It’s no secret that the tech world has historically been a boys club. Programmers, engineers, hackers, makers; the majority of them are all male. Any females who wander into the fray tend to be ostracized, or perhaps even worse, garner so much unwanted attention that they are treated more like a sideshow than a colleague. The [...]
Closed-source Linux Tycoon Now Available For DOS
From a cube-shaped planet far from earth… From the deepest darkest corner of the deepest darkest dungeon of Bizarro World, Bryan Lunduke releases Linux Tycoon, his closed-source game about an open source operating system for a closed source operating system no one uses. That’s right, you thought today’s earlier headlines were a pump-fake-pass for April [...]
Ubuntu For Android Makes Animated Debut
Ubuntu Ren & Stimpy Remember that really cool concept debuted by Canonical last February? Ubuntu for Android? Yeah? Well, guess what, it’s still cool and it’s still happening. The proof? This new ad from Canonical explaining the benefits! The selling point remains the same; You’re walking around with the uber-powerful device in your pocket with [...]
How Lightworks Falsely Rides Open Source Publicity Train
2 years ago, Lightworks made a promise to the open source community. A promise that has made them darlings of the open source spotlight. A promise that the have yet to fulfill. One blogger takes serious issue with this lack of fullfilment, and rightly so. Blogger Nekohayo offers in depth insight into the failed promises of [...]
SMS Home-brew Game “Bread And Butter” Released
The Sega Master System, 20 years dead in the US, and nearly dead in Brazil, is seeing the release of a new home-brew game, Bread And Butter. Bread And Butter was announced late yesterday evening on Sega-Addicts. They had this to say about it: SMS Power! forum member dragonfeet has unleashed a brand new Master System game named ‘Bread [...]
Raspberry Pi Hits 512MB RAM, Doubles Usefulness
Double the memory or half the Alzheimers? The Raspberry Pi Model B, Raspberry’s flagship $25 computer, was updated to 512MB of RAM today. Computers in the $25-$35 range with low power consumption can be an important and economical solution for many projects. The Raspberry Pi can wear many hats, but the low memory ceiling of [...]
HP Hiring 50+ Engineers To Work Directly On WebOS
Last week, HP delivered on a promise that few thought would ever be met; make WebOS fully open source by September 2012. Well, not only did they do it, they are preparing to put a lot of steam behind the project. We’re Hiring (HP) When a major corporation like HP puts real financial effort behind [...]
How To DJ A Wedding With Linux: A Review Of Mixxx DJ Software
Back Story First off, I had never planned to do a review of any DJ software. I’ve never been a DJ, nor have I ever had the desire to be a DJ. But you know what they say; Never say never. So, how did I come to learn about Mixx, and how did I end [...]
Open WebOS Keeps Promise, Delivers 1.0!
HP Fulfills A Deep, Magical Promise The Open WebOS project announced today via its blog the immediate availability of WebOS 1.0. Today is a major win for Open Source as many — including us — were not so fast to trust HP to deliver on the promise of a September release. At the same time, [...]
Salvatore Iaconesi’s Open Source Cure
Salvatore Iaconesi is known as an engineer, teacher, hacker, artist, and open source supporter. But from today on he will also be known as something else: a cancer victim. [youtube id="5ESWiBYdiN0" width="600" height="350"] Open Format When Salvatore got his diagnosis, the natural first response was to start searching for a cure. He requested copies of [...]