items tagged with Linux
More flaws fixed in Firefox
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-04 17:27:24
Firefox 3.5.2 fixes a quartet of security issues - two of them rated critical - along with a display-related bug. Security fixes are also delivered in version 3.0.13.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-04 17:27:24
Firefox 3.5.2 fixes a quartet of security issues - two of them rated critical - along with a display-related bug. Security fixes are also delivered in version 3.0.13.
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Why can't I just play DVDs in Linux?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-02 06:12:03
One deterrent to switching operating systems is the inability to perform tasks with a minimum of fuss. Unfortunately, for Linux, doing something as natural as playing a movie on DVD doesn’t just work out-of-the-box. The reason why not is the same reason the Nintendo Wii doesn’t play DVDs either.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-02 06:12:03
One deterrent to switching operating systems is the inability to perform tasks with a minimum of fuss. Unfortunately, for Linux, doing something as natural as playing a movie on DVD doesn’t just work out-of-the-box. The reason why not is the same reason the Nintendo Wii doesn’t play DVDs either.
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Tough TTYs: Alan Cox leaves Linux
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-07-31 06:18:17
Hands up who loves Linus Torvalds? The count may be one down after Linux kernel hacker Alan Cox quit as TTY code base maintainer following stabbing public criticism from Torvalds.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-07-31 06:18:17
Hands up who loves Linus Torvalds? The count may be one down after Linux kernel hacker Alan Cox quit as TTY code base maintainer following stabbing public criticism from Torvalds.
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WinRoute add-on blocks undesirable web pages
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-07-30 02:50:33
The latest version of Kerio WinRoute Firewall provides an optional feature to block access to any web page that has not been analysed and categorised.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-07-30 02:50:33
The latest version of Kerio WinRoute Firewall provides an optional feature to block access to any web page that has not been analysed and categorised.
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Microsoft claims no GPL violation in Linux submission after all
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-28 07:30:43
Seattle software giant, Microsoft, has asserted despite press saying otherwise last week's 22,000 line submission to the Linux kernel was not motivated by any perceived GPL violation. Yet, do the facts bare out? Does the argument really stand to scrutiny?
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-28 07:30:43
Seattle software giant, Microsoft, has asserted despite press saying otherwise last week's 22,000 line submission to the Linux kernel was not motivated by any perceived GPL violation. Yet, do the facts bare out? Does the argument really stand to scrutiny?
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Microsoft has hit bottom, set for rebound: analyst
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-07-26 22:49:36
Analyst firm Ovum describes Microsoft's results as "dismal" but suggests the worst might be over for the software giant.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-07-26 22:49:36
Analyst firm Ovum describes Microsoft's results as "dismal" but suggests the worst might be over for the software giant.
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Critical vulnerability in widely used Adobe software
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-23 17:57:56
A critical vulnerability has been discovered in Adobe Reader, Acrobat and Flash Player. The vulnerability is being actively exploited against Reader 9 on Windows.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-23 17:57:56
A critical vulnerability has been discovered in Adobe Reader, Acrobat and Flash Player. The vulnerability is being actively exploited against Reader 9 on Windows.
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Microsoft Linux code originally violated GPL
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-07-23 12:58:48
The driver code that Microsoft contributed to the Linux kernel this week was originally in violation of the GPL, a post by Stephen Hemminger, an engineer with open source vendor Vyatta, says.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-07-23 12:58:48
The driver code that Microsoft contributed to the Linux kernel this week was originally in violation of the GPL, a post by Stephen Hemminger, an engineer with open source vendor Vyatta, says.
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Red Hat welcomes Microsoft code contribution
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-07-22 19:57:45
Microsoft's code contribution to Linux has been welcomed by the biggest Linux vendor, Red Hat - with a few digs here and there.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-07-22 19:57:45
Microsoft's code contribution to Linux has been welcomed by the biggest Linux vendor, Red Hat - with a few digs here and there.
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Microsoft code cannot taint Linux
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-07-20 23:18:42
Exactly why people would want to run a stable system like Linux on top of an unstable one like Windows - any version - isn't clear to me.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-07-20 23:18:42
Exactly why people would want to run a stable system like Linux on top of an unstable one like Windows - any version - isn't clear to me.
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It’s the Internet, Stupid.
Written By: David Heath
Section: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!
Category: All things technical
2009-07-19 08:51:30
Based on the Linux kernel, Google Chrome OS attempts to reposition Linux a long way from being a Windows competitor.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!
Category: All things technical
2009-07-19 08:51:30
Based on the Linux kernel, Google Chrome OS attempts to reposition Linux a long way from being a Windows competitor.
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Firefox 3.5: new vulnerability, new version
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-07-17 01:58:36
Another vulnerability has been found in Firefox 3.5 that may allow the execution of arbitrary code - 'browse and you're owned' in Microsoft-speak.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-07-17 01:58:36
Another vulnerability has been found in Firefox 3.5 that may allow the execution of arbitrary code - 'browse and you're owned' in Microsoft-speak.
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Apple game console by 2013, says analyst
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-07-16 18:40:27
Apple will add games to the Apple TV in 2012 or 2013, an analyst has predicted.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-07-16 18:40:27
Apple will add games to the Apple TV in 2012 or 2013, an analyst has predicted.
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Buffalo buys into Microsoft patent pact
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-07-16 02:30:37
Microsoft has signed another patent pact with a supplier of Linux-based products. This time it is with the parent company of Buffalo.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-07-16 02:30:37
Microsoft has signed another patent pact with a supplier of Linux-based products. This time it is with the parent company of Buffalo.
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Linux, Mac users - your copy of Windows may be tax deductible
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-16 01:55:44
That’s right; the Australian Tax Office’s e-tax software is a Windows-only product. If you run it within a virtualised Microsoft Windows on your Linux or Mac computer you may be eligible to tack the Windows tax onto your tax return!
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-16 01:55:44
That’s right; the Australian Tax Office’s e-tax software is a Windows-only product. If you run it within a virtualised Microsoft Windows on your Linux or Mac computer you may be eligible to tack the Windows tax onto your tax return!
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Australian Linux users finally have tax return satisfaction
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-15 20:00:29
As much as Linux users might desire to live in a world without Windows plans can be thwarted by a necessary piece of Windows-only software. This year the Australian Tax Office e-tax tax return system is no longer one of these.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-15 20:00:29
As much as Linux users might desire to live in a world without Windows plans can be thwarted by a necessary piece of Windows-only software. This year the Australian Tax Office e-tax tax return system is no longer one of these.
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Google and Microsoft: who is screwing who?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-07-14 16:24:47
So Google wants to be a player in the operating system market and Microsoft wants to be a search player? Meh.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-07-14 16:24:47
So Google wants to be a player in the operating system market and Microsoft wants to be a search player? Meh.
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Reddit readers rage at thankless Linux Twitter-bot
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-12 10:44:15
Readers of the Linux section on popular Web 2.0 social networking site Reddit discovered a Twitter bot was tweeting stories listed on the site without attribution. As punishment Redditers decided to turn the bot into their puppet, mouthing whatever they commanded.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-12 10:44:15
Readers of the Linux section on popular Web 2.0 social networking site Reddit discovered a Twitter bot was tweeting stories listed on the site without attribution. As punishment Redditers decided to turn the bot into their puppet, mouthing whatever they commanded.
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The necessity of a Google Linux operating system
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-09 08:44:46
Search giant Google has announced the development of Chrome OS. This is a significant announcement and means good things for Linux.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-07-09 08:44:46
Search giant Google has announced the development of Chrome OS. This is a significant announcement and means good things for Linux.
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Google Chrome OS: enterprise grade?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-07-09 01:45:50
While most pundits are positioning Google's newly announced foray into the operating system space as an attempt to capture the netbook market, there is a new suggestion that Google Chrome OS may well be enterprise grade. Can this be true?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-07-09 01:45:50
While most pundits are positioning Google's newly announced foray into the operating system space as an attempt to capture the netbook market, there is a new suggestion that Google Chrome OS may well be enterprise grade. Can this be true?
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