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As open source grows, Open Source 101 event offers you a chance to join the crowd

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Feb 13, 2018

Open source is becoming even more important to the world of technology. And for those looking to join the crowd, Open Source 101 on Saturday is the place to be. The goal of the day-long program: To ensure all attendees have the basic understanding necessary to participate in an environment now dominated by open source.

Red Hat paying $250M to acquire cloud security technology startup CoreOS (+ video)

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Jan 31, 2018

Red Hat is investing $250 million to acquire CoreOS in a move to improve its cloud storage and related technology.

Chip security vulnerabilities hit Apple products, many others – here’s what to do

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Jan 5, 2018

Researchers say almost every computing system – desktops, laptops, smartphones, and cloud servers – is affected by the Spectre bug. Meltdown appears to be specific to chips made by Intel. What do you do?