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The Linux Code of Conflict, the TechHire Initiative, and Wikimedia’s lawsuit against the NSA—SD Times news digest: March 10, 2015

Linus Torvalds wants Linux developers to play nicer. The Linux creator has proposed a small kernel patch called the Code of Conflict, providing discourse guidelines for the kernel community and laying out mediation steps if anyone feels threatened. “The Linux kernel development effort is a very personal process compared to ‘traditional’ ways of developing software,” …

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Microsoft debuts Application Insights SDK for Java

Microsoft has announced a new Application Insights SDK for Java in advance of EclipseCon this week. The new SDK extends the company’s existing Application Insights service for Visual Studio Online to Java, joining plans to introduce additional Application Insights SDKs for Android and iOS integrating crash-lytics features from its recent HockeyApp acquisition. The SDK is …

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Android Lollipop 5.1 released

Google has announced the latest version of its Android Lollipop operating system, Android 5.1. The new release comes with stability and performance improvements along with new features such as support for multiple SIM cards, device protection and high-definition phone calls. “Whether you want to share your phone with a family member or better manage your …

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SD Times Blog: Crazy rumor of the day: Oracle to buy Salesforce?

There’s a crazy rumor going around the Valley right now that Oracle is about to buy Salesforce.com. Personally, I don’t buy it at all, but I will see fit to explain why people are saying this: Insiders have sold off a bit of stock. Really, the sales are concentrated around Feb. 24, when a segment …

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Guest View: Five tips for making your Web app ready for automated testing

Want to win the hearts of your Quality Assurance team? Remember these tips when you’re building your Web application to make it easier for analysts to quickly create more accurate, repeatable automated tests. 1. Ambiguity is the enemy Be as specific as possible in your code. Of course, you’re already following W3C standards, right? Here …

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Wearables Technology Conference highlights winners

When Germany won the World Cup in 2014, it had a secret helper of a digital nature. Working with Adidas, the World Cup team integrated wearable sensors into its practice sessions to quantify player performance. The resulting victory may not have came only from the wearable sensors, but it’s beginning to look as if player-based …

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Apple announces Apple Watch release, ResearchKit framework, new MacBook and HBO Now

The Apple Watch will be available for pre-order on April 12, and released worldwide on April 24. At Apple’s press event today, CEO Tim Cook introduced each version of the Apple Watch with pricing information, along with a new ResearchKit suite of medical research applications, a redesigned MacBook, and updates on Apple Pay and Apple …

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Android for virtual reality, getting girls into programming, and Apache Tajo version 0.10—SD Times news digest: March 9, 2015

Google is reportedly building a new version of Android specifically for virtual reality. The Wall Street Journal reported the company already has a team of developers creating a new operating system designed to run virtual reality applications. According to the WSJ sources, Google plans to deliver the new version of Android for free. The operating …

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Linux kernel developer and Software Freedom Conservancy sue VMware over GPL violation

VMware has come under fire for an alleged violation of the GNU General Public License (GPL). It has been accused of misusing GPL-licensed Linux kernel contributions in its ESXi line of products without releasing the source code, as required by the license. Linux kernel developer Christoph Hellwig, along with the nonprofit advocacy organization Software Freedom …

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GDC hints at future of tooling, VR and more

You could be forgiven for mistaking Game Developers Conference for a virtual reality development event: This year’s conference offered more headsets and visors than any previous show. But despite the popularity of VR headsets and augmented reality applications, the real news of the show was the lowering of price barriers around the 3D engines that …

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Red Hat releases Atomic Host operating system for containers

Red Hat yesterday announced the general availability of a new version of its Enterprise Linux aimed at easing the management and implementation of containers. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL 7) Atomic Host is a slimmed-down version of the enterprise operating system, designed to run containers rather than applications themselves. Jim Totton, vice president and …

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NativeScript public beta, Adobe’s approach to flaw detection, and Django REST framework 3.1—SD Times news digest: March 6, 2015

It has been almost a year since Telerik announced its cross-platform framework for Android, iOS, NativeScript and Windows. Today, that framework is finally making it into public beta. Valentin Stoychev, product line manager at Telerik, announced that developers can start using the framework to build native mobile apps with CSS and JavaScript. “We have been …

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Chappie: The view from a thinking, feeling, artificially intelligent being

Artificial intelligence is often depicted in films as the scientific floodgate to apocalyptic doom, a “Terminator,” “The Matrix” or “I, Robot” scenario where machines quickly turn on humanity. “Chappie,” the latest sci-fi parable from director Neill Blomkamp, portrays an AI being that learns and interacts with the world in ways that are innately human. “Chappie” …

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SD Times GitHub Project of the Week: SmileMiner

This time around on SD Times GitHub Project of the Week, we are shining the spotlight on SmileMiner, which stands for Statistical Machine Intelligence and Learning Engine. Created by Haifeng Li, a chief data scientist at ADP, SmileMiner is a comprehensive library and engine of advanced machine-learning algorithms. “SMILE is self contained and requires only …

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