Open source and free software graveyard, 2014

Quick look: PC-BSD 10.0.3 Google partners up for $60M undersea fiber link between Florida and Brazil ITworld Tonight October 15, 2014 Open source and free software graveyard, 2014 The good thing about open source projects getting killed off is that there always seems to be another to take its place. Here's a look at this year's carnage to date. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Quick look: PC-BSD 10.0.3 2. Google partners up for $60M undersea fiber link between Florida and Brazil 3. MapR makes its NoSQL database freely available in community edition 4. Hortonworks boosts support for enterprise needs in HDP 2.2 5. Qualcomm to buy Bluetooth and GPS chip designer CSR for $2.5B 6. NEC wearable measures blood pressure with less squeeze 7. Report: Fitbit introducing new wearable activity trackers soon 8. WIN THIS BOOK: Introduction to Agile Methods Quick look: PC-BSD 10.0.3 PC-BSD 10.0.3 offers a FreeBSD based alternative to desktop Linux distributions. READ MORE Google partners up for $60M undersea fiber link between Florida and Brazil Project shows company's ongoing efforts to gain greater control over Internet access. READ MORE MapR makes its NoSQL database freely available in community edition The in-Hadoop NoSQL database is now available for unlimited production use as part of the free MapR Community Edition of Hadoop. READ MORE Hortonworks boosts support for enterprise needs in HDP 2.2 Hadoop specialist Hortonworks today announced that the newest version of its Hadoop distribution, Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) 2.2, will become generally available in November. READ MORE Qualcomm to buy Bluetooth and GPS chip designer CSR for $2.5B Qualcomm has agreed to buy chip company CSR in a move to strengthen its focus on the Internet of Things (IoT) and connected cars. READ MORE NEC wearable measures blood pressure with less squeeze If your doctor has told you to keep close tabs on your blood pressure, NEC is developing a new wearable cuff with a gentle touch. READ MORE Report: Fitbit introducing new wearable activity trackers soon New models will fill the gap left by the recalled Fitbit Force. READ MORE WIN THIS BOOK: Introduction to Agile Methods If you want to understand Agile and become conversant with Agile values, principles, framework, and processes, this book is the place to start. Five will win. Enter the drawing today! READ MORE DON'T MISS... Head-scratchers: 10 confounding programming language features Top 25 free tools for every Windows desktop 15 simple, secret Windows tips and tricks to save you time Superclass: 14 of the world's best living programmers The 10 best laptops of 2014 (so far) ITWORLD GIVEAWAYS: We've got 5 copies of each of this books to give to some lucky ITworld readers. Enter now for your chance to win! Help Your Kids with Computer Coding Take your kids from browsing to building the web. Fun projects throughout let kids start putting their computer skills into practice and build their own code using Scratch programming and Python. Enter now! Introduction to Agile Methods If you want to understand Agile and become conversant with Agile values, principles, framework, and processes, this book is the place to start. Enter now! Programming in C, 4th Edition Learn C by example, with complete C programs used to illustrate each new concept along the way. Enter now! Follow ITworld 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 When accessing content promoted in this email, you are providing consent for your information to be shared with the sponsors of the content. Please see our Privacy Policy for more information. 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. **