Windows 8.1—previously known by its code name “Windows Blue—is a major update for the Windows 8 operating system, and it will include a number of features that should render the operating system more appealing to business customers and IT admins. Although Microsoft isn’t calling it a service pack, the scope and timing of Windows 8.1 are similar to what we’ve come to expect from a Service Pack 1 update: It “fixes” bugs and , and it adds new features and capabilities that users have asked for. Despite claims that around the neck of the PC industry, Microsoft's flagship operating system has achieved sales on par with its predecessor. The real test, though, is Microsoft’s business customers. Enterprise customers don’t just buy an operating system, they purchase thousands, or tens of thousands of licenses for an operating system. Microsoft acknowledges the importance of its business customers by making Windows 8.1 significantly better for business—both from the user and IT admin perspective. Here are five reasons businesses should take a close look at the new OS:
Zynga, the social gaming services company, is laying off 18 percent of its employees in an effort to reduce its cost structure. CEO Mark Pincus announced the layoffs Monday in a to employees posted on the company’s blog. Zynga, as of the end of last year, had more than 3,000 full-time employees, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. “Today is a hard day for Zynga and an emotional one for every employee of our company,” Pincus said. “The impact of these layoffs will be felt across every group in the company.” “This is a necessary step to move forward,” he added.
For the kickoff of Microsoft’s annual North American TechEd conference, the company is urging administrators and IT professionals to think of it as the provider of the “Cloud OS.” Microsoft announced a sweeping range of updates to its line of enterprise software, all aimed at bridging on-premises systems with cloud services offered by Microsoft and its service providers. It also announced updates to its Azure cloud service. “If you step back and [see] what is fundamentally happening in the industry, the definition of the operating systems is changing and expanding. Its role is to provide an abstraction layer between the application and the hardware, but it has to do that at the scale of the data center or the cloud, not at the level of the individual server,” said Brad Anderson, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of Windows Server and System Center, in a press conference that followed the opening keynote.
Microsoft reportedly is headed for a major organizational restructuring as the company continues its march toward becoming a devices-and-services company. If the latest rumors are any indication, Microsoft will focus on at least three major categories in the coming years: cloud-connected services, online communications, and all things Xbox. . . “It impacts how we run the company, how we develop new experiences, and how we take products to market for both consumers and businesses.”
Apple appears to face an uphill battle as it goes to trial Monday in New York on ebook price fixing charges brought by the U.S. government. In a courtroom packed to capacity, the company squared off alone against the U.S. Department of Justice in a non-jury trial presided over by Judge Denise Cote for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, who in a pre-trial hearing had already indicated her inclination to rule against the company. The alleging that Apple and five publishers—Penguin Group, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan—had conspired to raise ebook prices. The publishers, however, have since all settled, agreeing to stop prohibiting wholesale discounts and to pay a cumulative $164 million, earmarked to benefit consumers. The DOJ charges that Apple and the five publishers colluded to raise prices of ebooks, working together to compete against Amazon, which set the price of most ebooks at $9.99 beginning in late 2007. At that time, the rising popularity of Amazon’s Kindle made it the dominant player in the ebook market, with about 90 percent market share by 2009.
U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning accused of sharing thousands of classified government documents with WikiLeaks, knew that the information would aid enemies of the U.S., a prosecutor argued Monday. Manning, on 12 charges at Fort Meade, Maryland, endangered U.S. national security when he “systematically harvested” thousands of classified documents and allowed them to be posted to the Internet, prosecutor Captain Joe Morrow said. The classified documents had “great value to our adversaries, and in particular, our enemies,” Morrow said. “This is a case that shows what happens when arrogance meets access to sensitive information.” Manning selectively shared documents that he believed other U.S. citizens had a right to see, countered David Coombs, his lawyer. Manning, now 25, was young and naive, but “well-intentioned,” Coombs said in his opening statement.
Microsoft said Monday that it will tie Windows more closely to the cloud, a strategy designed to convince its core business customers to adopt the newest version of its operating system. Specifically, Microsoft demonstrated the ability to add an employee’s own devices, such as an iPad, Windows tablet, or Android phone to the corporate network, and download a company’s internal Windows apps to a Windows device. More importantly, Microsoft showed off how that device could be only partially wiped if the tablet was lost, only deleting sensitive business data, and not the user’s pictures. Executives also showed off enhancements to printing and presentations, and demonstrated how tablets managed by a school, for example, could be locked down to prevent Web browsing while students took a test. Microsoft executives also confirmed that it would release a public preview of Windows 8.1 on June 26, for Windows 8, Windows RT and Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry. or “Blue,” including a revamped Start menu and a boot-to-Desktop option. On Monday, Microsoft used its TechEd conference in New Orleans to show off some of the new technical capabilities within Windows 8.1, promising synergy with , incluidng Visual Studio and SQL Server.
. With the VivoMouse, Asus has combined mouse and trackpad into a single, odd-looking device. While traditional PC mice have a lumpy shape that fits snugly under a relaxed hand, the VivoMouse gently arches, then expands outward into a disc-like trackpad surface. Users can either slide the VivoMouse around on a desk, or pick it up and use the trackpad by itself. The trackpad supports several touch gestures, such as pinch-to-zoom and twist-to-rotate. Windows 8 gestures are also supported, so users can swipe in from the edges of the trackpad to bring up the app sidebar and charms bars. To scroll up and down, you simply slide a finger clockwise or counter-clockwise around the bottom edge of the pad, allowing for easy one-handed use. Asus is touting the VivoMouse alongside its VivoPC, a small desktop PC for offices and living rooms. It's unclear, however, whether the VivoPC will actually include a VivoMouse, and Asus hasn't announced pricing or anything more specific than Q3 for availability.
Researchers, students, and others who need to work with multiple PDF documents, are always on the lookout for ways to make this formidable task easier. PDF Stacks is yet another contestant in the world of PDF managers, trying to being order into the chaos of your PDF library. Unlike similar solutions such as
Windows RT has struggled to gain adoption for months. Samsung and Acer are among the companies abandoning RT devices, while won’t touch it. So Microsoft's latest effort to boost Windows RT is apparently to cut the licensing costs device makers pay to use the ARM-based version of Windows. The unspecified licensing discount applies only to "small-sized tablets," which wasn't defined in a which also notes that Microsoft will promote Windows RT to computer makers during the Computex trade show in Taipei this week. In fact, Microsoft is expected to reinforce its commitment to Windows NT in a Computex keynote by Nick Parker, Microsoft corporate vice president of the Original Equipment Manufacturer Division. is typically where manufacturers preview their slate of major device releases for the second half of 2013 including the all-important back-to-school and holiday shopping periods. The first Computex announcements are focused on Windows 8, however. Besides . Noticeably missing from this first round of Computex gadget debuts are tablets running Windows RT for devices with ARM processors.
For me, one of the most awkward aspects of the Windows 8 Start screen (you know, the one with all the tiles) is file management. Specifically, if I want to browse or search my files (Word documents, PDFs, etc.), it's not immediately clear how to do so. There's no file manager to speak of, at least not amidst the tiles, so anyone accustomed to an earlier version of Windows might be left thinking, "Dude, where's my data?" As you may have learned, you can search for files the same way you can search for apps and settings: just start typing. Windows 8's dynamic search option immediately displays and filters results as you type. Just one problem: File searches don't extend beyond what's contained in your Libraries. So if you've migrated over some folders that exist outside Libraries or prefer to organize documents and such in a different way, your searches will be fruitless--and frustrating.
After months on the market, Windows 8 tablets have yet to rack up the sales Microsoft and PC vendors were originally hoping for. But on Monday Taiwanese PC maker Acer showed off what could be the first of many Windows 8 tablets to come in smaller screen sizes, following the success of Apple’s iPad mini and Google’s Nexus 7. Acer’s claims to be the first Windows 8 tablet built with an 8.1-inch screen, and is small enough that it can be gripped in one hand. The new product was unveiled a day before the Computex trade show in Taipei, and the company made it available for hands-on use by reporters. Prices for the product will range between $400 and $500, according to Acer, making it more expensive than similarly sized tablets running Android or iOS. But in developing the tablet, Acer wanted to bring the power of a desktop PC to a handheld device, according to company president Jim Wong. Not only does it boast Windows 8, enabling people to run legacy Windows software, but also the Home & Student 2013 edition of Microsoft Office. In addition, the tablet uses an Intel Atom Z2760 chip, code-named Clover Trail, that features a dual-core processor with a 1.8 GHz clock speed.
Your Windows PC has at least one administrator-level account. If you can't access that account, you've got a problem--you can't install or uninstall programs, or change certain settings. I'll tell you a way to gain this access, but first, ask yourself if you really should be doing this. If it's unquestionably your computer and you've forgotten your password (or if the previous owner failed to give it to you), you have every right acquire or change the password. But if it's a company computer and the IT department wants to keep full administrator control to itself, this is a good way to get fired. And if it's someone else's computer, it's a good way to get arrested.
Dell has expanded its range of hybrid devices with the XPS 11, which can transform from tablet to laptop with the flip of a screen. The XPS 11 has a hinge that allows the panel holding its 11.6-inch screen to be folded almost 360 degrees so that the device can be used as a tablet. The design is similar to that of Lenovo's IdeaPad Yoga hybrids, which are available with 11- and 13-inch screens. Dell announced the hybrid on the sidelines of the Computex trade show being held in Taipei. It will ship later this year with Windows 8.1, code-named Blue. Pricing was not disclosed. The XPS 11 keyboard is tightly integrated into the chassis, so the keyboard buttons don't stick out when the device is being used in a tablet mode, and the keys are deactivated when the display is folded back more than 180 degrees. The 2560 x 1440 pixel display has a Gorilla Glass layer for durability. The device will ship with an Intel Core i5 processor code-named Haswell.
Software AG has signed a deal to acquire IT portfolio management software vendor alfabet AG, and plans to combine the company’s tools with its own ARIS process modeling products. Terms of the agreement, which was announced Monday, were not disclosed. Together, the products will provide customers with a toolset they can use to keep tabs on their IT landscapes while modeling and tweaking their business processes, Software AG said in a statement. The acquisition is scheduled to close by the end of this month but is also subject to approval by the Federal Cartel Office in Germany, according to the announcement. Alfabet has roughly 90 employees and counts Volkswagen, BMW and Credit Suisse among its customers, Software AG said.
The spread of smartphones, powered by fast 3G and LTE networks used to watch ever more video content, are pushing up the volume of mobile data traffic. The challenge for operators will be to turn that into more revenue, as users prefer Wi-Fi networks, an analyst said. While recent financial reports from operators have shown tepid growth in some parts of the world, especially in the south of Europe, the coming years will still see smartphone subscriptions and traffic increase significantly on a global basis, according to network vendor Ericsson’s latest Mobility Report. It took five years to reach 1 billion smartphones shipped, but it will take just another two years to reach the two billion mark, which Ericsson thinks illustrates how fast the mobile industry is still moving. Much of that growth is expected to come from developing countries, according to Pyramid Research. Global smartphone sales are expected to more than double between 2012 and 2017, with sell-through in emerging markets expected to generate 58 percent of smartphone sales during the period, it said last month.
A Japanese entrepreneur who founded one of the country’s largest web portals and was a national celebrity before being jailed for securities fraud is now free and has launched a firm to develop smartphone apps. Takafumi Horie was once a household name in Japan as the outspoken founder and CEO of Livedoor, a popular domestic website. Dubbed “Horiemon” in the press for his similarity to the pudgy animation character Doraemon, he published several best-selling books on business and once ran for political office with the backing of the prime minister. He attempted a hostile takeover of a large TV station that led to new acquisition laws in Japan, and when his home and company’s offices were raided in 2006 on suspicion of fraud it caused a plunge in the stock market. Many investors who had sunk their life savings into his firm’s shares were subsequently wiped out. Horie was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in 2007 and has kept a relative low profile since.
Microsoft is updating a number of its IT infrastructure and development tools to work more seamlessly with its Azure hosted cloud services, including Windows Server, System Center, Visual Studio and SQL Server. “You can think of all these products as being Azure-powered. We’re bringing the experience, code and design from Azure to our on-premise products,” said Brad Anderson, who is Microsoft’s corporate vice president of Windows Server and System Center. At the Microsoft TechEd conference this week in New Orleans, Anderson will announce the pending releases of Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2, Visual Studio 2013 and SQL Server 2014, as well as an update of Microsoft’s Intune computer management service. Each of these products will be available in preview form later this month, and all will be available as commercial releases by the end of the year, except for SQL Server 2014, which will be released early in 2014. All these releases share a familiar theme: They all work with Azure, or Azure-like cloud services from Microsoft partners, streamlining the process for organizations to shift their workloads between their own data centers and cloud services. Using these latest releases, organizations can back up their in-house Windows Server applications or SQL Server databases in Azure. Or they could use Azure for failover operations, where the cloud service could take over operations should the primary data-center servers fail for some reason, Anderson said in an interview before the conference opened.
The first three months of 2013 have seen a surge in spam volume, as well as large numbers of samples of the Koobface social networking worm and master boot record (MBR) infecting malware, according to antivirus vendor McAfee. released Monday. The amount of spam originating from some countries rose dramatically, McAfee said. Spam from Belarus increased by 540 percent while spam originating in Kazakhstan grew 150 percent. Cutwail, also known as Pushdo, was the most prevalent spam-sending botnet during the first quarter, McAfee said.
Asustek Computer is extending its Zenbook family of ultrabooks with a new model with a cover made from scratch-resistant Gorilla Glass. The 13.3-inch Zenbook Infinity will go on sale in the third quarter with a choice of Windows 8 or the upcoming Windows 8.1, known as Windows Blue, said an Asus spokesman at the Computex trade show in Taipei, where the new Zenbook was on display. Along with the cover, the track pad and surrounding palm-rest are also made from Corning’s Gorilla Glass 3, but with a brushed finish so they appear matt in color. The underside remains metal, which was necessary to give it enough structural support, the spokesman said. The glass is intended to make the product more elegant as well as more resistant to marks. It’s just one way PC makers are trying to differentiate products and appeal to buyers, many of whom are favoring smartphones and tablets over laptops. Acer is also offering laptops with Gorilla Glass lids.
The company that brought us the PadFone, an all-in-one smartphone, tablet, and laptop device, is thinking a bit bigger. Taiwan’s Asustek Computer has now combined a tablet, smartphone, and desktop PC into a single product that it calls the Transformer Book Trio. Asus Chairman Jonney Shih introduced the product during Asus’s news conference at the Computex Trade show in Taipei on Monday. “Ladies and gentleman,” said Shih, who loves to put on a show for the Computex press corps, “I present the Transformer Book Trio, the world’s first three-in-one notebook, tablet, and desktop PC.” The Trio is an 11.6-inch Android tablet, with a 2GHz Intel Atom 2580 processor. Snap it into a keyboard and it becomes a laptop that can run both Android and Windows 8. Remove the tablet display, and the keyboard—which has its own hard drive and Core i7 processor—can be connected to a wireless monitor and used as a desktop PC. The tablet and keyboard each have their own battery, CPU, and operating system, so while using the keyboard as a PC, “you can give the tablet to your kids to go play with independently,” Shih said.
Vizio's latest version of the CA24T, a stylish and cleverly designed all-in-one, amends the deal-killing flaw of its previous iteration: a poor, TV-grade LCD. The CA24T's display now matches up nicely with the competition, and performance has improved. It remains expensive, however, and it has a slightly oddball keyboard and a touchpad instead of a mouse. Styled in pewter, chrome, and black, the CA24T is a very nice looking all-in-one. Where its prior version suffered from a subpar, blurry display, the new CA24T's 1920-by-1080-pixel, 24-inch touchscreen is a vast improvement. The new display delivers crisp text, renders movies well, and is nicely responsive to touch and gestures. And, unlike many AIOs whose displays reach down to the desktop, it doesn't block the space behind it. The display portion sits well clear of the desktop on a long, narrow arm, and the base is low-profile and flat, so you can easily set things on it. In opting for such a svelte design, Vizio was forced to use an external power supply, or APU. However, the company styled it to match the main unit and cleverly combined it with a subwoofer. Indeed, you can actually get some bass thump out of this unit. The overall sound is clear and spacious, as well as amazingly loud. Loud is good, especially if you plan to take advantage of the CA24T's remote control and twin HDMI inputs to utilize it as a home or dorm-room entertainment center. You'll definitely be able to hear it across the room. Vizio is still putting style over substance with the wireless keyboard and touchpad, though. They look nice sidled up against each other, but the keyboard layout is cramped, the home or end keys are missing, and the nonsculpted, short-travel keys make achieving a typing rhythm a tad difficult. The touchpad could be a tad more responsive as well. Tastes vary, but Vizio could definitely do better.
While Vizio didn’t wander far from the pretty design of its first-generation 27-inch all-in-one PC, it did make a few improvements under the hood. Unfortunately, this model ships with the same thoroughly crappy peripherals. The CA27T-B1 is based on Intel’s mobile 2.4GHz Core i7-3630QM quad-core processor, supported by 8GB of DDR/1600 memory, and a 1TB 5400-rpm hard drive supplemented by a 32GB solid-state drive acting as cache (that is, you can’t use the SSD for additional storage). A Vizio spokesperson told us that this machine was built for power, and that’s pretty much what it delivered, producing a Desktop Worldbench 8.1 score of 179. That’s a 79-percent edge over our reference desktop—Acer’s Aspire U-A5600U-UB13 all-in-one—and a staggering 178 percent increase in performance compared with Vizio’s less-expensive AMD-powered 24-inch AIO. The CA27T-B1’s glossy 27-inch touchscreen is an edge-to-edge glass model delivering a native resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels. The bezel is actually under the glass, not raised, and the panel’s touch sensitivity extends just beyond the screen, so that you can swipe in from the edge to open Windows 8’s Charms bar. Touch input is smooth and accurate, and it’s definitely the preferred input method when compared with Vizio’s peripherals (more on those later). The screen is a little disappointing—especially coming from an HDTV maker. Colors look a little washed out and faded, and skin tones seem to be way, way off. In my test clips, subjects looked overly tan or washed out, and HD streaming video featured lots of choppy artifacting. Still, the screen is fairly bright, and you’re unlikely to notice all the choppiness if you’re far enough away (which you won’t be if you’re actively using the touch input).
Hitachi said Monday it will officially support Amazon Web Services as part of its cloud solution offerings, a victory for Amazon over rival Microsoft Azure. Amazon and Microsoft have long been locked in competition for the Japanese cloud server market. Many large, traditional Japanese firms tend to stick with long-time domestic providers such as Hitachi, but need more support when they expand Web services abroad. Tokyo-based Hitachi said it will begin this month offering products that “truly align” its offerings with those of Amazon. Hitachi’s offerings will include yen-based transactions, AWS-based services on a fixed monthly fee rather than usage-based billing, and a “direct connect” service that links Hitachi-hosted services with those on Amazon servers. Hitachi also offers a VPN-based connection service to services using Microsoft Azure servers outside of Japan, but doesn’t sell Azure services directly to customers. Hitachi Solutions, the company’s systems division, is strong at home but has gaps internationally, and said it will pitch its AWS services as a way to fill the gap.
Mozilla has signed on Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer, to support its Firefox operating system in cellphones. The Firefox OS is built on the HTML5 web standard and Mozilla is setting it up to compete with operating systems such as Google’s Android and Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8. The first Firefox phones are yet to go on sale although a number of phone makers and carriers have signaled support for the software. The initial handsets are expected to appear first in developing markets. For carriers and phone makers, Firefox OS could play a balancing role against the growing dominance of Android, although what level of support the operating system will get is not yet clear.
Windows 8 is joining the 8-inch tablet bandwagon with a new device from Acer that will launch later this month and come with a price tag between $400 and $500. Acer unveiled the Iconia W3 on Monday, a day before the start of the Computex trade show being held in Taipei this week. Acer claims the device is the world's first 8-inch tablet to run Microsoft's Windows 8 OS, which has been struggling to grab consumer interest. The Iconia W3 has a 1280 x 800 pixel resolution and is equipped with Intel's Atom Z2760 processor, a dual-core chip with a clock speed of 1.8GHz. It weighs 500 grams, comes in white color, and has a battery life of up to 8 hours. Both the front and rear have a 2-megapixel camera.
, but the new Core microprocessor technology isn’t the only news to come out of the Taipei, Taiwan trade show. This IDG News Service video previews what to expect on the first day of the show as Acer, MSI, Asus, and ARM hold press conferences to tout new products. Look for smaller Windows tablets—possibly an 8-inch model—coming from Acer as well as new styles of laptop-tablet hybrids. Still, Haswell remains the biggest news at Computex. Check out .
Microsoft CIO Tony Scott has left the company after five years. Word of his departure leaked out over the weekend. His lists him as the company’s former CIO and the company website no longer lists him among senior leaders. The Seattle tech news site broke the story Sunday and also received confirmation from Microsoft in a statement the site quoted as saying: “Tony Scott decided to depart Microsoft to focus on personal projects. While at Microsoft, Tony was a strong IT leader passionate about taking Microsofts technology to the next level and using our experiences and learnings to help customers and partners. We thank Tony for his contributions and wish him well.”
Der taiwanische Auftragsfertiger Foxconn und Mozilla haben auf der zur Zeit in Taipeh stattfindenden Computex bekannt gegeben, mehrere Geräte mit Firefox OS entwickeln zu wollen, darunter auch ein Tablet.
Das Qt-Projekt hat qbs, ein System zum Generieren von Projekten, in der ersten stabilen Version 1.0.0 veröffentlicht. qbs kommt ohne Makefiles aus und soll etwa mit Ant oder SCons vergleichbar sein.
Wie die Entwickler des freien Browsers »Camino« bekannt gaben, hat die Anwendung offiziell den Status einer »toten« Anwendung erreicht. Anwender, die Camino immer noch nutzen, sind gebeten, auf eine andere Applikation umzuschwenken.
Die Unterstützung für die Eigenschaft »ref-qualifier« erhebt die GNU Compiler Collection 4.8.1 zum ersten C++-Compiler, der alle Eigenschaften des C++11-Standards erfüllt.
Die Juniausgabe von »freiesMagazin« ist mit Nachrichten und Artikeln über freie Software erschienen.
Der Windows-Nachbau ReactOS erhielt in Version 0.3.15 eine neue USB-Implementierung. Ferner gab es wiederum eine große Zahl von Änderungen, die zu einem stabileren und solideren System führen sollen.
Die Linux Foundation, das Industriekonsortium zur Förderung von Linux, begrüßt drei weitere Unternehmen als neue Mitglieder. Zwei der Unternehmen kommen aus der Automobilbranche, das dritte ist ein großer Hersteller von Online-Spielen.
Nach vielen Verzögerungen kann Aaron Seigo in einem aktuellen Status-Update vermelden, dass der Prototyp des Vivaldi-Tablets beinahe fertig ist. Das offene Tablet soll demnächst in die Produktion gehen.
Am 20.8.2004, noch vor dem Erscheinen der ersten Ubuntu-Version, verfasste Mark Shuttleworth den ersten Fehlerbericht, den bekannten Ubuntu Bug #1. Heute, nach fast 9 Jahren, schloss er ihn. Zu Recht?
Die Projektseite des Content-Management-Systems Drupal ist gehackt worden, wodurch die Angreifer Zugriff auf fast eine Million Nutzerdaten erlangt haben.
Die Entwickler des Gramps-Projekts haben ihre Software für Ahnenforscher in der Version 4.0.0 veröffentlicht und mit dem Titel »The Miracle of Birth« versehen. Gramps steht unter der GPL, ist in Python implementiert und unterstützt den GEDCOM-Standard.
Beim Debian-Projekt wurde in der letzten Woche eine Umfrage zum Init-Daemon Systemd durchgeführt, die Ergebnisse sind jetzt verfügbar.
Das Linux-Mint-Team hat sein benutzerfreundliches Ubuntu-Derivat in der Version 15 veröffentlicht. Linux Mint 15 trägt den Namen »Olivia« und enthält zahlreiche Neuerungen.
Australien will ODF in Behörden und öffentlichen Einrichtungen zum Standard machen. Das »Australian Government Information Management« (AGIMO) hat dazu Empfehlungen erarbeitet.
Die Document Foundation hat die erste Betaversion der nächsten Version 4.1 der freien Office-Suite LibreOffice freigegeben. Bis zum Erscheinen von Version 4.1 Ende Juli bleibt noch Zeit, die neuen Funktionen und Korrekturen zu testen.
Ein bisher nur unter dem Pseudonym »nerdopolis« bekannter Entwickler hat ein Live-Image, basierend auf Kubuntu 13.04 veröffentlicht, das als Display-Server Wayland und den zugehörigen Referenz-Compositor Weston einsetzt.
Das Humble-Bundle-Team hat sein achtes Humble Indie Bundle geschnürt. Darin finden sich maximal sieben Indie Games, die DRM-frei sind und unter Linux, Max OS X sowie Windows laufen.
Das Fedora-Projekt hat die Betaversion der Linux-Distribution Fedora 19 veröffentlicht. Neben den neuen Desktops KDE SC 4.10, Gnome 3.8, Xfce 4.10 und Mate 1.6 findet man in der Betaversion Unterstützung für 3D-Drucker und zahlreiche weitere Neuerungen.
Frankreichs Senat möchte seine Grundschulen und weiterführenden Schulen dazu bewegen, mehr offene und freie Software für all die Angebote zu verwenden, die öffentlich zugänglich sind oder für eLearning-Zwecke genutzt werden.
Der Suchmaschinenbetreiber Google hat die Namen der Studenten bekannt gegeben, die im Rahmen des diesjährigen Summer of Code (GSoC) gefördert werden. Insgesamt wurden 1192 Studenten akzeptiert.
Die Linux Foundation hat den jährlichen Unternehmens-Endanwender-Bericht vorgestellt. Demnach wächst der Server-Einsatz von Linux schneller als der von MS Windows, der teilweise bereits zurückgeht.
Einer nicht bestätigten Meldung nach plant der in den letzten Wochen und Monaten mehrfach in die Kritik geratene taiwanische Auftragsfertiger Foxconn ein Smartphone mit Firefox OS auf den Markt zu bringen.
Der LinuxTag 2013 hat am vergangenen Samstag seine Pforten geschlossen und der Ausrichter LinuxTag e.V. zieht nun Bilanz. Die Gemeinschaft aus Entwicklern und Anwendern bleibt demnach eine treibende Kraft des Erfolgsmodells Open Source.
Japplis hat eine Alphaversion seines Office-Pakets, bestehend aus einer Textverarbeitung, Tabellenkalkulation und eines Präsentationsprogramms veröffentlicht. Wie die Version allerdings bereits vermuten lässt, sind viele Funktionen des Pakets noch nicht fertig und zahlreiche Probleme plagen die Anwendung.
In der heutigen Zeit sind Linux-Distributionen oft so weit, dass sie auch ein Standardanwender ohne große Schwierigkeiten installieren kann. Dennoch gibt es im laufenden Betrieb immer wieder mal Probleme, wo nur ein »Linux-Crack« helfen kann. Schlecht, wenn der mehrere hundert Kilometer entfernt wohnt. Gut, wenn es eine Software gibt, die dabei hilft, über diese Entfernung dennoch...