Open Source

SQL and NoSQL come together with new MariaDB Enterprise offerings

The products are based on MariaDB 10, which became generally available on Monday

Fedora tips its hat to mobility, cloud, big data

Newest release also features support for ARM processors

Unix: Bitrix24 adds free storage

Want to give your small company's staff more ability to collaborate and communicate? Check out Bitrix24, now with free shared storage.

How realistic is Facebook’s plan to use drones for internet connectivity?

Facebook's Internet.org initiative joins Google's Project Loon in the difficult race to provide airborne internet to under-served areas.

Driverless vehicle already in use in Europe

It looks like a golf cart and is used to shuttle people around large campus-style environments.

Malicious apps on Google Play store turn smartphones into Bitcoin mining rigs

Hackers are hijacking Android phones to generate the processing power needed to mine cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Dogecoin.

Facebook, other Web giants unite to scale MySQL

WebScaleSQL hopes to equip the open source MySQL database with high-performance features

Web Giants Join Forces for Open Source MySQL Scalability Project

Boycotting Mozilla isn’t the best approach

Some people are boycotting Mozilla products after learning that newly appointed CEO once donated to a campaign to prohibit same-sex marriage. But is a boycott the best approach?

EU institutions accused of doing nothing to free themselves from dependence on Microsoft

The Commission should set an example on Document Freedom Day, lobby groups for open standards and open source software said