Tech Review: Thursday, April 25, 2013

Look out, Oracle: SkySQL and MariaDB join forces

http://www.zdnet.com/look-out-oracle-skysql-and-mariadb-join-forces-7000014411/?s_cid=rSINGLE&ttag=rSINGLE

• non-Oracle MySQL
• interfaces with NoSQL system like Cassandra and LevelDB

Ubuntu Touch betas are ready for testing

http://www.zdnet.com/ubuntu-touch-betas-are-ready-for-testing-7000014281/?s_cid=rSINGLE&ttag=rSINGLE

• based on Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring)

http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2013/04/testing-ubunutu-touch-images-now-with.html

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Devices

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2168999

Ubuntu 13.04 goes beta

http://www.zdnet.com/ubuntu-13-04-goes-beta-7000013638/

• Raring Ringtail
• no Wubi

Family of "BadNews" malware in Google Play downloaded up to 9 million times

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/04/family-o

f-badnews-malware-in-google-play-downloaded-up-to-9-million-times/

Power of Arduino and Raspberry Pi combined in $99 Android/Linux PC

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/04/power-of-arduino-and-raspberry-pi-combined-in-99-androidlinux-pc/

• UDOO

Native(ish) Netflix!

http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/nativeish-netflix