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more »2010 Mails Trigger SpamAssassin
Jan 04, 2010The Apache Project has warned of a bug in versions 3.2.0 to 3.2.5 of SpamAssassin that triggers an excessive number of spam alerts by mails from 2010. Debian Lenny is also infected.
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more »The Maker Web Project Helper
Dec 28, 2009The Maker, a simple content management system (CMS) for websites, is available in version 1.0.
more »Greg's Kernel Report: Android Drivers to Be Dropped, Same Possible Fate for Microsoft Hyper-V
Dec 24, 2009Kernel developer and Novell coworker Greg Kroah-Hartman manages new drivers in a separate tree for the Linux drivers project. He most recently reported that a few projects will have to depart from Kernel 2.6.33, among them also Google.
more »Unswindle: Israeli Hacker Breaks Kindle's DRM Format
Dec 23, 2009Amazon's Kindle is well and good. But what if you want to read a DRM-protected ebook on other devices? Simple: set up a hacking contest.
more »Maarch Entreprise 1.0 Manages Digital Documents and Physical Archives
Dec 23, 2009French company Maarch has released the first version of its free document management system.
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Dec 22, 2009The free content management system, Wordpress, now available in version 2.9, (codename Carmen), comes with some major changes.
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Advanced Video Coding Still Under Patent
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Linux Exempt from California’s Age Verification Law
So long as Linux is distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses, the OS is exempt from being required to verify the age of its users in California.
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Roll Out the Cake: Linux Turns 35
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China Switching from Windows to Linux
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Pine64 Halts Production of Linux Devices
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The Bullet-Proof KDE Software Initiative Is Coming
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Linux Mint Shares a Possible Kernel Cleanup Solution
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CachyOS Gets an Update
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The Linux Kernel Dev Staging Area Now Rejects AI-Generated Patches
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