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Linux at 25: An ecosystem, not only an OS

InfoWorld celebrates the 25th birthday of Linux -- and the new generation of open source projects Linux enabled

Poorly configured DNSSEC servers at root of DDoS attacks

Admins need to ensure that their DNSSEC domains are properly set up -- which can be easier said than done

Twitter suspends 360,000 accounts for terrorist ties

The social network has suspended 235,000 in last six months alone, with rate of daily suspensions up 80%

The NSA’s hoard of cyber weapons makes some experts nervous

An alleged hack has raised questions about the agency's practices

DRAM will live on as DDR5 memory is slated to reach computers in 2020

The DDR5 DRAM specification will be finalized by the end of this year

Uproar: MariaDB Corp. veers away from open source

A new release of the MaxScale database proxy -- essential to deploying MariaDB at scale -- features a proprietary license

FCC won’t back down on broadband users’ privacy

Broadband providers argue they have consumers' interests at heart as they continue their fight against regulation as common carriers

Ending IT’s Game of Groans: the path to better control

Windows smartphone sales collapse

Sales fall by 76% in the June quarter, says Gartner

Free at last! PowerShell goes open source, heads to Linux

Microsoft believes that open-sourcing its command-line automation and scripting environment will drive its cross-cloud management platform and Linux-native apps