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Google, Red Hat discover critical DNS security flaw that enables malware to infect entire internet

Google and Red Hat engineers have discovered a crucial security flaw in the internet's infrastructure that would enable attackers to cripple the entire internet

France’s citizens vote in favour of open source

Free software's use in public sector in top three of votes for "Digital Republic"

Microsoft is downloading Windows 10 to PCs, even if you don’t “reserve” a copy

Files of up to 6GB in size showing up in a hidden directory

Windows 10 spies on emails, images, credit cards, more

Software 'collecting data on much of what you do'... Now they’re learning that while the NSA was collecting telephone data, the newest version of the ubiquitous Windows software, version 10, is watching everything that’s on their computer.

How to Use Parental Controls on Ubuntu Linux

The Internet serves as a vast reserve of knowledge and information. From the latest news to funny videos of cats playing pianos, pretty much everything can be found on the World Wide Web. However, the dangers of the Internet are rarely talked about openly.

Tech companies and McCaskill do battle with patent trolls

  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch; By David Nicklaus (Posted by fredbird67 on Mar 9, 2014 11:35 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Supreme Court case could make it easier for trolls' targets to win legal fees

Retail copies of Office 2013 are tied to a single computer forever

  • Geek.com; By Matthew Humphries (Posted by fredbird67 on Feb 16, 2013 2:26 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Microsoft
With the launch of Office 2013 Microsoft has seen fit to upgrade the terms of the license agreement, and it’s not in favor of the end user. It seems installing a copy of the latest version of Microsoft’s Office suite of apps ties it to a single machine. For life.

The Case Against Patents

  • Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Research Division; By Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine (Posted by fredbird67 on Sep 15, 2012 2:43 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Community, Microsoft
The case against patents can be summarized briefly: there is no empirical evidence that they serve to increase innovation and productivity, unless the latter is identified with the number of patents awarded – which, as evidence shows, has no correlation with measured productivity.

Windows 8 warning: Clicking 'preview' may wipe computer hard drive

A new warning for Windows users hoping to get a sneak peak at the Windows 8 operating system. Clicking on 'preview' may wipe your computer's hard drive of all information.

Hilarious! - Scott

FBI Issues Warning on Hotel Internet Connections

  • CIO.com; By Michael Cooney (Posted by fredbird67 on May 15, 2012 12:49 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Security
The FBI today warned travelers there has been an uptick in malicious software infecting laptops and other devices linked to hotel Internet connections.

Researchers discover 'indestructible' botnet

4.5 million computers infected – range of techniques used to remain undetected

The best Linux distros you've never heard of

Just because we can do something doesn't mean we should. Before this wisdom dawned on the Linux community, Red Hat, Debian and Slackware had spawned several dozen distros. Some died a single-release death, but a lot survived and a vibrant community grew around them.

GNU/Linux Returns to Walmart

Walmart lost interest in GNU/Linux on netbooks for some reason but welcomes it again on tablets. Funny how that works, eh? Small cheap computers and GNU/Linux go together well, that other OS does not fit and M$ cannot justify tinkering with the market. Chuckle.