In this episode: The NHS dumps Oracle for an open source solution. Five million GMail account details have been leaked. There's a MEGAsync GUI client for Linux and the Free Software Foundation and Debian are getting together to help with a free software hardware database. We've got are usual array of finds, possibly a neuron or three and a rather complex Voice of the Masses.

News: In the UK, the NHS has dumped Oracle for an open source NoSQL database solution it's calling Spine2. There's an NHS open source Hack Day taking place in Leeds, 27th-28th of September. Systemd is coming for Gnome 3.14. Mega, the file sharing platform created by Kim Dotcom, is about to get a Linux client, called MEGAsync. There are five million compromised Google GMail accounts with passwords. The Free Software Foundation and Debian have got together to work on Debian compatible free software hardware list at h-node.org. And Microsoft is buying Minecraft for $2 billion.

Finds of the Fortnight:

Graham:

Fez is still a wonderful game. But there won't be a sequel from Phil Phish.

Tame touchpad multitouch on a Synaptic's touchpad with xSwipe.

Andrew (sorry for the glitchy recording):

LibreOffice can open CorelDRAW files from 1999.

Mike:

It's illegal to own a guinea pig in Switzerland.

Chocolatey; it's like apt-get, but for Windows.

Like Doom? Enjoy Rogue? You'll love DoomRL.

Ben:

Ben now lives in the house of a probable serial killer.

It takes two weeks to get an internet connection in Bristol.

You can disable background data usage in Android.

Vocalise Your Neurons:

Many thanks to all our ace neurons this episode! Don't forget, you can give your brains a Gloucester/Bristol accent by emailing them to [email protected].

Voice of the Masses: Do you like systemd?