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The PowerPC feature pull for the Linux 3.8 kernel is significant in that it's the first release beginning to introduce support for IBM's next-generation POWER8 processors...

In the week ending 15 December - WhatsApp fixes its application again, Samba 4 is released, Ubuntu Community Manager Jono Bacon apologises to Richard Stallman, and Thorsten Leemhuis looks at Linux 3.7

The Enlightenment project is out today with a new release ahead of the official E17 1.0 release expected on 21 December. With one week to go, the new E17 release is being called the "Lucky Rubber Ducky" by its developers...

As part of its ongoing process of pruning and streamlining its engineering efforts, Google has decided to terminate yet another batch of unloved and little-used services, in what it's calling its "winter cleaning." Citing a need to "focus on creating beautiful, useful products that improve millions of people's lives every day," Venkat Panchapakesan, the Chocolate Factory's VP of engineering, blogged the latest list of ugly, useless Google products to be discontinued, some as early as Friday.

ownCloud offers a Free software solution to synchronize your files across different devices. I’ve been working on a KDE Plasma client for this server technology. In this article, after giving a bit of background of the problem, I explain the design concepts behind the new ownCloud Plasma client and demonstrate how it works and integrates with different Plasma workspaces.

A civilization’s downfall or ascension always begins with one thing: you.

War For the Overworld is the Spiritual Successor of Dungeon Keeper series, Made by dedicated Dungeon Keeper fans from Keeper Klan.

Mobile application development is the process by which software is created for handheld devices. This article focuses on tools which help developers create applications for mobile phones. The purpose of application frameworks and libraries is to enable developers to spend their time on the creative and interesting part of development, alleviating the repetitive overhead associated with common development patterns.

When I started conceptualizing these articles I had no idea how well supported Linux is becoming in the indie game development world. Partly, this may be due to the success of the Humble Indie Bundle who draw nearly 25% of their revenue from the Linux crowd. Whatever the reason, there has been an increasingly large movement from game developers to provide a native Linux version of their product. Some of these games, such as today’s candidate, show some great promise but may struggle because the developers are relatively unknown. Thus, I thought we might spend some time to get to know the folks over at Photon Productions.

A hash-based denial-of-service attack vulnerability has been discovered for the Btrfs, the next-generation Linux file-system.

The new version of Suricata IDS adds experimental features including Unix socket support, IP reputation processing, and Lua scripting alongside numerous enhancements to performance and scalability

Commercial embedded Linux is growing like crazy in all industries, including automotive.

There's a tool out there that you may not have known you needed. Writing a statement like that make me think I should have gone into the marketing business -- but wait. Gardeners, photographers, outdoors enthusiasts, outdoor events organizers, architects -- you name it -- will all benefit from this miracle tool made possible by the magic that is the magnetic-compass enabled smartphone.

Ubuntu this, Fedora that, Mint the newest Linux darling-- it's as though all those other hundreds of Linux distributions don't exist. Let's throw caution to the winds and seek out new distros, and boldly go where we have not gone before. Here are three I'm thinking of installing on my test machine and torture-testing this weekend.

If you think streets are for driving, you’re not alone. But you are also not thinking outside the box. Open Streets initiatives are taking root across the continent, with communities everywhere looking to use their streets for walking, dancing, bicycling, partying, and dozens of other activities that can help build healthier, stronger, more sustainable communities. Here are three ideas and resources from the Planning Tool Exchange to help you open your streets to more than just cars.

While there were some initial problems with Thunderbolt support on Linux, most of the early problems with the new technology have been worked out with recent kernel updates. Unfortunately, some problems remain with this high-speed I/O interface...

Mozilla is organising game development hackathons in London and New York to kick off its Game On programming competition. With this initiative, the organisation hopes to promote web-based, browser-run games

This guide explains how to set up an NFS server and an NFS client on CentOS 6.3. NFS stands for Network File System; through NFS, a client can access (read, write) a remote share on an NFS server as if it was on the local hard disk.

Some believe big data will be a boon for decision making, while others see it as so dense, it will only lead to confusion and inertia. This infographic, based on research from Pew, looks at the pros and cons of Big Data.

This week we look at a new developer crowd funding site, if cloud security fears are overblown and the hottest tech companies to start a career.