Quick Look: Ubuntu GNOME 14.04

Throwback Thursday Tech Floppy-Disk Gaming Edition New OpenSSL vulnerability puts encrypted communications at risk of spying ITworld Tonight June 05, 2014 Share this email Quick Look: Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 offers long term support, GNOME Classic and GNOME 3.10. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Throwback Thursday Tech Floppy-Disk Gaming Edition 2. New OpenSSL vulnerability puts encrypted communications at risk of spying 3. China escalates rhetoric in campaign to ban Windows 8 4. SoftBank's humanoid robot Pepper knows how you're feeling 5. Peter Smith: Hands-on with Xbox One June SmartGlass update, plus lots more apps coming to Xbox 6. Has Microsoft really changed its attitude toward open source? 7. OS X Yosemite FAQ: Big changes coming to your Mac this fall Throwback Thursday Tech Floppy-Disk Gaming Edition Jump into the wayback machine for some old-school computer game recollections. READ MORE New OpenSSL vulnerability puts encrypted communications at risk of spying A newly discovered vulnerability that allows spying on encrypted SSL/TLS communications has been identified and fixed in the widely used OpenSSL library. READ MORE China escalates rhetoric in campaign to ban Windows 8 China's state-run television today took new shots at Microsoft's Windows 8, using a two-and-a-half-minute segment on a national show to blast the OS as a data thief. READ MORE SoftBank's humanoid robot Pepper knows how you're feeling If the thought of a humanoid robot in your home makes your skin crawl, meet the friendly Pepper. READ MORE Peter Smith: Hands-on with Xbox One June SmartGlass update, plus lots more apps coming to Xbox That June update that adds external drive support, real names and a bunch of other tweaks launched yesterday. I was most excited about the SmartGlass updates. READ MORE Has Microsoft really changed its attitude toward open source? In today's open source roundup: Microsoft became infamous for its negative attitude toward open source software, but is the company learning to live with open source? Plus: Android may surpass Windows as the most used operating system, and Cinnamon versus Unity in Ubuntu 14.04. READ MORE OS X Yosemite FAQ: Big changes coming to your Mac this fall There are lots of questions swirling around about OS X Yosemite; based on what we've learned at WWDC (and from testing out the early OS on a system that Apple loaned to Macworld's Jason Snell), here are answers to some of the most common. READ MORE SURVEY Take ITworld's cloud survey and you could win $500 ITworld is conducting a brief survey regarding cloud computing initiatives, and we value your input. The survey will take you about 10 minutes to complete. And there's a reward! Respondents who complete the survey will be entered in a sweepstakes to win a $500 cash prize. Take the survey now! GIVEAWAYS: Enter today for your chance to win! The Rails 4 Way Through detailed code examples, you'll dive deep into the Rails 4 code base, discover why Rails is designed as it is, and learn how to make it do exactly what you want. Enter now! JavaScript Essentials LiveLessons (Video Training) In 4 hours of video instruction, JavaScript Essentials LiveLessons provides a solid foundation on which to build skills, from the perspective of a web developer. Enter now! DON'T MISS... 10 tech products that are built to last 16 terrible computer pranks that could get you fired Your new PC needs these 22 free programs Pants on fire: 9 lies that programmers tell themselves History's 15 most popular computer scientists Follow ITworld Share this email You are currently subscribed to itworld_today as garn14.tech@blogger.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy Learn about INSIDER If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@itworld.com Copyright (C) 2014 ITworld, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@itworld.com. **