The cipher doesn’t need padding as in case of AES and this could mean that there will be less storage and bandwidth requirements.
Category: Open Source
Linux 3.16-rc2 gets a Saturday evening release
Torvalds breaks the Sunday release cycle again – because he is travelling, again.
Linux 3.15 released
Yet another stable Linux Kernel released with tons of new features.
Git 2.0 released
Version 2.0 of the popular revision control system has been released after being delayed by a week.
China working on new Windows-like Linux OS after Windows 8 ban
China wants its citizens to adopt Linux; give away Windows.
Linux 3.15-rc7 released
Linus Torvalds is back on his regular release cycle.
Apache OpenOffice surpasses 100 million download mark
The Apache Software Foundation on Thursday announced its Apache OpenOffice suite has been downloaded a massive 100 million times within just 2 years. The leading free and open Source office document productivity…
Microsoft open sources WinJS
Microsoft has released the source code of Windows Library for JavaScript (WinJS) as an open source project at the Build conference 2014. The code is now available via the GitHib site and…
Linux 3.14 deferred by another week; Linux 3.14-rc8 released instead
Instead of releasing the final version of Linux 3.14, Linus Torvalds has released Linux 3.14-rc8 this week. “I delayed things a day from my normal schedule, hoping I’d feel more comfortable doing…
Linux 3.14-rc6 released; Torvalds hints at rc8, rc9 if things don’t calm down
Linux 3.14-rc6 has been released and with two more weeks (if things go well) to go before the final release, Linus Torvalds has hinted at the possibility of an rc8 and even…
The Raspberry Pi celebrates 2 years, 2.5m units sold with open source graphics driver competition
The Raspberry Pi, which was first put up for sale on February 29, 2012, has completed two years and has sold over 2.5 million units during the period. Announcing the milestone and…
Linux skills helping professional move forward – 2014 Linux Jobs Report
The Linux Foundations’ 2014 Linux Jobs Report reveals that Hiring managers are looking for professionals with Linux skills with increasing number of organisations the world over considering Linux as a core part…
Linux 3.14-rc1 announced; Torvalds says codename has nothing to do with ‘Pi’
Linus Torvalds has announced closure of Linux 3.14 merge window and with that released Linux 3.14-rc1 just before a few hours. Torvalds revealed that the kernel’s codename has nothing to do with…
UK Gov planning to abandon Microsoft Office
The UK government is planning to abandon expensive proprietary software including Microsoft Office in favour of open source alternatives. According to reports around £200 million is being spent on Microsoft Office alone…
FreeBSD 10.0 released, finally
After months of delays, and additional RC releases, FreeBSD 10.0 has been officially released today. We spotted the release builds on FreeBSD FTP servers yesterday. “The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased…