“Red Hat is taking over maintenance responsibilities for OpenJDK 8 and OpenJDK 11 from Oracle,” reports InfoWorld: Red Hat will now oversee bug fixes and security patches for the two older releases, which serve as the basis for two long-term support releases of Java. Red Hat’s updates will feed into releases of Java from Oracle,…

The reasons for the delay are murky but point to Samsung’s recent troubles with its new foldable phone. …read more Source:: CNet

“Big changes are here,” writes the official blog for Bluecherry: In 2010 we released our multi-port MPEG4 video capture card with an open source driver (solo6x10) and in 2011 updated the driver to support our multi-port H.264 capture cards. Later, this open source driver was later added into the mainline Linux kernel. In 2013 we…

“The new Fieldbus system has been deemed ready to be released into the staging area of the Linux kernel,” writes jwhyche (Slashdot reader #6,192). Phoronix reports: This newest subsystem for the Linux kernel benefits industrial systems. Fieldbus is a set of network protocols for real-time distributed control of automated industrial systems. Fieldbus is used for…

Many radio control aircraft modelers will be familiar with the process of cutting wings out of foam with the hot wire method. The tools are simple enough to build at home, and it’s an easy way of producing a lightweight set of wings without too much hassle. [IkyAlvin] walks a different path, however (YouTube link,…

“At the first annual charity event conducted by Puget Sound Programming Python on April 2, four legendary language creators came together to discuss the past and future of language design,” reports PacktPub. – Guido van Rossum, the creator of Python – James Gosling, the founder, and lead designer behind the Java programming language – Anders…

Bearhouse shares a new study from the UK’s “National Cyber Security Centre,” which advises the public on computer security, about the world’s most-frequently cracked passwords. It’s probably no surprise to the Slashdot readership: people use bad passwords. A recent study of publicly-available “hacked” accounts — by the UK National Cyber Security Centre — reveals “123456”…

A source told Motoring that Subaru’s global AWD platform was a no-go. …read more Source:: CNet

35mm still photography is still hanging on out in the wild, with its hardcore fans ensuring it never quite dies out despite the onward march of digital imaging. Slides are an even more obsolete technology, forgotten long ago when the quality of color negative films improved. The related paraphernalia from the era of the photographic…

Inc. magazine describes as “stunning” announcement from Southwest Airlines, “by far the biggest 737 Max customer in the United States, with 34 of the planes among its fleet, and plans for many more. ” Speaking at a chamber of commerce event in Dallas, Southwest chairman and CEO Gary Kelly said Southwest has no plans to…