Amazon, Facebook and Google Paid Millions to Pirates, Study Finds
Most pirate sites and apps won’t survive without advertising revenue. This is why the advertising industry is seen as an important partner to combat piracy. Major copyright holder groups hope to convince major players to stay clear from anything piracy-related to drain infringing sites of their income. Several voluntary initiatives have been set up to facilitate this process. This includes the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG),...
A guide to database replication with open source
In the world of constantly evolving data, one question often pops up: How is it possible to seamlessly replicate data that is growing exponentially and coming from an increasing number of sources? This article explains some of the foundational open source technologies that may help commoditize database replication tasks into data warehouses, lakes, or other databases. read more Powered by...
Build a JAR file with fastjar and gjar
One of the many advantages of Java, in my experience, is its ability to deliver applications in a neat and tidy package (called a JAR, or Java archive.) JAR files make it easy for users to download and launch an application they want to try, easy to transfer that application from one computer to another (and Java is cross-platform, so sharing liberally can be encouraged), and easy to understand for new programmers to look inside a JAR...
Setting new expectations for open source maintainers
For a long time, there were two basic tests for releasing open source: “Does it do what I need it to do?” and “Does it compile?” Sure, it was nice if it did things for others, but more than anything else, it at least needed to be fun for the developer and run at all for others. Then with the rise of package management, things leveled up a bit: “Is it packaged?” Shortly after that, the increasing...
The T-Mobile Data Breach Is One You Can’t Ignore
Hackers claim to have obtained the data of 100 million people—including sensitive personal information. Powered by WPeMatico
