"It's not likely that WebOS will supplant existing operating systems on PCs, but rather would run on top of Windows to be able to launch WebOS apps" link
`HP chief technical officer Phil McKinney told the Seattle Times that the company's PCs will have an "integrated WebOS experience." It won't be a virtualization, he said, but rather an "enhancement" to Windows' link
"Just cuz youze senen uh email anonyfuckingmously don' mean niggas can't figure out who you be anymo'. uh new technique developed of du researchers at Concordia University in Quebec could be used ta unmask would-be anonymous emailers by sniffing out patterns in they writing style from use o' all lowercase letters ta common typos all ye damn hood ratz" link
"Computerworld reports that a rogue Android app is hijacking smartphones and running up big texting bills to premium rate numbers before the owner knows it. Chinese hackers grabbed a copy of Steamy Windows, a free program, added a backdoor Trojan horse to the app's code, then placed the reworked app on unsanctioned third-party "app stores" where unsuspecting or careless Android smartphones find it, download it and install it."
> That's because the latest BIND was released specifically to patch this vulnerability. They just didn't really tell anybody about the vulnerability until after 9.7.3 was released. Don't believe me?
Except they posted it on a publically accessable list...
"No matter how much companies (and individuals) would like to pretend otherwise, security is really hard to do. It's not just a matter of having the right technology in place; people have to follow some inconvenient rules and exercise self control and common sense"
No it isn't hard: seperate executable code from data, use read-only embedded devices to run your code, never download and run code over the Internet, run a second system that impliments a full irrevocable auditing trail.
"There have been no active exploits known, and versions 9.7.1-9.7.2-P3 versions of BIND are affected. US-CERT encourages users and administrators using the affected versions of BIND to upgrade to BIND 9.7.3"
the crimes of Shuttleworth or the bogus Canonical controversy...
Nothing to complain about Bruce. What criticism and from what source, apart from articles like the above from Bruce Byfield, I wouldn't know about the controversy. I guess it does get people reading Bruce..
So, to recap the crimes of Shuttleworth: using Launchpad , inviting openSUSE developers to join Ubuntu, introducing monthly release cycles, changing color codes and a new font in Ubuntu, moving to the more advanced Unity shell, switching from init to Upstart, switching from Xorg to Wayland,
"Since both init and Xorg are flexible enough to provide the sorts of improvements that Shuttleworth advocates, the suspicion is that such decisions are not technical, so much as political"
translated: I Bruce Byfield, propose that the decision to switch to Upstart and Wayland is a politically motivated surreptitious pretext to achieve domination over the Linux software stack. These views as expressed here represent no one except Bruce Byfield, and certainly not the FOSS community in general.
Hey Bruce, please stop being an open source advocate, would you;)
"A new type of financial malware has the ability to hijack customers’ online banking sessions in real time using their session ID tokens"
What ever you do don't mention Microsoft Windows..:)
"OddJob's most obvious characteristic is that it is designed to intercept user communications through the browser. It uses this ability to steal/inject information and terminate user sessions inside Internet Explorer and Firefox"
How does the OddJob 'financial malware' get on the computer in the first place. What Desktop Operating Systems are not vulnerable?
"The Foreign Office launched a modernisation process in 2010, one component of which was the pursuit of a new IT strategy moving away from open source software and towards "standardised proprietary client solutions" as used in other ministries. Specifically, this means a return to Windows XP, to be upgraded at some point to Windows 7, Office 2010 and Outlook. According to the government, this will not give rise to any immediate costs, indeed, they expect introduction of these "standardised software products" to produce "efficiency gains". Open source software will continue to be used on servers"
"Due to a technical problem, that system sent out the daily automatic message to clients - stating that the closing auction was beginning seconds late"
'An unprecedented cyberattack on the Canadian government from China has given foreign hackers access to highly classified federal information
Find out who put this "highly classified federal information" on the Internet and charge him/her with gross negligence and clap him/her in jail for twenty years. Is sombody looking to bump up their federal budget this year?
'The user remains in control. The user can say I don't want to pass a health certificate,' he said. 'There may be consequences for that decision, but you can do it'
I'd much prefer not to "share" any information about my computer with anyone in Redmond or Langley or Fort Meade. Getting the ISPs to block contaminated Windows computers would be the most practicle solution. That way no need to share certificates, just block whoever is running malware on specific ports.
> At 8am today, the exchange’s main venue went into live trading with the Millennium IT matching engine, developed in C++ programming language and running on SUSE Linux..
Why did they choose SuSE and how does Microsofts intellectual property patent covenant with Novell impact on the decision. Is part of what the LSE paying to Novell being funneled back to Redmond. Is this the future of Microsoft innovation ?
> That makes me feel sooo much better about the value of antivirus software. Does slashdot's new interface support posting from a Babbage engine running OpenBSD?
1992 is calling, it wants its Windows virus back...
"Researchers at Symantec said that the notorious Stuxnet worm targeted five separate organizations, and attacks against those objectives — all with a presence in Iran — started in June 2009, more than a year before independent experts raised the alarm."
What experts, none of these peopel have been able to produce an Operating System that is immune to "computer viruses"..
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"It's not likely that WebOS will supplant existing operating systems on PCs, but rather would run on top of Windows to be able to launch WebOS apps" link
`HP chief technical officer Phil McKinney told the Seattle Times that the company's PCs will have an "integrated WebOS experience." It won't be a virtualization, he said, but rather an "enhancement" to Windows' link
"Just cuz youze senen uh email anonyfuckingmously don' mean niggas can't figure out who you be anymo'. uh new technique developed of du researchers at Concordia University in Quebec could be used ta unmask would-be anonymous emailers by sniffing out patterns in they writing style from use o' all lowercase letters ta common typos all ye damn hood ratz" link
"The problem is all about training people on how to use the new software"
When will they be getting around to fixing the defects in their memory management unit (MMU)
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Taco: I only read this site for the entertainment value .. :)
NO IT ISN'T ...
"Computerworld reports that a rogue Android app is hijacking smartphones and running up big texting bills to premium rate numbers before the owner knows it. Chinese hackers grabbed a copy of Steamy Windows, a free program, added a backdoor Trojan horse to the app's code, then placed the reworked app on unsanctioned third-party "app stores" where unsuspecting or careless Android smartphones find it, download it and install it."
> That's because the latest BIND was released specifically to patch this vulnerability. They just didn't really tell anybody about the vulnerability until after 9.7.3 was released. Don't believe me?
Except they posted it on a publically accessable list ...
"No matter how much companies (and individuals) would like to pretend otherwise, security is really hard to do. It's not just a matter of having the right technology in place; people have to follow some inconvenient rules and exercise self control and common sense"
No it isn't hard: seperate executable code from data, use read-only embedded devices to run your code, never download and run code over the Internet, run a second system that impliments a full irrevocable auditing trail.
"There have been no active exploits known, and versions 9.7.1-9.7.2-P3 versions of BIND are affected. US-CERT encourages users and administrators using the affected versions of BIND to upgrade to BIND 9.7.3 "
How dare Google organize a contest where mature adults can choose to not enter their children in a contest !!!!!
Yea, Samsung developed a time machine, went back-in-time and prevented Microsoft developers into not testing their own product ..
the crimes of Shuttleworth or the bogus Canonical controversy ...
Nothing to complain about Bruce. What criticism and from what source, apart from articles like the above from Bruce Byfield, I wouldn't know about the controversy. I guess it does get people reading Bruce ..
So, to recap the crimes of Shuttleworth: using Launchpad , inviting openSUSE developers to join Ubuntu, introducing monthly release cycles, changing color codes and a new font in Ubuntu, moving to the more advanced Unity shell, switching from init to Upstart, switching from Xorg to Wayland,
"Since both init and Xorg are flexible enough to provide the sorts of improvements that Shuttleworth advocates, the suspicion is that such decisions are not technical, so much as political"
translated: I Bruce Byfield, propose that the decision to switch to Upstart and Wayland is a politically motivated surreptitious pretext to achieve domination over the Linux software stack. These views as expressed here represent no one except Bruce Byfield, and certainly not the FOSS community in general.
Hey Bruce, please stop being an open source advocate, would you ;)
"A new type of financial malware has the ability to hijack customers’ online banking sessions in real time using their session ID tokens"
What ever you do don't mention Microsoft Windows .. :)
"OddJob's most obvious characteristic is that it is designed to intercept user communications through the browser. It uses this ability to steal/inject information and terminate user sessions inside Internet Explorer and Firefox"
How does the OddJob 'financial malware' get on the computer in the first place. What Desktop Operating Systems are not vulnerable?
"What is a small company supposed to do if you want to host your own mail?"
They block port 25 because of the spam problem, use another port ...
anti-malware, about as much use as selling rocks ...
"The Foreign Office launched a modernisation process in 2010, one component of which was the pursuit of a new IT strategy moving away from open source software and towards "standardised proprietary client solutions" as used in other ministries. Specifically, this means a return to Windows XP, to be upgraded at some point to Windows 7, Office 2010 and Outlook. According to the government, this will not give rise to any immediate costs, indeed, they expect introduction of these "standardised software products" to produce "efficiency gains". Open source software will continue to be used on servers"
Is it possible to recover data after running the following a number of times?
$dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/hda
"Due to a technical problem, that system sent out the daily automatic message to clients - stating that the closing auction was beginning seconds late"
"Microsoft banned the GPL, not open source overall"
.. and the GPL isn't Open Source says MS :)
..
"It's standard operating procedure for many companies to prohibit licenses which propagate themselves
No it isn't, what business of Microsoft is it to decide what third parties get to distribute their own software on a so called public Marketplace
'An unprecedented cyberattack on the Canadian government from China has given foreign hackers access to highly classified federal information
Find out who put this "highly classified federal information" on the Internet and charge him/her with gross negligence and clap him/her in jail for twenty years. Is sombody looking to bump up their federal budget this year?
'The user remains in control. The user can say I don't want to pass a health certificate,' he said. 'There may be consequences for that decision, but you can do it'
I'd much prefer not to "share" any information about my computer with anyone in Redmond or Langley or Fort Meade. Getting the ISPs to block contaminated Windows computers would be the most practicle solution. That way no need to share certificates, just block whoever is running malware on specific ports.
> At 8am today, the exchange’s main venue went into live trading with the Millennium IT matching engine, developed in C++ programming language and running on SUSE Linux ..
Why did they choose SuSE and how does Microsofts intellectual property patent covenant with Novell impact on the decision. Is part of what the LSE paying to Novell being funneled back to Redmond. Is this the future of Microsoft innovation ?
> That makes me feel sooo much better about the value of antivirus software. Does slashdot's new interface support posting from a Babbage engine running OpenBSD?
1992 is calling, it wants its Windows virus back ...
"Researchers at Symantec said that the notorious Stuxnet worm targeted five separate organizations, and attacks against those objectives — all with a presence in Iran — started in June 2009, more than a year before independent experts raised the alarm."
What experts, none of these peopel have been able to produce an Operating System that is immune to "computer viruses" ..
The only people to disrupting the world's economies are the traders in such places as Solomon Brothers.
"ADS was introduced for one reason: to allow NT servers to support Apple clients"
That's news to me, do you have citations to verifiable historical records that say this?
WinFS was touted as the next big thing in Longhorn/Vista. They couldn't even do it when they stole the code .. link