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The H Roundup for the week ending 19 May

The H Roundup icon In the last seven days: a beta for PostgreSQL 9.2 arrived, Chrome 19 was declared stable, and Oracle changed its mind about damages in the Android case. Also, The H provided some tools and tips for the systemd Linux init system, and Andrew Back took a practical look at the Internet of Things more »

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A practical Internet of Things

Practical IoT Andrew Back takes a practical look at the Internet of Things, a future where every device around you can send and receive data from the internet, shows how to build a point of the future with a Nanode and the Cosm web service, and the technical and politcal challenges that await more »

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18 May 2012
Open Recall: Yahoo patent threats, large Arduinos, open source tables and faster ext4 booting

Open recall icon 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 more »

18 May 2012
New JavaScript editor with jQuery support coming to NetBeans

NetBeans logo 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 more »

18 May 2012
BuildHive: CI platform for GitHub projects

CloudBees logo The BuildHive platform makes automatic builds possible for projects hosted on GitHub, with a Jenkins CI server providing developers with a free cloud service more »

18 May 2012
Twitter refines tracking, adds Do Not Track support

Twitter logo 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 more »

18 May 2012
Global Payments breach reportedly worse than expected

Padlock broken icon 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 more »

18 May 2012
MK802 micro-PC runs Android 4.0 and Linux for $74

Android logo 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 more »

18 May 2012
Call for nominations for the WordPress Community Summit

WordPress logo 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 more »

18 May 2012
Monmouthpedia: "The World's First Wikipedia Town"

Wikipedia logo 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 more »

18 May 2012
Fedora 17 won't be released until 29 May

Fedora logo 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 more »

18 May 2012
Mandriva to be given over to the community

Mandrica logo 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 more »

18 May 2012
British hackers get jail terms

Scales icon 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 more »

17 May 2012
DoS vulnerability in Bitcoin

Bitcoin logo 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 more »

17 May 2012
Apache details OpenOffice 3.4 security fixes

Apache OpenOffice logo 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 more »

17 May 2012
The Pirate Bay and WikiLeaks recover from DDoS attacks

The Pirate BAy logo 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 more »

17 May 2012
Alert!Security vulnerability in sudo's netmask function patched

Sudo logo 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 more »

17 May 2012
Parties agree how to proceed in Oracle vs Google

Oracle vs Google icon 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 more »

17 May 2012
Report: several Nexus smartphones to run Android "Jelly Bean"

Android icon 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 more »

17 May 2012
RealPlayer update fixes security vulnerabilities

RealPlayer logo 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 more »

17 May 2012
Linux Mint 13 nears with release candidate

Linux Mint logo 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 more »

17 May 2012
European Commission to keep a close eye on Microsoft's browser policy

Microsoft icon 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 more »

17 May 2012
IBM contributes Symphony to Apache OpenOffice

Symphony logo 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 more »

17 May 2012
MacPorts 2.1.0 released

Apple icon 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 more »

16 May 2012
Avira update puts behaviour recognition on hold

Avira logo 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 more »

16 May 2012
Linux Foundation announces 2012 T-shirt contest

Linux Foundation logo 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 more »

16 May 2012
.secure domains require proof of security

Padlock icon 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 more »

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