Patent Dispute Forces Openmoko Housecleaning
Nov 18, 2008The Openmoko project, developers of an open source mobile phone platform, has recently pulled its download site offline due to a patent dispute.
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 »Debian: 14 Seconds to Boot
Nov 14, 2008An article from the Debian-Administration.org community describes how to boot up Debian much faster on an Asus Eee 901. Its author, Phil Endecott, claims to do it within 14 seconds using his method.
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.
more »Debian Lenny on Android Phones
Nov 12, 2008Thanks to a hack a few days ago, BusyBox has been running on the T-Mobile G1 mobile phones with Google's Android platform. Now Jay Freeman, alias saurik, goes a step further: in his blog he describes how to install Debian Lenny by way of root access on the device.
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Hackers Find Root Access to Android G1
Nov 06, 2008Hackers of the XDA Forum found a simple hack to gain access to root privileges on the Android platform of G1 mobile phones.
more »Ghostscript Files Suit Against US Election Machine Manufacturers
Nov 06, 2008Artifex Software, the company behind Ghostscript, has filed a lawsuit against a subsidiary company (PES) of the electronic voting machine manufacturers Diebold due to alleged infringements in copyright.
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