a long wait, Ubuntu phones became a reality this year. But now Linux fans outside of Europe and China will be able to try out the newcomer OS for the very first time. Spanish smartphone maker BQ has announced that it is now shipping its Aquarius E5 Ubuntu smartphone across the world.

Depending on the specific programs that will be utilized in the school year, a used computer with a version of Linux installed may be just what a student needs to help with the budgetary concerns. There is almost no reason not to embrace and promote the use of open-source operating systems and software,,,

The world’s top three mobile operating systems may dominate the market by shear numbers but that doesn’t mean there aren’t other alternatives being developed and researched. That’s where Plasma Mobile comes in, a mobile KDE Linux project that’s absolutely free.

Hello, open gaming fans! In this week's edition, we take a look at Alienware's YouTube playlist showing gameplay on the new Steam Machine, AMD working on a Linux graphics driver, new games for Linux, the pick of the week, and more. Open gaming roundup for August 2 - 8, 2015 read more