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Short Bytes: Microsoft is a leading tech giant with a history of bad blood with open source, but recently they’ve been making strides in salvaging a relationship with the communities they once swore to tear apart. Its popular open source projects include the likes of Visual Studio Code, ChakraCore, TypeScript, and more. Microsoft, once known for […]
Short Bytes: ORWL is the first open source, physically secure computer. Using a secure microcontroller (MCU) and an ‘active clamshell mesh’, the device makes sure that nobody breaks the security of the system. Its maker, Design Shift, has also launched a crowdfunding campaign on Crowd Supply. In today’s age, our most precious information is saved on our computers. We use […]
Short Bytes: Facebook’s widely popular open source security project Osquery has now arrived on Windows. Windows users can grab the source code and compile it to unify the endpoint defenses. Using SQL-based queries, this framework makes the process of spotting network loopholes easier. Back in 2014, Facebook introduced a framework called Osquery with an aim to treat the low-level […]
Short Bytes: Microsoft calls TypeScript the “JavaScript that scales”. This open-source superset of JavaScript was launched in 2012. Now, Microsoft has released TypeScript 2.0 with a focus on increasing the support for JS libraries, tools, and major editors. This release also solves the issue of ‘notorious’ null values. TypeScript is a typed superset of widely […]
Short Bytes: At its GitHub Universe conference, GitHub released some interesting data in a report. The data shows that Microsoft has the most open source contributors on GitHub, followed by the likes of Facebook, Docker, Angular, and Google. For those wondering how it happened, over the course of past couple of years, Redmond has been open sourcing tons […]
Short Bytes: Google is a titan in the technology industry. Google has contributed to nearly every front of technology, and, since the Alphabet restructuring, has become the single most valuable company in the world. Google has also made some notable contributions to the open source community in the form of Android, Chromium OS, Go, Material […]
Short Bytes: GitHub Showcases is an anthology of popular open source project repositories. It consists of different projects that are categorized under different interests. You can explore GitHub Showcases and get acquainted with the hottest trends in programming and open source software development. GitHub is one of the most popular Git repository hosting service that […]
Short Bytes: Microsoft has open sourced some major components of its Bing search engine. These parts include a “baby search engine” named BitFunnel, a tool for preparing text to be used in BitFunnel, and a just-in-time C compiler. While these projects are currently in the nascent state, we can expect them to benefit Bing’s development (and developers outside […]
Short Bytes: The public sector has played a major role in popularizing the open source software. By realizing the cost benefits and transparency, countries from all around the world are making new laws. NetworkWorld has clubbed together this information in the form of an interactive map. The map shows that Europe, East Asia, and South America […]
Short Bytes: Apache OpenOffice, the open source office suite, is considering retirement. An email by the VP of OpenOffice has thrown light on the possible retirement of the office suite in the coming future. The project has not been able to push regular updates due to lack of volunteer developers, who have shifted to LibreOffice. One […]
Short Bytes: Facebook recently announced new open source tools named MyRocks and ZStandard at Facebook’s @Scale Conference 2016. While MyRocks is a database engine that leverages all features of MySQL on the top of RocksDB database, ZStandard is a compression algorithm that can outperform current industry norms. Many major biggies of the technology industry are […]
Short Bytes: Programming can be a lot of fun, but sometimes you’re stuck reading through dry documentation which can get boring. PyMotW is a great site for cutting through the dry thick documentation and getting at the material. Let’s tell you more about that. PyMotW is an excellent resource for anyone that’s learning Python or […]
Short Bytes: Maru OS is an operating system that allows you to enable virtual environments on Android. This allows a person to connect an Android phone to a bigger screen and use it as a Debian desktop. Now, Maru OS is open source and developers are looking to port Maru OS on more smartphones. The […]
Short Bytes: ReactOS is an open source clone of Windows that’s developed from scratch. The latest release, ReactOS 0.4.2, comes with updated software and enhanced user experience. A major addition to the OS comes in the form of support for multiple Unix and Linux filesystems. If you are looking for an open source replacement of […]
Short Bytes: It’s not every day that a new operating system kernel pops up out of the woodwork, and when one does, it’s rarely from a name as big as Google’s. There’s a lot of speculation around what Fuchsia is and what Google intends to do with it. Here’s our take on project Fuchsia. It […]
Short Bytes: Microsoft has made the official announcement that it’s open sourcing PowerShell. As a result, the company has released the required open source code for Linux and OS X on GitHub. This release addresses the demands of many Microsoft customers who felt the need for a cross-platform PowerShell. Now, users can go ahead and download the […]
Image: Simplenote Short Bytes: Simplenote, a lean but powerful note-taking app, has been made open source by its owner Automattic. Released under the GPLv2 license, developers can use its code for different platforms and take the app in new directions. But, it seems like the server-side code of the app is not yet released. When […]
Short Bytes: To gain an even larger market share of operating systems, Google is working to create a new open source operating system named Fuchsia. You can find repositories of the OS on GitHub and Google’s website that mention the existence of its kernel Magenta. In the description, Google calls it an OS that targets […]
Short Bytes: In a step that will boost open source adoption in India in a big manner, the Indian government plans to launch its own open source collaboration platform. Just like GitHub and SourceForge, people would be able to visit this platform and share their code with others. The government also plans to use it […]
We’re bringing back the Top Open Source Projects watch list, and if you have been counting, that makes this one number five. Today’s industry player is the increasingly controversial Apple. Although Apple doesn’t advertise it, Apple has a long-time strong relationship with open source communities. Apple contributes to many open source projects as they incorporate them into iOS […]
Short Bytes: MIT App Inventor is a groundbreaking tool for developing Android applications without any prior programming and coding skills. Using this open source tool, one can convert his/her creative ideas into Android applications. As this utility is browser and cloud-based, you don’t need to download any software or store anything on your computer. App development […]