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Submission + - Norway scraps online voting (bbc.com)

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An anonymous reader writes: The BBC writes that Norway will no longer experiment with online voting.

Submission + - The Next Big Thing in FOSS, according to the author of Linux Cookbook (linux.com)

Submitted by trogdoro
trogdoro writes: Command-line lovers, allow me to introduce you to Xiki, the incredibly interactive, flexible, and revolutionary command shell. I do not use the word "revolutionary" lightly. The command shell has not advanced all that much since the ancient days of Unix. Xiki is a giant leap forward. If you're looking for the Next Big Thing in FOSS, Xiki is it.

Submission + - Korean government switches to open source by 2020 (etnews.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: As the support for the Microsoft (MS) Windows XP service is terminated this year, the government will try and invigorate open source software in order to solve the problem of dependency on certain software. By 2020 when the support of the Windows 7 service is terminated, it is planning to switch to open OS and minimize damages. Industry insiders pointed out that the standard e-document format must be established and shared as an open source before open source software is invigorated.

Submission + - Germany Scores First: Ends Verizon Contract Over NSA Concerns (phys.org)

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: The German government is canceling a contract with Verizon over fears the company could be letting U.S. intelligence agencies eavesdrop on official communications. The Interior Ministry says it will let its current contract for Internet services with the New York-based company expire in 2015. The announcement comes after reports this week that Verizon and British company Colt provide Internet services to the German parliament and other official entities.

Germany has been at the forefront of international outrage over alleged electronic eavesdropping by the U.S. National Security Agency and Britain's GCHQ, revealed last year by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

Ministry spokesman Tobias Plate said Thursday that Germany wants to ensure it has full control over highly sensitive government communications networks. Verizon didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

Submission + - Opera Releases a new version for Linux

Submitted by motang
motang writes: Opera released Opera 24 for Linux. Currently it is in testing (developer) mode, and only for 64bit Ubuntu, but hey it's a start since everyone thought Linux support was abandoned.

In my test it is pretty rough around the edges, only has ambiance theme as it has been hard coded, and all the window controls are on the right and not on the left like what Unity has. But it is a start.

Submission + - Open-Source NVIDIA Driver Steps Up Its Game & Runs Much Faster (phoronix.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: With the Linux 3.16 kernel the Nouveau driver now supports re-clocking for letting the NVIDIA GPU cores and video memory on this reverse-engineered NVIDIA driver run at their designed frequencies. Up to now the Nouveau driver has been handicapped to running at whatever (generally low) clock frequencies the video BIOS programmed the hardware to at boot time, but with Linux 3.16 is experimental support for up-clocking to the hardware-rated speeds. The results show the open-source NVIDIA driver running multiple times faster, but it doesn't work for all NVIDIA hardware, causes lock-ups for some GPUs at some frequencies, and isn't yet dynamically controlled. However, it appears to be the biggest break-through in years for this open-source NVIDIA driver that up to now has been too slow for most Linux games.

Submission + - Why I Built OwnCloud on Open Source (linux.com)

Submitted by LibbyMC
LibbyMC writes: ownCloud Founder Frank Karlitschek explains why he built the file storage service as open source software.

"I believe that file storage is not just another web service or IT infrastructure. This is where people and companies store and manage their most important data. Because of that it is essential to have it as secure and safe as possible. With proprietary software you can never be sure if there are any back doors or other security problems with the software. Open source is the only option for file storage that is really safe and secure."

Submission + - Red Hat Assistant General Counsel Analyses Super Court's Patent Ruling (opensource.com)

Submitted by ectoman
ectoman writes: Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a groundbreaking decision concerning software patents, claiming that abstract ideas are not by themselves patentable. The ruling was a cause for celebration among those opposed to software patent abuse, like Red Hat's Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Rob Tiller. Today, Tiller analyzes and offers some context for the Court's ruling, which "uses the traditional common law methodology of comparing one case to previous similar cases and harmonizing with those most similar."

Submission + - Microsoft outed for attempting to hire shills (brightsideofnews.com) 1

Submitted by kelemvor4
kelemvor4 writes: On sites like Slashdot that large corporations such as Microsoft pay shills to post on their behalf. Here we have someone who Microsoft would have liked as a shill outing them for the practice. A Twitter employee named Paul Stamatiou outed the scheme in a tweet. Michael Arrington of TechCrunch fame also outed them for the same activity. However he went so far as to post a screenshot with the proof.

Submission + - QT 5.4 Features Announced

Submitted by chemdream78
chemdream78 writes: QT Project has announced what's new and Deprecated in 5.4. New features are primarily OpenGL updates. 5.4's feature freeze is August 8th with a planned release date of October 23rd. Hopefully this list will grow before the feature freeze!

Submission + - 3D Printing By Karl Marx

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Karl Marx basically said those that control the means of production are those which have the power. As 3D printing has potential to empower local and distributive manufacturing, will we see some positive progress in our consumer led economies like the U.S and U.K? In particular, does addtive manufacturing hold out promise for improving trade deficits with Asia and a reducing environmental pollution caused by mass production and the supply chain. For more details see -http://www.3dprintwise.com/3d-printing-future/ . — It gets to the point of what has happened in our economies and what the future may hold.

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