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  1. cageymaru

    Microsoft Joins OIN with a Portfolio of 60,000 issued Patents

    Microsoft has joined the Open Invention Network (OIN) with the intentions of protecting Linux and open-source software from patent assertions waged by "patent trolls." They are bringing 60,000 issued patents to the organization and hope that their joining will attract others to the...
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    • azure linux microsoft oin open invention network open-source patent assertions patent trolls
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    • Forum: HardForum Tech News
  2. cageymaru

    Mojang Open-Sources Part of the Minecraft Code

    Mojang has open-sourced parts of the Minecraft code to allow others to optimize or use the code to create their own projects. Mojang has chosen the command engine that the game uses called Brigadier and a converter that takes older game data and converts it into newer up-to-date data that the...
  3. cageymaru

    OpenBSD Co-Founder Drops Hyper-Threading Support to Mitigate Foreshadow Attacks

    Theo de Raadt, an OpenBSD co-founder has officially announced that the open-source operating system will not utilize Hyper-threading for Intel processors. He complains that Intel isn't telling them about upcoming discovered threats and the steps that an OS developer needs to take to mitigate...
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    • disable hyper-threading disable smt foreshadow hyper-threading intel mitigation open-source openbsd operating system os smt t1tf theo de raadt tlbleed
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: HardForum Tech News
  4. DooKey

    AMD's V-EZ Goes Open Source

    Several months back AMD announced their V-EZ initiative. V-EZ is a cross-platform wrapper that makes it easier for developers to bridge the gap between standard graphics APIs and Vulkan. AMD says this tool isn't hardware specific and should work on non-AMD hardware. Further, in order to get this...
  5. DooKey

    Vulkan Open-Source Linux Driver Coming Before Christmas

    Vulkan has been out for nearly 2 years now and Linux users have been patiently (maybe not so patiently) waiting for open-source drivers. According to Phoronix, AMD is going to release those drivers in the next few days. These drivers are being released under the GPUOpen initiative and will be...
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