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Open Recall is a new space on The H for those things which are too small to package as news but are worth the linkage. Open Recall collates the interesting stories which didn't quite make the cut
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The NetBeans IDE is gaining native support for the jQuery JavaScript library through the implementation of a new JavaScript editor. The new feature is expected to arrive with NetBeans 7.2 at the end of June
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The BuildHive platform makes automatic builds possible for projects hosted on GitHub, with a Jenkins CI server providing developers with a free cloud service
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Do Not Track is based on the idea that user changes to default browser settings related to privacy should have an effect on the way service providers online handle personal data
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According to a report, the security breach at credit card processing company Global Payments extends back even further than was previously believed and may affect more than seven million accounts
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The computer is the size of a USB stick and features a 1.5GHz Cortex A8 processor with 512MB of RAM and a MALI400 GPU. It can decode 1080p video via its HDMI output and has two USB connectors
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WordPress is calling for nominations of individuals and companies that should be included in the first invitation-only Community Summit. The main focus of the event will be on code development and discussions on the project's future
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The chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation that covers the United Kingdom has announced the creation of Monmouthpedia, the first Wikipedia project to cover an entire town, specifically Monmouth in Wales
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The Fedora Project has pushed back the final release date for version 17 of its popular Linux distribution by one week while its developers work to fix four blocker bugs
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The company behind the Mandriva Linux distribution has announced its intention to transfer ownership of the project to a newly founded community entity. However, details about the move are still largely unknown
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One hacker took over a Facebook account and received 12 months in jail while the other ran keylogging trojans and sold stolen credentials as a sideline to committing a series of burglaries; this earned 18 months in jail
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The developers of the Bitcoin software have fixed a problem in the client that allowed users to perform DoS attacks on other user's nodes. Details of the nature of the vulnerability have not yet been disclosed
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Following the release of 3.4.0 last week, the Apache Software Foundation has now detailed the security fixes in the new version of the open source productivity suite and said that it has already been downloaded more than one million times
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The Pirate Bay fell under a DDoS attacks for which, an ex-Anonymous member has claimed responsibility while in an apparently unrelated DDoS attack Wikileaks was down for over 72 hours
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The sudo developers have fixed a bug in the privilege elevating utility that would allow an attacker, under certain circumstances, to execute commands that they should not be able to access on the machine in question
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The representatives of both parties have signed a brief that stipulates how the copyright infringement damages will be treated in the lawsuit. Meanwhile, the jury is discussing the patent issues
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According to The Wall Street Journal, Google is planning to launch Jelly Bean, the next version of its Android mobile operating system, on several Nexus smartphones from a number of different manufacturers
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RealNetworks is warning users about multiple security vulnerabilities in its RealPlayer media player application for Windows, one of which could be exploited by an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code on a victim's system
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Version 13 of Linux Mint, code-named "Maya", is based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and offers a choice of Cinnamon 1.4 or MATE 1.2, a fork of the older 2.x branch of GNOME, as the default desktop environment
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The repercussions of Mozilla's criticism of browser restrictions in Windows RT appear to be widening. According to a report, a spokesman for the European Commission has said that it is keeping a close eye on the company
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Ending the fork of OpenOffice that was IBM's Symphony, IBM has contributed the source code of its Eclipse/OpenOffice hybrid to the Apache OpenOffice project
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Version 2.1.0 of the package management system for installing open source applications on Mac OS X adds a new "rev-upgrade" action and macports.conf options
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When Avira's behaviour recognition module disabled important system processes after a Service Pack, the company issued an update to fix the problem. The catch: the update completely removes the behaviour recognition feature for the time being
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The Linux Foundation has launched its annual T-shirt contest. The winner will receive $2000 in travel allowance for a trip to LinuxCon 2012 in San Diego or Barcelona. Submissions have to be made by 8 June
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Under the .secure gTLD, Artemis plans to create a form of high security zone on the internet that will offer trustworthy and secure services. Potential .secure services must meet various conditions
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Security vulnerability in sudo's netmask function patched
