UEFI Tools … They’re Not Just for Hackers Anymore
There are some great tools available for unpacking UEFI images. This is wonderful if you want to learn more about firmware … but it might be bad news if you’re developing firmware without security in...
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Gravity Waves, Python, Intel and the Billion-year Bong
Like many who earned their degree in the sciences, I was required to take a year of physics in university. Vectors, forces, all that stuff. We learned space is not some empty homogeneous volume, but...
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An accepting space for women in open source
One of my daughters is in her 20s and still struggling to find a career. She asked me what programming language she should learn and I suggested Python. “In fact,” I said, “you should try to attend a...
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Updates to Tianocore, an open source UEFI community
For years, Intel has hosted an open source UEFI implementation at tianocore.org. Now that community is getting a big upgrade. The UEFI Forum held a UEFI Plugfest last month in Taipei. Plugfest events...
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Recognizing leading contributors to an open source project
Our community engagement team behind the Trusted Analytics Platform (TAP) is recognizing leading contributors to the project at this year’s OSCON. The activity, taking shape as something of a contest,...
View ArticleOpenStack. Open Source. Open Mind.
One of the greatest business lessons the late Intel CEO Andy Grove gave us is that we have two choices: adapt or die. It’s also a hard message to take. Typically it’s only when something goes really...
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Finding a kernel 1-2-3 bug by running Wind River Simics on Simics
I must admit that I love stories about bugs, strange and unexpected software behaviors, and debugging. They provide comic relief and drama in the supposedly dry world of software development. Some bugs...
View ArticleCrosswalk security vulnerability
There was recently a security vulnerability reported to the Crosswalk team. I want to talk about this vulnerability here because this is how vulnerabilities should be handled. In Intel’s Open Source...
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Linux at 25: Leading the Open Source Revolution
Where were you August 25, 1991? I can’t recall exactly where I was or what I was doing, but I can tell you that day has had a profound effect on my life and career. Twenty-five years ago today, Linus...
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Open source software is leading us into a technical utopia
It’s unlike anything else in any industry. Open source software can turn individual developers into influencers overnight. Free enterprises from decades-long licensing dependencies. Turn startups into...
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