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IBM embraces Docker, OpenStack in Bluemix hybrid cloud plans

IBM's hybrid cloud plans involve moving workloads between public and private clouds via Docker, with Bluemix as the bridge

IBM brings BlueMix platform services in-house

IBM is launching a series of tools to help ease the process of setting up a hybrid cloud

Twitter speaks up for FCC Net neutrality plan

Keeping the Internet open promotes free speech and helps the U.S. economy, Twitter said

Spark, Open Data Platform court innovation, controversy at Strata+Hadoop World

Hadoop is evolving thanks to projects like Spark and third-party integrations, but the proposed ODP was greeted with skepticism

Apple plans two European data centers running on renewable energy

With data storage in the European Union, the company will not need to export data to the U.S. or other data protection regimes

Lenovo hit with lawsuit over Superfish snafu

A class-action lawsuit charged Lenovo and Superfish of fraudulent business practices, making PCs vulnerable

Superfish security flaw also exists in other apps, non-Lenovo systems

Republican lawmakers investigate White House Net neutrality push

Republicans want to know whether the Obama administration influenced the FCC's proposal

WZor leaks screenshots of new Windows 10 build 10022, Server 9926

Windows 10 Pro Technical Preview 3 and maybe Windows Server Technical Preview 2 are due this week, but screenshots show little of interest

How safe are Perl, PHP, and Ruby? The experts weigh in

The biggest names in PHP, Perl, and Ruby speak up about what's safe — and not — in their languages

Lenovo Superfish: Corporate greed meets cluelessness

Lenovo undermined its customers' Internet security either accidentally or on purpose; which is worse?

Apache Spark jumps on the R bandwagon

The big data processing technology looks to draw in data scientists

Microsoft helps Lenovo, deletes Superfish ‘crapware’ and rogue cert

New Windows Defender signature seeks out and destroys spying app and the self-signed certificate at the root of security fiasco

Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS released

In today's open source roundup: Download Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS. Plus: MakuluLinux 2.0 Cinnamon review, and the best Linux distros for 2015

Untangling the intense politics behind Node.js

Is a pay-to-play corporate trade association the right foundation model for Node.js?

Node.js fork JXcore goes open source, aims for mobile developers

The JXcore variant of Node.js bristles with intriguing features and aims to move Node into the mobile world

In six months, the White House has replaced its top IT leaders

The White House may be trying to improve its IT operations by aligning itself more with Silicon Valley thinking

Lenovo admits to Superfish screw-up, will release clean-up tool

The company confirmed that a software program preloaded on some of its laptops exposes users to potential attacks

Google Cloud offers security scanning for customer apps

The Google Cloud Security Scanner can ferret out XSS and mixed-content vulnerabilities

Apple Swift follows familiar path to .Net and Android

Silver lets developers use a common language across multiple platforms, but it is not a cross-platform technology

The storm before the calm on Net neutrality eve

Next week's FCC vote is likely to usher in a period of plenty for lawyers and Congressional campaign funds — pretty much business as usual

Yahoo angles for developers and dollars with new mobile suite

Mobile is now a core business, according to CEO Marissa Meyer, and the new offerings will help developers use Yahoo to monetize their apps

Who writes the Linux kernel?

In today's open source roundup: Find out who's writing Linux these days. Plus: Future Studio OS is designed for creative people, and run Android on your Windows device

Seven no-bull facts about the new HTTP/2 protocol

The long-awaited revision to the venerable (and aging) HTTP protocol is finally here. Here's what's most important, what's to expect, and what to brace for

Oracle steps up its big-data push with new products

New tools aim to make it easier for enterprises to wrest value from their information stores

Vendors lay groundwork for 5G with greener and faster mobile networks

New systems from Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson increase capacity yet use less space and electricity

Open source Graylog puts Splunk on notice

The real battle between the big data suites will be waged in ecosystem development, not platform specs

Long-awaited Blackphone tablet may emerge at MWC

Pre-release version of the secure tablet will be demoed and could share some features with the Blackphone smartphone

Microsoft to double price of XP’s post-retirement support

The price of renewals of custom support agreements will rise to $400 for each Windows XP PC, says licensing expert

Samsung acquires LoopPay in bid to counter Apple payment system

LoopPay could be incorporated into Samsung phones and works at about 90 percent of POS terminals in the U.S.

Microsoft enlists Mozilla to speed up JavaScript in Windows 10

Microsoft's Chakra JavaScript engine is getting a performance boost courtesy of Mozilla's asm.js

Both sides make last-minute push on Net neutrality

Groups for and against strong rules try to score points just over a week before the FCC's vote

Microsoft surreptitiously reissues KB 3013455 for Vista, Windows Server 2003

The lack of documentation leaves users to guess what the Windows patch does and how to install it

Microsoft launches machine learning as an Azure service

Microsoft's new Azure service aims to take the pain out of managing large machine learning systems

Torvalds: ‘People who start writing kernel code get hired really quickly’

Volunteer contributions to Linux reached their lowest recorded levels, report says

Torvalds: ‘People who start writing kernel code get hired really quickly’

Linux creator says kernel developers tend to go from volunteer to professional status in a hurry

Microsoft rereleases botched December patch KB 3004394 — and it works

The first version of the Windows Root Cert patch caused massive headaches, but this new release has slipped by almost unnoticed

Yahoo has reasons of its own to help mobile developers

The company holds its first-ever mobile developer conference this week

Pivotal goes all-in with open source in Big Data Suite

Enterprises demand it because they're taking a more active role in software development, Pivotal says

IBM puts software and cloud at the center of storage

The IBM Spectrum Storage strategy embraces multiple vendors and clouds

Microsoft: Biometrics are the future of Windows 10 security

Microsoft has joined the FIDO Alliance and has added its biometrics technology to the upcoming Windows 10 upgrade

CoreOS fuses Docker and App Container, to Docker’s dismay

CoreOS adds Docker support to its App Container system, offers to do the reverse for Docker — which is unlikely to reciprocate

Lenovo building its first prototype ARM server

Lenovo's ARM-based NextScale is an effort to build more power-efficient systems for data centers

Open Data Platform strives for Hadoop unity

A consortium of Hadoop vendors and users aims to define a core Hadoop and create a standardized base for future distributions

HP extends R programming language for big data use

Distributed R can be used to analyze data across multiple file servers

Should you run Adobe Flash on your Linux computer?

In today's open source roundup: Is it a good idea to run Adobe Flash on your Linux system? Plus: Are boutique Linux distros worth considering? And Bodhi Linux 3.0.0 has been released

Microsoft posts fix for Poodle patch KB 3023607 that clobbers AnyConnect VPN

Cisco says Microsoft will release an honest-to-goodness patch on March 10 to roll out the fix automatically

Microsoft releases patch KB 2956149 to get PowerPoint RT running again

The new patch replaces KB 2920732, which proved to be a PowerPoint RT killer

Sony to release developer edition smart glasses for $840

The price tag is about half of what Google wanted for Glass before it shut down sales

Microsoft adopts international standard for cloud privacy

Microsoft said it would follow a new standard for privacy from theISO for Office 365, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure