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02/3 4:58 am - Kernel guru Greg Kroah-Hartman joins Linux Foundation

Linux Security - LinuxSecurity.com: One of the principle maintainers of the Linux kernel, Greg Kroah-Hartman, has joined the Linux Foundation as a fellow, the same position held by Linux creator Linus Torvalds, the foundation announced. Kroah-Hartman previously worke......

02/3 4:56 am - Critical PHP vulnerability being fixed - Update

Linux Security - LinuxSecurity.com: The PHP developers are working to fix a critical security vulnerability in PHP that they introduced with a recent security patch. The current stable release is affected; however, it is not yet clear whether the questionable patch w......

02/3 4:53 am - Mozilla releases Firefox 10 browser with nine security fixes

Linux Security - LinuxSecurity.com: Mozilla has released the latest version of its browser, Firefox 10, with fixes for nine security flaws, including five critical vulnerabilities.

02/3 4:52 am - Public Wi-Fi not as secure as you think

Linux Security - LinuxSecurity.com: In a world that is constantly connected, it seems these days you are never alone, whether you know it or not. "People are online around the clock," said computer expert Jake DeWoskin. DeWoskin is with the Twin Cities business consu......

02/3 4:51 am - 'Anonymous' hackers intercept conversation between FBI and Scotland Yard

Linux Security - LinuxSecurity.com: A member of the computer hacking group Anonymous has hacked into a telephone conference between the FBI and Scotland Yard and posted it on the internet.

02/3 4:50 am - VeriSign 2010 Hack: DNS Data Theft A Possibility

Linux Security - LinuxSecurity.com: Several successful hacks of VeriSign's network, in 2010, might have compromised critical information relating to the Internet's domain name system (DNS).

02/2 4:13 am - Report: Kelihos botnet making a comeback

Linux Security - LinuxSecurity.com: Following a joint operation by Microsoft and Kaspersky Lab last September to disrupt Kelihos, the botnet is now said to be making a comeback and using new techniques. According to a report on Securelist, which is run by Kaspersky L......

02/2 4:12 am - RFID Credit Cards Are Easy Prey for Hackers

Linux Security - LinuxSecurity.com: It's been known for some time that there are security issues associated with the increasing use of RFID tags in credit cards, but this past weekend afforded a fresh demonstration of just how easy it is for hackers to take advantage......

02/2 4:11 am - 4 Ways to Prevent Domain Name Hijacking

Linux Security - LinuxSecurity.com: On the night of Monday, January 23, the hacktivist group UGNazi hijacked Coach.com, the Internet domain name of luxury goods manufacturer Coach. For several hours, fashionistas who wanted to ogle Coach's new Willis handbag on Coach......

02/2 4:09 am - Hacking Made Easy

Linux Security - LinuxSecurity.com: I am honoured to have been invited back to present at the prestigious e-Crime Congress to be held in London, March this year. However it caused a flash-back to the last occasion I presented at Congress in 2009, when things seemed t......

02/1 9:54 am - Kernel guru Greg Kroah-Hartman joins Linux Foundation

ComputerWorld - One of the principle maintainers of the Linux kernel, Greg Kroah-Hartman, has joined the Linux Foundation as a fellow, the same position held by Linux creator Linus Torvalds, the foundation announced.

02/1 7:02 am - Supreme Court of Sweden Upholds Pirate Bay Prison Sentences

Linux Security - LinuxSecurity.com: Sweden's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the prison sentences of the four founders of The Pirate Bay, the notorious file-sharing service on Hollywood's and the recording industry's most-hated list.

02/1 7:01 am - Mozilla closes critical holes in Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey

Linux Security - LinuxSecurity.com: Following the release of new versions of its open source Firefox web browser, Thunderbird email client and SeaMonkey suite, Mozilla has detailed the security fixes included in each of the updates. According to the project's Securit......

01/31 2:35 pm - Firefox 10 hits the streets (Digital Trends)

Yahoo - Digital Trends - Mozilla has set loose Firefox 10, the latest version of its open-source Web browser for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. New features in the release are largely limited to technologies aimed at Web developers, but there’s one impor......

01/30 10:07 am - Utah schools start adopting open source textbooks (AP)

Yahoo - AP - Utah classrooms may soon be making the switch to open-source online textbooks that can be cheaper and easier to update.

01/27 2:24 pm - Ubuntu moves beyond the desktop with new TV interface, menu-killing navigation system (Digital Trends)

Yahoo - Digital Trends - Late last year, Ubuntu announced it would bring the open source operating system to mobile devices. Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth said Ubuntu will soon be found on “tablets, phones, TVs and smart screens from the car to th......

01/26 8:56 am - Android tablets approach tipping point, mimic smartphone rise (Appolicious)

Yahoo - Appolicious - Google’s winning smartphone strategy was to make Android open source and invite anyone and everyone to create a device for their mobile platform. It worked, as HTC, Motorola and others jumped on the opportunity to create smartphones t......

01/25 3:31 pm - HP's Plan to Open-Source WebOS: What's Taking So Long? (Mashable)

Yahoo - Mashable - Hewlett-Packard just announced it would fulfill its promise to make the code of its dormant mobile operating system, webOS, open-source ... by September. The company, which effectively stopped the webOS platform in its tracks when it kille......

01/24 2:16 pm - Ubuntu Linux's new 'HUD' interface to do away with menus

ComputerWorld - A new kind of interface is coming to Ubuntu 12.04 'Precise Pangolin' that will ultimately replace menus in Unity applications and recognize voice commands.

01/24 11:57 am - Cinnamon 1.2 Linux desktop now officially stable

ComputerWorld - Late last month the Linux Mint developers announced that they were working on a brand-new desktop environment designed to offer an alternative to the controversial GNOME 3, and on Monday they officially released the first stable version of the softwa......

01/24 11:13 am - Ubuntu to feature command line shortcuts

ComputerWorld - Canonical will provide the next release of its Ubuntu Linux OS with a new type of interface that will allows desktop users to execute functions for any program through a command line interface, or by voice command.

01/18 6:00 pm - Mozilla Challenges Prove Crowdsourcing Still Works for Fundraising (Mashable)

Yahoo - Mashable - The Mozilla Firefox Challenge has named a winner -- but the real champion is the public, who yet again proved that crowdsourcing and grass roots campaigns are an effective way to raise money for charity. The Challenge, hosted on the Crowdr......

01/17 10:34 am - NSA releases security-enhanced version of Android

ComputerWorld - The National Security Agency (NSA) has released SE Android, a security-enhanced version of Android, which provides and enforces stricter access-control policies than those found in the popular mobile operating system by default.

01/17 7:24 am - Samsung seeks to merge smartphone operating platforms (Reuters)

Yahoo - Reuters - Samsung Electronics Co plans to merge its own 'bada' mobile phone operating software with an open-source Tizen platform as the world's biggest smartphone maker seeks alternatives to Google's Android in its devices.

01/16 2:19 pm - Microsoft requiring Secure Boot for ARM devices, hamstringing Linux (Digital Trends)

Yahoo - Digital Trends - As Windows 8 gets closer to reality, more details of Microsoft’s make-it-or-break-it effort to translate its desktop computing success to ARM-driven tablets are emerging. First, Microsoft revealed that ARM-based Windows 8 device......

01/10 12:48 pm - Linux takes on a bigger role at CES

ComputerWorld - The annual Consumer Electronics Show event is always a fun place to learn about the latest new gadgets coming down the pike, but--aside from Google's ubiquitous Android platform--Linux has not typically played a starring role.

01/8 8:54 am - One Laptop Per Child Debuts Rugged Tablet for Students in the Developing World (Mashable)

Yahoo - Mashable - One Laptop Per Child will unveil its XO 3.0 tablet at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Monday. The fully functional tablet is designed to be inexpensive, use little energy and brave extreme weather conditions. The rugged tablet i......

09/9 8:17 pm - Weekend Project: Blog on Linux.com

Linux.com - One of the things that Linux.com offers to the community is the opportunity to post on Linux.com community blogs. Because it's been a while since we promoted this feature, I wanted to post a reminder about how to post to your blog, and how the......

09/9 11:07 am - Platform Concludes 8-Month Blog Series on HPC Applications A-Z

Linux.com - Since February, 2011, Platform Computing has been blogging on the Applications of HPC from A to Z. As an avid reader, I have to offer them a Tip of the Hat for sticking with it for 26 posts. I remember trying a similar...

09/9 11:05 am - Remnant: A New Release Process for Ubuntu?

Linux.com - Scott James Remnant has posted a detailed discussion of problems he sees in the current Ubuntu release process and a proposed improvement: monthly releases. "My proposal is a radical change to the Ubuntu Release Process, but surprisingly it w......

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