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World IPv6 Day Will Be Back This June, and It Will Be Here to Stay

Tech News There are over 250 participants in this transition, majority of them being large website operators. Big brands like Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, AT&T and Comcast are joining the transition to IPv6, on June 6 this year. Read More »

Schools in Kerala Save $10,000,000 Per Year, Using Open Source Software

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Open Source Software Kerala has made a new record in IT savings with over $10 million saved using FOSS in educational institutes. Clearly, there is a vast scope for saving IT expenses, and the Indian government should take this matter seriously. Read More »

Linux Kernel Doubles in Threee Years, Troubles Linus Torvalds

Open Source Software The Linux kernel will have over 15 million lines of code by its next stable release. Is this normal? Should we be worried? Read More »

SOPA Sent to an Early Grave Under Sheer Pressure from Internet Users

Tech News Both tech-giants and First Amendment advocates went all out against SOPA, and brought it down. In the midst of this, GoDaddy lost thousands of domains, Comcast issued a network upgrade rendering DNS blocking ineffective and Kaspersky withdrew support for SOPA. Read More »

Ireland Gives Up On Electronic Voting Machines, Plans to Dispose of Existing Ones

Tech News The Irish government spent nearly 50 million euro, buying 7000 electronic voting machines over the last decade. However, soon after testing them in 2002, it withdrew them due to security concerns. Read More »