Open Source Subnet

Guy who shot down drone actually makes a good point

A Kentucky man who shot down a drone that was hovering over his property points out both the need to fix the problem and what will happen if no one does.

Open Source Community

By Colin Neagle

Open-source startup hopes to change the way businesses visualize data

SlamData’s main appeal is that it works natively with data from NoSQL databases like MongoDB, which means it doesn’t need to translate unstructured data into the usual relational format. That’s an improvement over common...

Jon Gold

By Jon Gold

Yes! Tom Brady's 'Deflategate' suspension has a tech angle!

Tom Brady's recent 'Deflategate' suspension set off a course of events that has had a ripple effect on Samsung and Apple, after Brady revealed that he switched to an iPhone 6 after destroying his Samsung device.

Open Source Community

By Colin Neagle

Motorola takes aim at Apple and Samsung with new Moto X and Moto G smartphones

As a Google company, Motorola's Moto X design wow'd reviewers and consumers. Now part of Lenovo, Motorola's new supply chain extends its proven design with very competitive prices.

PhilAndroid

By Steven Max Patterson

Ultimate guide to Raspberry Pi operating systems, part 1

Since we published a roundup of 10 Raspberry Pi operating systems the number of choices has exploded.

Gearhead

By Mark Gibbs

Proposal to split up Qualcomm is patently absurd

Activist investor Jana Partners’ proposed Qualcomm breakup reveals that Jana knows finance but not engineering.

PhilAndroid

By Steven Max Patterson

Watch hackers remotely immobilize a car while it's traveling on a highway

Two hackers were able to remotely disable the transmission of a Jeep Cherokee while a Wired journalist was driving it at about 70 miles per hour on a highway.

Open Source Community

By Colin Neagle

Open source experts sound off on Canonical's IP policy reaching GPL compliance

I spoke with several experts on free and open source software about the implications of the latest developments with Canonical's IP policy, its impact on Ubuntu licensing, and how the open source world in general is going to...

Linux Tycoon

By Bryan Lunduke

Kicking Google out of my life, Part 6: Why I prefer DuckDuckGo for search

In my ongoing quest to eradicate Google from my digital life, I turn to replacing the world's leading search engine with DuckDuckGo, a privacy-focused alternative that supports Open Source software.

Linux Tycoon

By Bryan Lunduke

Red Hat pushing hard beyond Linux in the data center

Red Hat is looking to expand its open source products across the infrastructure hardware stack.

Brandon Butler

By Brandon Butler