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You can’t say we weren’t warned. We’ve known for a long time that IPv4 addresses were an endangered species.
I remember reading about the problem before the turn of the century, and Cisco Systems issued a report by Tony Hain in 2005 saying that “the remaining pool ... will be exhausted in about 5 years.” So Hain was a tiny bit generous, but here we are, and now? They’re gone.
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New TLS Attack Takes the S out of HTTPS
Vulnerability affects many Linux web servers
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Munich Adopts Kolab
The Bavarian capital shuns Microsoft, Google, and other alternatives to implement an open source groupware solution.
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Canonical Announces Ubuntu Smartphones
Phone vendor partnerships bring Mark Shuttleworth's dream of Ubuntu on a phone a step closer to reality.
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Piviti Seeks Funding
Donors will get to vote on new features for the free video editor.
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Debian Tech Committee Votes for systemd
Debian project puts init out to pasture and says no to Ubuntu's Upstart.
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The Mask: Scary New Face of Internet Intrusion
Ultra-sophisticated attack tool might have originated from a state-sponsored intelligence service.
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Epoch 1.0 Released
New alternative for init comes with a small footprint and minimal configuration.
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Wayland 1.4 Challenges X11
X marks the target for the next-generation windowing system.
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Red Hat Adopts CentOS
Super-clone CentOS Linux gets beamed up to the mother ship.
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W3C Promotes Media Source Extensions
HTML technology will enable new video editing and playback options.