Seven Deadliest Linux Commands
Nov 21, 2008In a TechSource Blog blog, Philippine technology student Jun Auza has assembled a list of the seven deadliest Linux commands, which his readers promptly augmented.
more »Novell and Microsoft in Celebratory Moods
Nov 21, 2008For two years now Novell and Microsoft have been playing with the idea of interoperability between Linux and Windows. They hope to strengthen their partnership further through their announcement of the Advanced Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 and a beta of the Moonlight Firefox rich media plug-in.
more »Island System: Ubuntu Privacy Remix Seals off Users
Nov 21, 2008Ubuntu Privacy Remix (UPR), based on Ubuntu 8.04 (LTS), is a live, read-only CD that seals off your private data from the outside world. It does this using encryption and isolation methods.
more »Kerneloops.org Discovers Oops Number 100,000
Nov 19, 2008When the Linux kernel hiccups, it issues a more or less cryptic error message known as an oops. To help kernel developers out a bit, the kerneloops.org website collects these crash signatures in a big database. The website recently registered the hundred-thousandth oops just about the time it celebrated its first birthday.
more »Password Theft at Typo3.org
Nov 19, 2008The Typo3 Association is warning users with accounts at Typo3.org of a possible misuse of stored data.
more »Silicon Valley Spam-Slinger Knocked out Cold
Nov 14, 2008Russia may not be the only place spam hosts lay in wait. Tuesday of this week San Jose webhoster McColo went offline. The result is that the world's spam rate is now down by three-quarters, at least according to the Washington Post's online service.
more »USENIX LISA: Security Theater Plays a Role - Bruce Schneier's Keynote
Nov 14, 2008The opening keynote Thursday of the USENIX LISA conference in San Diego was by author and security expert Bruce Schneier. In his opinion "perceived security" should be an aspect of all security implementation.
more »Fix for Security Hole in Android G1
Nov 14, 2008In one fell swoop and with an automatically distributed patch, Google and T-Mobile fixed a problem with the G1 mobile phone whereby users could access root privileges and possibly raise all kinds of havoc.
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