"Government institutions are among the targets of an attack on Pakistani bodies, which originates in India, according to reports. The campaign is using vulnerabilities in Microsoft software to install the HangOver malware"
"technology is becoming easier to implement without having an IT professional, he said. Also, the option of turning to outsourcing creates less pressure to increase wages"
Such analysis dreamed up by delusional management everywhere, how to get rid of their own IT staff and since they don't understand IT, it must be easy !
Chromium is the default in the current Ubuntu, besides which, installing Firefox is trivially easy on any Ubuntu desktop installation, see on my current Ubuntu desktop:
Chromium: Version 25.0.1364.160 Ubuntu 13.04 (25.0.1364.160-0ubuntu3)
Firefox 21.0: Mozilla Firefox for Ubuntu canonical - 1.0
`the same Mayor Bloomberg that tried to limit the size of sodas in New York City to 16 oz. [townhall.com], and started the scandal ridden "Mayors against Guns [saf.org]."'
Yea, without huge-sodas and the ability to blow away your neighbours, America would have fallen to those commie-liberal-bastards a long time ago.
It's actually children of rich parents get access to better resources and therefore develop better math and reading ability and therefore get a better socioeconomic status later on. That and having your rich parents get their former college buddies to give the kids a high paying job, regardless of abilities.
"Despite any recent updates, the vast LinuxDevices news archive continued to serve as a valuable archive of embedded Linux information, history, and memorabilia; but earlier this week, the plug was pulled and LinuxDevices disappeared from the Web"
Quinstreet could restore a lot of goodwill by donating the LinuxDevices news archive to linuxgizmos.com
"McAfee is the worst kind of scumbag -- arrogant, self-important and someone who believes his above-average IQ will allow him to dupe the masses for a lifetime. I've met people like him countless times, and their biggest mistake is they take for granted the idea that no one is smart enough to compete in their psychological chess game."
"For the most part, con men like him are proven right, as they tend to have a gut-wrenching success rate, even though anyone with a half a brain can tell his shtick is as transparent as Scotch tape."
"As if his doucheified approach to life weren't enough, he's also a murderer. But of course, how does this turn out for our villain? Most likely, with him washing the blood off his hands and cashing in by selling his fairytale to Hollywood."
"the Pentagon.. believes China's cyber espionage is focused on.. attempts to target U.S. government computer networks, which could provide Beijing a better insight into America's policy deliberations and military capabilities"
And the solution is not to host your critical and military capabilities on such a flakey OS..
"what happened to that money they saved? Even a small portion of the money saved over the years could be used to upgrade ancient systems to modern standards. However, big organizations keep citing million-dollar upgrade costs as why they won't do it. Aren't they also losing money by working with inefficient, outdated systems?"
No, the money is going precisely where it's intended, on salaries and bonuses for the top executives in the company..
"was it a criminal violation of federal anti-hacking law for Kane and a friend to knowingly take advantage of the glitch to the tune of at least half-a-million dollars?"
Wasn't there a case some time back where some stock traders noticed a pattern in an HFT automated trading program, and acted to make some trades to game the system. They were fined even though they did nothing more that make stock trades...
"most oil nations are so corrupt that social scientists argue over whether there is an inherent bondâ"a âoeresource curseââ"between big petroleum deposits and political malfeasance" link
That's because the 'democratic' west have made it their business to keep these countries corrupt, so as to maintain control of the OIL.
"ESET researchers.. have been analyzing a new threat affecting Apache webservers. The threat is a highly advanced and stealthy backdoor.. Researchers have named the backdoor Linux/Cdorked.A, and it is the most sophisticated Apache backdoor seen so far"
How does this advanced threat get onto the Apache webservers in the first place?
Of course none of which provides evidence as to the existence `God' or even the effectiveness of psychiatric treatment in general. What it does do is demonstrate the beliefs and prejudices of the people carrying out the `study'. eg, Someone who believes in a `higher power' asks a vulnerable adult if they believe in a `higher power', if so they allocate them higher marks. Now what would be the results if Richard Dawkins carried out the study.
"if the best Google can earn from those patents is a few pennies-per-unit from its rivals' products, that may undermine the whole idea of paying $12.5 billion primarily for Motorola Mobility's intellectual-property portfolio".
In this day-and-age patent portfolios are bought so as to protect you from getting extorted by the other fella, as such it was a good buy.
"Linux is not yet "ready for the desktop," and I'm doubtful it will ever be--at least not in the sense that an average person could use it full-time without any assistance. I've struggled before with using Linux as my full-time operating environment both at work and at home. I did it for years at work, but it was never quite as easy as I wanted it to be."
I disagree, it's no more complicated than installing Windows, how many people have to install an OS on their brand new computer?
I've been Windows free for three years and going, and I've not noticed the loss !
Slashdot Mirror
"Government institutions are among the targets of an attack on Pakistani bodies, which originates in India, according to reports. The campaign is using vulnerabilities in Microsoft software to install the HangOver malware"
Sep 2003: CyberInsecurity: The Cost of Monopoly
"technology is becoming easier to implement without having an IT professional, he said. Also, the option of turning to outsourcing creates less pressure to increase wages"
Such analysis dreamed up by delusional management everywhere, how to get rid of their own IT staff and since they don't understand IT, it must be easy !
I've been using lubuntu for a long time, so haven't noticed ...
Chromium is the default in the current Ubuntu, besides which, installing Firefox is trivially easy on any Ubuntu desktop installation, see on my current Ubuntu desktop:
Chromium: Version 25.0.1364.160 Ubuntu 13.04 (25.0.1364.160-0ubuntu3)
Firefox 21.0: Mozilla Firefox for Ubuntu canonical - 1.0
And other rethorical questons :)
`the same Mayor Bloomberg that tried to limit the size of sodas in New York City to 16 oz. [townhall.com], and started the scandal ridden "Mayors against Guns [saf.org]."'
Yea, without huge-sodas and the ability to blow away your neighbours, America would have fallen to those commie-liberal-bastards a long time ago.
It's actually children of rich parents get access to better resources and therefore develop better math and reading ability and therefore get a better socioeconomic status later on. That and having your rich parents get their former college buddies to give the kids a high paying job, regardless of abilities.
"On May 3, attackers from the SEA fired off phishing emails to Onion employees, at least one of whom clicked on a malicious link"
What OS did this nameless malware run on?
"Documents reveal that Nook Media plans to discontinue selling tablets and transition to a model under which media is distributed through partners"
According to the Techcrunch report, Nook Media plans to discontinue its Android-based tablet business. Are these two events related?
"Despite any recent updates, the vast LinuxDevices news archive continued to serve as a valuable archive of embedded Linux information, history, and memorabilia; but earlier this week, the plug was pulled and LinuxDevices disappeared from the Web"
Quinstreet could restore a lot of goodwill by donating the LinuxDevices news archive to linuxgizmos.com
"So I wonder what went wrong at McAfee afterwards."
reference
"McAfee is the worst kind of scumbag -- arrogant, self-important and someone who believes his above-average IQ will allow him to dupe the masses for a lifetime. I've met people like him countless times, and their biggest mistake is they take for granted the idea that no one is smart enough to compete in their psychological chess game."
"For the most part, con men like him are proven right, as they tend to have a gut-wrenching success rate, even though anyone with a half a brain can tell his shtick is as transparent as Scotch tape."
"As if his doucheified approach to life weren't enough, he's also a murderer. But of course, how does this turn out for our villain? Most likely, with him washing the blood off his hands and cashing in by selling his fairytale to Hollywood."
The only questions are, was McAfee involved in the murder of Gregory Faull and why are you giving space on slashdot to this nutjob?
an-MDPV-Question
Stuffmonger Postings
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`Once a guy stood all day shaking bugs from his hair'
"the Pentagon .. believes China's cyber espionage is focused on .. attempts to target U.S. government computer networks, which could provide Beijing a better insight into America's policy deliberations and military capabilities"
..
And the solution is not to host your critical and military capabilities on such a flakey OS
"what happened to that money they saved? Even a small portion of the money saved over the years could be used to upgrade ancient systems to modern standards. However, big organizations keep citing million-dollar upgrade costs as why they won't do it. Aren't they also losing money by working with inefficient, outdated systems?"
..
No, the money is going precisely where it's intended, on salaries and bonuses for the top executives in the company
"According to Wired, the two CFAA charges .. have been officially dismissed".
Where does it say that in the two links provided?
"was it a criminal violation of federal anti-hacking law for Kane and a friend to knowingly take advantage of the glitch to the tune of at least half-a-million dollars?"
...
Wasn't there a case some time back where some stock traders noticed a pattern in an HFT automated trading program, and acted to make some trades to game the system. They were fined even though they did nothing more that make stock trades
"The premise is that there remain incalculable and little-understood carbon fuel assets which far outweigh all the fossil fuels ever discovered"
Methane locked up in ICE, which when melted escapes mostly to the atmosphere and is an even more efficient source of greenhouse gas.
"most oil nations are so corrupt that social scientists argue over whether there is an inherent bondâ"a âoeresource curseââ"between big petroleum deposits and political malfeasance" link
That's because the 'democratic' west have made it their business to keep these countries corrupt, so as to maintain control of the OIL.
The Secret of the Seven Sisters
"ESET researchers .. have been analyzing a new threat affecting Apache webservers. The threat is a highly advanced and stealthy backdoor .. Researchers have named the backdoor Linux/Cdorked.A, and it is the most sophisticated Apache backdoor seen so far"
How does this advanced threat get onto the Apache webservers in the first place?
Of course none of which provides evidence as to the existence `God' or even the effectiveness of psychiatric treatment in general. What it does do is demonstrate the beliefs and prejudices of the people carrying out the `study'. eg, Someone who believes in a `higher power' asks a vulnerable adult if they believe in a `higher power', if so they allocate them higher marks. Now what would be the results if Richard Dawkins carried out the study.
"if the best Google can earn from those patents is a few pennies-per-unit from its rivals' products, that may undermine the whole idea of paying $12.5 billion primarily for Motorola Mobility's intellectual-property portfolio".
In this day-and-age patent portfolios are bought so as to protect you from getting extorted by the other fella, as such it was a good buy.
I've got a print server that I've haven't to reboot in over a year .. it is running a SuSE version ...
"Linux is not yet "ready for the desktop," and I'm doubtful it will ever be--at least not in the sense that an average person could use it full-time without any assistance. I've struggled before with using Linux as my full-time operating environment both at work and at home. I did it for years at work, but it was never quite as easy as I wanted it to be."
I disagree, it's no more complicated than installing Windows, how many people have to install an OS on their brand new computer?
I've been Windows free for three years and going, and I've not noticed the loss !
Ken Starks is a tedious and shameless self-promotion artist
Where can I get ' Microsoft Security Essentials ` for Linux?