Leaner: RPath Linux 2
May 16, 2008RPath has released version 2 of its Linux distribution which is mainly designed for producing customized software appliances.
more »Books
Apr 30, 2008Adobe AIR for Linux
Apr 01, 2008Software manufacturer Adobe has just released an initial alpha version for Linux of its developer environment AIR for Web technology .
more »Mercurial: Version 1.0 with Various Improvements
Mar 25, 2008Version 1.0 of Mercurial, a distributed version control system, has just been released.
more »Stallman Quits Emacs Maintainer Job
Feb 26, 2008After 32 years as the maintainer of the Emacs editor, Richard M. Stallman, has assigned the task to two younger developers.
more »AMD Goes Open Source with APL
Feb 21, 2008AMD has released its AMD Performance Library (APL) under the Apache License 2.0 as the Open Source Framewave project.
more »GCC Developers Publish Bugfix Release
Feb 05, 2008The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) developers have now released version 4.2.3, which fixes a number of bugs.
more »FOSDEM 2008: Jam-packed program, free video stream
Feb 01, 2008The annual developers’ conference FOSDEM will take place in Brussels on February 23 and 24, 2008. As a teaser, organizers of the open-source event have now placed interviews with some of the speakers online.
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Issue 172/2015
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News
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Old Vulnerabilities Are Kept Alive Through Bad Configuration
HP's annual Cyber Risk report offers a bleak look at the state of IT.
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Linus Torvalds Announces Linux 4.0
But what do the big numbers really mean?
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Microsoft Frees CoreCLR
.NET Core execution engine is the basis for cross-platform .NET implementations.
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New Trojan Attacks Linux Servers
The Xnote trojan hides itself on the target system and will launch a variety of attacks on command.
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Cisco Releases Annual Security Report
Spammers go low-volume, and 90% of IE browsers are unpatched.
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Zero Day Exploits Target Flash
Adobe scrambles to release patches for vulnerable Flash Player.
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Intel Unveils Compute Stick
Four-inch-long computer on a stick lets you boot a full Linux system from any HDMI display device.
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Obama Proposes Personal Data Notification Law
New statute would require companies to report break-ins to consumers.
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TGXf Project Warns of File Transfer through Screen Pixels
Weird data transfer technique avoids all standard security measures.
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Industry Giants Announce a Fix for the Password Mess
FIDO alliance declares the beginning of the end for old-style login authentication.