Historical Context of Linux Linux originated from the UNIX operating system, created in 1969 at Bell Labs, which aimed to improve productivity through time-sharing. Linus Torvalds developed Linux in 1991 while seeking an affordable UNIX-like system, leading to a collaborative open-source project. The combination of Linux’s kernel and the GNU project’s software created the … Read more
00:02 Difference between UNIX and Linux explained 01:50 Evolution of Unix to UNIX operating system 03:35 Evolution of UNIX into BSD versions in the mid-80s 05:20 UNIX philosophy and compatibility standards defined by System 5 and BSD. 07:03 Linus Torvalds overcame the deficiencies of MINIX and Unix to create Linux 08:46 Linux is a clone … Read more
WikiLeaks: From Collateral Murder to Collateral Recklessness Global Voices Online Image by WikiLeaks Mobile Information Collection Unit via Flickr (CC BY 2.0) Linux Took Over the Web. Now, It’s Taking Over the World Wired Top Stories by Klint Finley 25 years after Linus Torvalds unveiled Linux, the free operating system is still finding new uses. The post … Read more
World Leaders on Instagram 2016 Executive Summary Most Followed World Leaders on Instagram What to Post? Accounts Worth Following Do they manage their own account? First, Let’s Take a Selfie About the Study Executive Summary Social Media, Smartphone Encryption, and Surrogate Motherhood Slate Articles by Gabriel Roth Happy Friday, Slate Plus members! Here at Slate’s New … Read more
The Most-Edited Wikipedia Pages Over The Last 15 Years FiveThirtyEight » Features by Andrew Flowers Wikipedia will turn 15 years old tomorrow. The free online collaborative encyclopedia has grown explosively: from fewer than 500,000 English-language articles in 2005 to more than 5 million in 2015. And as the site has grown, so have the edits to … Read more
A Brief History of Debian – The Debian Manifesto debian.org [ previous ] [ Contents ] [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ A ] [ next ] Written by Ian A. Murdock, Revised 01/06/94 Debian Linux is a brand-new kind of Linux distribution. Rather than being developed by … Read more
Apple inventor Steve Wozniak was busted in high school for fake bomb Boing Boing by David Pescovitz From Woz’s Facebook: Google Is 2 Billion Lines of Code—And It’s All in One Place Wired Top Stories by Cade Metz By comparison, Microsoft Windows—one of the most complex software tools ever built for a single computer—is about 50 million … Read more
How Important Are Keywords In 2015? Social Media Week by Nicole Brown This article originally appeared on Convince and Convert and is written by Pratik Dholakiya. With every passing year, SEO moves further away from the realm of clear and simple guidelines to the world of blurry indicators and stringent punishments for perceived transgressions.2 Microsoft: An … Read more
Twitter invests $10 million in new MIT Laboratory for Social Machines The Next Web by Josh Ong Twitter has announced a new academic partnership with MIT that includes a five-year $10 million commitment to a new Laboratory for Social Machines. Restrict Google Forms to only Allow One Entry Per Person Digital Inspiration Technology Blog by Amit … Read more
Snowden on winning the alternative Nobel prize media/anthropology by John Postill via The Guardian Edward Snowden issues a recorded statement after being awarded Sweden’s Right Livelihood Honorary Award, dubbed the ‘alternative Nobel Prize’. The National Security Agency whistleblower says he accepts the award on behalf of those who risked their lives to help ‘resist unlawful … Read more
TÜRKİYE’NİN MARK ZUCKERBERG’LERİ SEÇİLİYOR MIT Innovators Under 35 Yarışması ilk kez Türkiye‘de Garanti Bankası?nın desteği ile Türkiye?de ilk kez gerçekleştirilecek MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 Yarışması en yenilikçi ve yaratıcı 10 Türk gencini seçecek. İSTANBUL, 16 Nisan 2014 – Küresel bir yetenek avı ve tanıtımı olarak 10 yıldır faaliyet gösteren Innovators Under 35 (35 Yaş altı … Read more
Heartbleed OpenSSL Vulnerability: A Technical Remediation An anonymous reader writes “Since the announcement malicious actors have been leaking software library data and using one of the several provided PoC codes to attack the massive amount of services available on the internet. One of the more complicated issues is that the OpenSSL patches were not in-line with … Read more
Bitcoin Tops $1,000 For the First Time An anonymous reader writes with this bit from The Next Web “Bitcoin hit a new milestone today, passing the $1,000 mark for the first time. The virtual currency is currently trading above the four-digit figure, with its highest at $1,030 on Mt. Gox, one of the largest exchanges. Texas Hacker … Read more
Freedom of the Press Foundation Launches SecureDrop, an Open-Source Submission Platform for Whistleblowers Freedom of the Press Foundation has taken charge of the DeadDrop project, an open-source whistleblower submission system originally coded by the late transparency advocate Aaron Swartz. In the coming months, the Foundation will also provide on-site installationand technical support to news organizations that wish to run the … Read more
What Is TPP? It’s the Biggest Global Threat to the Internet Since ACTA from EFF.org Updates by Katitza Rodriguez and Maira Sutton and Maira Sutton The United States and ten governments from around the Pacific are meeting yet again to hash out the secretTrans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) on May 15-24 in Lima, Peru. The TPP … Read more