Linux kernel archives host compromised by attacker
The Linux kernel archive website, which is located at kernel.org, was compromised by attackers last month. According to a statement posted yesterday on the website, unauthorized parties successfully seized root access to se...
RIM doesn’t want Apple to trademark ‘WebKit’ for reasons unknown, files opposing action
RIM has filed an ‘opposition action’ (via Patently Apple) in Canada against Apple’s trademark application for ‘WebKit’, the rendering platform based on KHTML that Apple help create before making open-source. The move grants RIM more time to build their case before a November 22, 2011 deadline. Apple originally filed the trademark application in May of 2010...
Week in tech: Linux turns 20, Windows 8′s tablet prospects
"A sort of PC": how Windows 8 will invade tablets (and why it might work): The PC is under attack, with cheap, convenient "post-PC" tablets threatening to drive it out of the home and office—and take Windows with it....
Version numbers in Firefox aren’t going anywhere
A recent proposal to remove the version number from the Firefox Web browser's "About" dialog attracted a surprising amount of attention. As critics and supporters moved to take sides on the issue, it gradually devolved into a div...
Feature: March of the Penguin: Ars looks back at 20 years of Linux
The Linux kernel was originally created by Linus Torvalds, a Finnish computer science student, and first announced to the world on August 25, 1991—exactly 20 years ago today. At the time, Torvalds described his work...
Mozilla WebAPI wants to replace native apps with HTML5
Mozilla has launched an ambitious new project aimed at breaking down...
No "year of the Linux desktop" after 2 decades? LinuxCon keynote: "so what?"
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the open source Linux kernel, a milestone that is being celebrated this week at LinuxCon in Vancouver. During the opening keynote presentations at the event, Linux Foundation exe......
Microsoft wishes Linux a happy 20th birthday
An animation that Microsoft made to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Linux kernel was shown this morning during Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin's opening keynote at LinuxCon. The video comically depict...
Ars at LinuxCon: Ryan Paul at the Media Roundtable panel
The annual LinuxCon event is taking place this week in Vancouver. The Linux Foundation is taking the opportunity to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Linux kernel. The week will include festivities, serious keynotes from ope...
Firefox 6 ships, but we shouldn’t really pay attention
The Mozilla organization has shipped Firefox 6, eight weeks after the release of Firefox 5. Just as with Firefox 5, not a lot has visibly changed. The domain name in the address bar is now...
Google, needing patents, buys Motorola wireless for $12.5 billion
Google announced plans to acquire Motorola Mobility this morning for $12.5 billion in cash. One of Google's biggest motivations for the purchase is to bolster its patent profile, which has been under relentless attack by...
Native Client enabled in Chrome 14 beta channel release
Google has issued a beta release of Chrome 14 that includes its Native Client (NaCl) framework. The feature was previously only available through a special browser flag, but will finally be enabled by default in the next major v......
