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News to know: U.S. turns back hacker; Realtek data corruption; Facebook; Leveraging Linux

Notable headlines:Ryan Naraine: German hacker denied entry into U.S. for Black Hat training. Halvar Flake: I've been denied entry to the US essentially for carrying my trainings material.George Ou: Realtek network driver silently corrupts data.Paul Murphy: Leveraging Linux to sell yourself.Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week right.Jason O'Grady: No...

Tags: News to know, General

Blog posts 2007-07-30

News to know: Oracle shopping list; Securing Firefox; Linux staffing

Notable headlines:Larry Dignan: Who's on Oracle's shopping list? Ryan Naraine: Securing Firefox: How to avoid hacker attacks on Mozilla’s browser. Gallery right. Securing IE and Safari galleries.Samba will move to GPLv3.Google addresses Google Apps security with Postini buy. Podcast: Google & Postini execs discuss specifics of Google's Postini acquisition. Techmeme...

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Blog posts 2007-07-10

News to know: Clusty; Supernova; Longhorn not reloaded; Linux security

Notable headlines:Life without Google: Can Clusty gain traction? Gallery right.Mary Jo Foley: Windows Longhorn won’t be reloaded, after all.Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Friday Rant - Copy protection on computer game discs.Windows vs. Mac vs. Linux - Which is more secure? Jeff Jones report.Open Source Initiative: Will The Real Open Source CRM Please...

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Blog posts 2007-06-22

Podcast: News to know midday: Safari patches; eBay vs. Google; Linux security appliance

On today's podcast: Apple patches Safari for Windows. The fallout from the eBay-Google spat. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes checks out the Yoggie Pico Pro Linux security device.

Tags: General, News to know

Blog posts 2007-06-14

Podcast: News to know midday: Google's litmus test; Interop; Linux

In today's podcast we have: Is Google failing the evil litmus test? Three reasons why it may be. David Berlind tracks the happenings at Interop 2007. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes tackles three more things the Linux community doesn't get about users.Also as a programming note, this podcast is now available on iTunes. All ZDNet podcasts...

Tags: General, News to know

Blog posts 2007-05-23

Podcast: News to know midday: Mainstreaming Linux; Office exploit fix; Wall-mounted data centers

On today's podcast: Can Linux go mainstream? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes analyzes the five things the Linux community needs to know about users. In addition, Dell outlines the technical details of including Ubuntu on desktops. Ryan Naraine reports that Microsoft has released a file conversion tool that stops exploits rigged into .doc, .xls and...

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Blog posts 2007-05-22

News to know: Office exploits; Dell's Linux move; RAM to avoid

Notable headlines:Ryan Naraine: Microsoft releases Office exploit isolation tool.MS Word exploit generator circulating? Opera sings code execution blues.Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Five things the Linux community doesn't understand about the average computer user. Dell: Ubuntu 7.04 Offeringâ€"Technical Details.Christopher Dawson: Dell announces support plans for Linux machines.Photos: Imagination becomes reality at Maker Faire...

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Blog posts 2007-05-22

Additional Resources

Koobface botnet enters the Xmas season

X ThisThanks for the info Dancho and Happy X Year everyone! Did everyone have a good Xgiving day?Not enough space for 'Christmas'?Wow.Seriously, who cares?It seemsyou don't.Good luck when watching YouTube videos, if you ever do.MarkXmas has like, been used forever...as an accepted shortening of the term. Get over it!History excerpt...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Koobface Botnet, Christ, Jesus, Xmas

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Report: Apple, Psystar reach partial settlement

Ah, gotta love Apple the underdogSuch a cute and cuddly multi-national, multi-billion $$$/year mega corporation! It just makes me feel like apologizing for everything they do. :)Or maybeThey're the big, bad wolf for a change. Why so threatened by Pystar's model? It's still Mac OSX, not Pystar OSX....

Tags: Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple-hardware, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, operating system, OSX, hardware

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Numbers of new Core i7 iMacs are turning up DOA

I guess it goes to show that......even the almighty apple is not immune to issues. We have some iMacs (about 100 - 120) in my organization compared to about 2500 Windows Desktops and out of the 90 we ordered a few years ago (17" iMacs) we had one come...

Tags: Desktops, DOA, Core i7 iMac, Core i7, Apple Inc., Apple iMac

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Falling behind in science? No kidding!

ScienceHow many people really know that you don?t throw up with the flu...Actually, according to Merck, nausea and vomiting are flu symptoms, particularly in children. http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch198/ch198d.html How many people realize that H1N1 vaccines are prepared in the same way as we always prepare flu vaccine?Actually this vaccine was...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, vaccine, evolutionary theory, theory

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Google goes all-in with an open source cloud

RE: Google goes all-in with an open source cloudGoogle is redifing the marketplace each day with calculated innovation to set the table for their advancement and domination in the future. I can't for the fight that is coming with MS Office next year and Google docs.another nail in M$...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Chrome, Windows 7 market share, Google Inc., open source, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Office Starter 2010: The fine print on Microsoft's Works replacement

For me, non-starterA crippled, incompatible, ad supported product makes little sense to me, when Open Office and Google are alternatives.ExactlyThere's already a portable version of OpenOffice that runs on a USB stick - nothing new here.The excluded formats are used in only about 1% of documentsIt is well-known that macros...

Tags: Starter, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Office Starter

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Chrome OS - The good, the bad and the ugly, and how it fits in with Windows, Mac and Linux

Chrome OS - The good, the bad and the ugly, and how it fits in with WindowsI gave it some thought too and realized that Chrome OS only has the bad and the ugly. There is nothing good about it. All data stored in the cloud, and on Google's...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome OS, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Chrome OS will give Microsoft a run for their money

SilverLight draws circles around Google's gimmickCompare SL's demo w/ that of ChromeOS and see it for yourself the truth: The former completely owns the latter.RE: Chrome OS will give Microsoft a run for their moneyWhat kool aid are you drinking? NOTHING is secure, and Google wants to take over everything....

Tags: Operating systems, Google Chrome OS, Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome OS, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Ford Motor Co.

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Google makes Chrome OS open source today

I like itThe ChromeOS demo looked pretty cool!I'm almost 100% webapp-based already, so I could see myself using a simple, fast & no maintenance OS like that the majority of the time.I like it too, but, for me, I need to compile and run programs locally. I would imagine that...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, open source, Google Inc., Chrome, operating system, ChromeOS

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Chrome OS: Some Early Preview Videos

google should move away from linuxI suppose they could easily take away all those messes of the current os by doing that. Haha! Crummy-um "Chromium OS and Open Source" video-- the guy is calling it Crummy-um! Sounds about right.RE: Chrome OS: Some Early Preview VideosAnd ZDNet falls hook, line,...

Tags: Corporate communications, Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, ChromeOS, Chrome, Chrome OS, early Preview Video, operating system, Preview Video, video

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Google Chrome OS announcement

Just as I thought"All data on Chrome OS is in the cloud""All data stored in the cloud in Google Docs":(YeahThat unfortunately is a deal breaker for me.I'll be sticking to my dual boot Windows 7/Fedora Core setup on my netbook.bad and bad no chrome os for me ......RE: Google Chrome...

Tags: Operating systems, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome OS, operating system, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

FAA hit with network glitch; Flight plans go manual

Another glitch with a linux network? Its hard to believe people still use it for anything critical like the FAA and flight tracking. Its a toy OS and should not be used when the lives of people are dependent upon it.Cisco supplies the network backboneIt will be interesting to see...

Tags: Operating systems, Sun Solaris, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, network, FAA, operating system, Flight Plan, network glitch, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Google to demo Chrome OS; Detail launch plans

the windoze killer has arrivedChrome OS will put the final nail in M$ coffin!You really can't be seriousyou have to be a fake or something.Your posts are allways way off the mark.By like a continent or two.Windoze? Grow up, manI hope Chrome is good - because it will make...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Google Inc., operating system, Chrome OS, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-11-17