
Tag : open source
Visual Studio Will Now Include Xamarin
Microsoft recently brought out Xamarin, software based on letting people create programs using C# and .NET operating systems which can then be ported to both iOS and Android. This meant that using the Microsoft based languages…
FCC May Have Caused Manufacturers To Lock Down Routers Afterall
Last year we reported that the FCC (US Federal Communications Commission) may be moving to outlaw the practice of adding custom software to routers. The misunderstanding was cleared up with the FCC saying that they wouldn’t ban the…
Software Behind Futurama and Princess Mononoke Is Going Open Source
When it comes to software these days there are always options for you to choose from. The big decision is often based on your budget. If you were interested in making your own anime then you might…
Nvidia Partially Open Sources GameWorks Library
One of the biggest complaints about GameWorks is the closed source nature of the toolkit. Because of this black box like nature, developers and competitors have had a hard time optimizing games and hardware for it.…
Microsoft Estimate Around 8000 Companies Looking To Try SQL Servers On Linux
Microsoft recently announced their interest in providing their SQL server software for Linux operating systems. It would seem the news has been well received, with over 8000 companies looking to try SQL servers on Linux. Takeshi Numoto,…
Microsoft Bringing SQL Database Software To Linux
Microsoft is well-known for three things, their hardware (such as the Microsoft Surface series), their operating systems and their software. The problem being is that a lot of these are closely tied together, their hardware uses their…
Does Your Business Card Have An ECG Built In?
So you find someone who wants to do business, how would you go about advertising your company way after you’ve even met? Some people will give you an email address or phone number while the most prepared…
Kodi Developers Speak out about Piracy Box Sellers
The developers behind Kodi, the free, open source media player software formerly known as XBMC, are taking a stand against profiteers who are selling modified versions of its product as so-called “piracy boxes”. In the past,…
Vulkan 1.0 Specification Released
DirectX 11 has been the dominant API for a significant amount of time and doesn’t really allow for effective scaling across a wide range of hardware configurations. Thankfully, DirectX 12 is a major step in the right…

Amazon Releases AAA Game Engine For Free
Game developers can choose from a huge array of tools including Unity, Unreal Engine 4, Game Maker Studio and more! The latest addition comes from Amazon and allows for complex visuals to create absolutely breathtaking AAA…
Popcorn Time to be Revived in the Browser
Popcorn time has been blocked, banned and taken down over copyright issues a number of times. It seems that the popular movie streaming service just refuses to die. Despite the seizure of its popcorntime.io site by…
AMD Says DX12 And Vulkan “Serve a Need And Add Value”
The advent of low-level APIs such as DirectX 12 and Vulkan have the potential to revolutionize the way modern games scale across various hardware setups. Clearly the gains compared to DirectX 11 are still unknown until…
AMD Launches GPUOpen Sofware Development Package
AMD’s open source philosophy deserves a great deal of credit especially when you consider the competition utilizes proprietary features as demonstrated by NVIDIA Gameworks. During CES 2016, I had the pleasure of playing Star Wars Battlefront on…
AMD Tackles Nvidia’s GameWorks with Open Source GPUOpen
While AMD’s graphics hardware has largely remained competitive with rival Nvidia, the software side of things has fallen behind for a while. A large part of this is due to Nvidia’s GameWorks software, a proprietary set of…
TensorFlow – Google’s New Open Source Machine Learning Tool
In recent times, companies have been scrambling to deliver the next pioneering tools in machine learning and AI. And Google is not one to be left behind in this battle, today releasing their own open source…
D-Link Inadvertently Publishes Its Private Code-Signing Keys
Hackers are viewed within the media and by films as master genius’s who are able to hack into protected systems with the intention of stealing a vast array of information. There is some truth in this…
Linux is 24-Years-Old Today!
Today marks the 24th birthday of the Linux operating system, pioneered by Linus Torvalds and provided an open-source, community-based alternative to Microsoft Windows. Linux is Unix-powered and features customizable source code under the GNU General Public…
Windows 10 DVD Player now Available for a Mere $14.99/£11.59
Microsoft decided to ship Windows 10 without an integrated DVD playback application. Why? Perhaps this was to avoid anti-competition regulations and make sure the operating system doesn’t discriminate against third-party alternatives. Whatever the reasoning, Microsoft’s bizarre…

Hacker Dev Kit Offers Affordable Open Source VR
The Open Source VR project is a gaming-centric programme which gives developers free rein to create games for a number of head mounted displays. Spearheaded by major companies such as Razer, the OSVR has now launched…
Google Container Engine Service now Publicly Available
Google just made some of its cloud computing software broadly available. Since there is more demand for services that let you work with applications packaged in containers, Google pushed its Container Engine from alpha into beta.…
Apple Takes a Radical Approach with its Swift Programming Language
Apple just announced something really radical today at its Worldwide Developer Conference. We all now how strict and closed the company is with its software and hardware, but it looks like things are about to change…
Microsoft Edge Won’t Be Open Source, at Least Not Yet
It is not a secret that Microsoft is venturing more and more into the world of open source software and about a month ago a Microsoft executive even said that a full open source windows would…
The Code Used for Google’s Santa Claus Tracking App has been Made Open-Source
Though the spirit of Christmas has passed, Google brings it back with an open-source announcement of its Santa Tracker app code. For those unaware, the Santa Tracker is an online fictional progress of Santa’s journey throughout…
Microsoft Makes .NET Open Source for Linux and OS X
Much of Microsoft’s .NET has been open sourced since April 2014 through its .NET Foundation, but today Microsoft announced that the entirety of its .NET stack is to be made available as open source. GitHub will…
Solderdoodle, a USB Rechargeable Wireless Soldering Iron
It seems I have to crack out my dusty old soldering iron less and less these days, but the one thing that really bugs me about having to use it is that it has to be…
Oculus Acquire RakNet, Immediately Make It Open Source
Oculus VR have just announced that they’ve acquired RakNet, one of the leading networking middleware systems in the games industry. Not only have Oculus snapped up one of the most important middleware companies in gaming, but…
Linux Heading to Open Source Cars, Releasing Automotive Grande Linux Distribution
Open source operating system Linux has apparently shifter its focus towards a new sphere, leaving the real of desktops, notebooks, and even smartphones, having targeting the automobile market. A new Linux distribution by the name of…