Anti-Piracy Outfit Still Sends Takedown Notices For Megaupload
Mar11

Anti-Piracy Outfit Still Sends Takedown Notices For Megaupload

More than seven years have passed since the file-storage empire of Kim Dotcom collapsed, with Megaupload being the prime target. Since then, the New-Zealand based entrepreneur and several of his colleagues are still waiting to hear whether they will be extradited to the US. During this time, US authorities initially held the iconic Megaupload.com domain name in their possession. However, the domain ended up in the hands of domain...

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Label Apologizes For All The Cracked Software Visible in Rapper’s YouTube Video
Mar11

Label Apologizes For All The Cracked Software Visible in Rapper’s YouTube Video

Once upon a time, people with an interest in music production could get into the game cheaply. Back in the 80s, Amiga users (like myself) could mess around with tools like SoundTracker or OctaMED for hours, producing music at home that could be potentially fit for human consumption, if it wasn’t for a lack of talent. Later, software like Cubase began to gain traction, since it was often bundled (in cut down form) with PC sound...

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7 resources for learning to use your Raspberry Pi
Mar11

7 resources for learning to use your Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi is a small, single-board computer originally intended for teaching and learning programming and computer science. But today it’s so much more. It is affordable, low-energy computing power that people can use for all kinds of things—from home entertainment over server applications to Internet of Things (IoT) projects. read...

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Learn about computer security with the Raspberry Pi and Kali Linux
Mar11

Learn about computer security with the Raspberry Pi and Kali Linux

Is there a hotter topic in technology than securing your computer? Some experts will tell you that there is no such thing as perfect security. They joke that if you want your server or application to be truly secure, then turn off your server, unplug it from the network, and put it in a safe somewhere. The problem with that should be obvious: What good is an app or server that nobody can use? read...

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Building the virtualization stack of the future with rust-vmm
Mar11

Building the virtualization stack of the future with rust-vmm

More than a year ago we started developing Firecracker, a virtual machine monitor (VMM) that runs on top of KVM (the kernel-based virtual machine). We wanted to create a lightweight VMM that starts virtual machines (VMs) in a fraction of a second, with a low memory footprint, to enable high-density cloud environments. read...

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