Elementary, my dear desktop
Review First things first: the name. The next Elementary OS was codenamed Isis – as in the Egyptian goddess of magic and life.…
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Developers: Hands-on course to find out what Azure can do for you
Microsoft offers free training 17 October plus weekly demos
Promo Microsoft UK’s month of free Azure training is well under way with an all day Web Dev Camp in Reading on 17 October. Bring your laptops and take part in live labs showing you how to use the latest cloud technologies and tools to quickly develop and deploy secure and scalable web apps.…
Twitter’s Mesos brainbox joins data centre OS venture
PHDer whose web-scale idea went big in one year
The academic brainbox who got his data centre operating system adopted as a piece of critical infrastructure at Twitter has now gone into business.…
Unchanging Unicorn: Don’t be disappointed, be happy
The calm before Ubuntu’s storm…
Review A number of Ubuntu flavours – Kubuntu, Ubuntu Gnome, Xubuntu and the brand new Ubuntu Mate (yes, it’s official now) – this month participated in the first beta release of the next Ubuntu – 14.10, or Utopic Unicorn.…
Apple: Soz folks, for the iOS 8.0.1 UPDATE BUNGLE HORROR
Apple kills ‘upgrade’ … Hey, Microsoft. You sure you want to be like these guys?
Apple on Wednesday released iOS 8.0.1 and then quickly recalled it – after people complained the “update” broke cellular connections and Touch ID.…
Xamarin sics army of 1,000 test devices on hapless mobile apps
Cloud-based testing service puts code through virtual wringer
Mobile app-dev specialists Xamarin have launched the Xamarin Test Cloud, an automated, internet-based service that lets developers test their code on more than 1,000 devices.…
Puppet-wearing devs: There’s now an app (or two) for that
New tools aim to connect customers with IT automation utilities, services
PuppetConf 2014 Puppet Labs has taken wraps off new updates to its open-source DevOps-friendly Puppet IT automation software, along with a set of new company initiatives designed to grow the ecosystem around the tools.…
Le whoops! Microsoft France boss blows lid off ‘Windows 9’ event
Redmond’s attempt at Applesque PR is going just as well as its Surface tablets
When Microsoft sent out invitations to a secret press event for September 30 in San Francisco, rumors spread that it would mark the next major release of Windows.…
‘In… 15 feet… you will be HIT BY A TRAIN’ Google patents the SPLAT-NAV
Alert system tips oblivious phone junkies to oncoming traffic
Looking up from your smartphone to avoid being splattered by a taxi – Google now owns the patent on that.…
ARM gives Internet of Things a PIECE of its MIND – the Cortex-M7
32-bit core packs some DSP for VIP IoT
ARM has had a look at the fridges, speakers and robots that use its Cortex-M series processor cores and decided they need a few maths lessons.…