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Haiku Seeing Much Faster HTTP Code, Support For Downloading Files Larger Than 4GB

Phoronix - Mon, 03/08/2021 - 19:17
Over the past month developers on Haiku as the open-source operating system inspired by BeOS have continued advancing the project...

Researchers Discover Intel CPU Ring Interconnects Vulnerable To Side Channel Attack

Phoronix - Mon, 03/08/2021 - 19:09
University of Illinois researchers have discovered that Intel's CPU ring interconnects are vulnerable to exploit by side-channel attacks. This opens a whole new can of worms with the cross-core interconnect now being vulnerable to exploit but so far Intel doesn't appear to be overly concerned and there are some open questions on whether this interconnect exploit would still work with the latest Intel Xeon processors...

Cast your Android device with a Raspberry Pi

opensource.com - Mon, 03/08/2021 - 16:02

It's hard to stay away from the gadgets we use on a daily basis. In the hustle and bustle of modern life, I want to make sure I don't miss out on the important notifications from friends and family that pop up on my phone screen. I'm also busy and do not want to get lost in distractions, and picking up a phone and replying to messages tends to be distracting.


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6 open source tools for wedding planning

opensource.com - Mon, 03/08/2021 - 16:01

If I were to say I had planned on writing this article a year or so ago, I would be wrong. So, I'll give you a small amount of backstory about how this came to be.

On March 21st, I will be "getting married." I put that in quotes because I got married in Las Vegas on March 21, 2019. But I'm getting married again because my mom, who told us to elope, decided she was wrong and wanted a real wedding. So here I am, planning a wedding.


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10 articles you should read right now by women in tech

opensource.com - Mon, 03/08/2021 - 16:00

"Women in tech" is a label we use to describe humans who identify as women who are working in or playing with "tech," which is a broad term itself these days as it's all around us, touching almost everyone's life in a myriad of ways.


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How to Use Heredoc in Shell Scripting

Tecmint - Mon, 03/08/2021 - 14:03
The post How to Use Heredoc in Shell Scripting first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Here document (Heredoc) is an input or file stream literal that is treated as a special block of code. This block of code will be passed to a command for processing. Heredoc originates in

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Waffle 1.7 Released For Runtime OpenGL / Windowing System Selection

Phoronix - Mon, 03/08/2021 - 13:00
It's been a while since last having anything to report on Waffle as the library abstracting OpenGL and windowing system selection to run-time while this weekend marked its v1.7 release...

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