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We've been putting that entire ecosystem through its paces for a few days now, and while some of those pieces work better than others, all have some trouble living up to the promise of a seamless, hassle-free, PC-on-a-TV-console experience. It's early, and Valve's attack on the living room is far from a vaporware failure, but it's not a shock-and-awe knockout blitz either.

A jury has found Apple's A7 and A8 chips violate a patent belonging to the licensing arm of the University of Wisconsin, and the world's richest smartphone maker is now on the hook for up to $862 million in damages.

Torch and pitchfork time after Redmond force-feeds update. Did you notice Microsoft being a bit too eager to push its Windows 10 update onto your PC lately?

An important security issue on Ubuntu phone that has been revealed this morning has been fixed by the Canonical team. This the first major issues revealed on Ubuntu Touch, and the developers have been quick to repair it.

YouTube's CEO Susan Wojcicki delivered a powerful keynote this morning to thousands of attendees at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, which is being held this week in Houston. She started with, "My daughter told me she doesn't like computers."

USB sticks have long been a mechanism for delivering malware to unsuspecting computer users. A booby-trapped flash drive, for instance, was the means by which the US and Israel reportedly infected Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment facility with the Stuxnet worm........ last year's Bad USB proof-of-concept exploit delivered a highly programmable attack platform that can't be detected by today's defenses.

Epic Games, through Alexander Paschall and Stephen Ellis, has had the great pleasure of announcing the immediate availability for download of the first Preview build of the highly anticipated Unreal Engine 4.10 game engine.

And you thought big Unix was dead! Well it ain't. And it wants upgrading inside a year. As well as the range of Linux servers it released last week, Big Blue also announced version 7.2 of its venerable AIX operating system.

Pentobi is a board game in which players have to place pieces that are similar in shape with tetrominos on a square grid board, while trying to block the opponent from doing the same. The winner is the player who places the most number of pieces on the board when no more pieces can be placed.

As you can tell by my Wi-Fi focus in The Open-Source Classroom this month, I really love wireless networking. I've implemented wireless solutions for schools on a shoestring budget, and I've helped plan campus-wide rollouts of redundantly controlled enterprise solutions.

If something was missing from the Linux world that was an expansion pack for Cards Against Humanity, that's entirely about Linux. Well, it won't be missing for much longer, and one such expansion is on its way.

In a blog post published earlier today, October 15, KDE contributor and developer Björn Ruberg talks about the stability, usability, and reliability of the KDE Plasma 5 desktop environment for end users.

Although there are countless different GNU/Linux distributions out there for people to choose from, you may not find exactly what you're looking for and that is perfectly normal. In this tutorial, we will explore how to use SUSE Studio to generate a highly tailored Linux system based on the latest openSUSE.

Canonical's Ubuntu Linux open source mobile OS for smartphones and tablets will be able to run programs designed for any version of Linux.

At last - Americans finally get to parallel park Updated Tesla has offered to make its customers more confident drivers by allowing them to hand over control of their vehicles to software.…

In today's open source roundup: The Linux Foundation's free Chromebook offer has been extended. Plus: The Ubuntu Touch store gets its first malicious app. And can the Internet exist without Linux?

In today's open source world, there are a number of very large communities that have tangible incentives for contributing to projects. Commits that make it into the master branch of Docker can attract tips, and once you become an Active Technical Contributor for OpenStack you get a number of perks, including free entry to the next OpenStack Summit. read more

After being in development for quite a few months now, the port of the CentOS 7 Linux operating system to 32-bit (i686/x86) hardware architectures has been finalized.

Syncloud is open source software which allows users without any technical knowledge to have popular services running at home on cheap hardware like raspberry pi with UI similar to modern mobile app store solutions. With almost one click install within seconds user can have complex services like ownCloud ready for use otherwise impossible to install without an admin friend with experience.

NGINX, an open source, high-performance HTTP server, reverse proxy, and IMAP/POP3 proxy server, has gained popularity as a load balancer. I caught up with Sarah Novotny, head of Developer Relations at NGINX, ahead of her All Things Open session later this month, and asked her to explain NGINX's growing popularity. read more