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[Australian retailer] Dick Smith to offer Windows-less laptop today
The laptop features a Transmeta Crusoe processor, 256MB of RAM, DVD-ROM/CD-RW, a 30GB hard drive and a 14.1” screen. It has been tested with the Mandrake and Knoppix distributions.
A signature program for email and news
I've always been fascinated by the messages in people's email signatures. When I see a great quote somewhere, I save it and use it in my own signature. Sometimes I just make up my own quotes. But either way, no matter how great a quote may be, after awhile I get bored with it. That's why I finally decided to automate the process.
How to use constants in PHP
You can define your own constants for your PHP scripts, and refer to them by name. This makes it easy to write or maintain your code.
IBM urges Sun to make Java open source
IBM on Wednesday sent an open letter to Sun Microsystems urging Sun to make Java technology open source, CNET News.com has learned.
Red Hat alert: Updated mod_python packages fix denial of service vulnerability
Updated mod_python packages that fix a denial of service vulnerability are now available for Red Hat Linux.
Red Hat alert: Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerability
Updated libxml2 packages that fix an overflow when parsing remote resources are now available.
Cray Buys Opteron-Linux HPC Upstart OctigaBay for $115m
Cray Inc announced yesterday that it would pony up just under $15m in cash and another $100m in stock to acquire a little-known but impressive maker of high performance computing (HPC) systems called OctigaBay.
Mandrake security alert: Updated x86_64 kernel packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
Paul Staretz discovered a flaw in return value checking in the mremap() function in the Linux kernel, versions 2.4.24 and previous that could allow a local user to obtain root privileges.
Novell Closing CDE Program
Novell recently announced that it is closing its Certified Directory Engineer (CDE) certification on April 1...although Novell's increasing focus on Linux is a factor in the cancellation of the CDE, it's not as simple as the CLE replacing the CDE.
Fedora Core alert: libxml2 2.6.6
Updated libxml2 packages are available to fix an overflow when parsing the URI for remote resources.
IBM rises, Sun sinks in server market
IBM widened its lead in the worldwide server market in 2003 at the expense of Sun Microsystems, making particular gains in the Unix server market, new figures show.
Porting Visual Basic apps to Linux
REAL Software Wednesday released REALbasic 5.5 Professional Edition, which enables developers to compile Visual Basic source code under Linux.
Mepis Linux: Despite Lack of Polish, a Worthwhile Distro
Mepis Linux is a liveCD, debian based distro, with some additional features, which makes it an excellent introduction to debian. A recent review provided a good overview of the background and basis of Mepis, my review aims to focus more on the day to day use for a desktop user.
Expanding the playing field for Linux users
Computer experts will tell you that Linux software is unbeatable at tasks like scientific supercomputing or corporate number-crunching. But offer to take them on in a rousing round of Empire Earth or some other popular computer game, and watch their faces fall.
Industrial programmable terminal runs embedded Linux on ARM
AML's M7140 is an inexpensive programmable stationary terminal for fixed station, wired, or wireless data collection applications. The M7140 runs embedded Linux, and targets work-in-process tracking, shop floor control, and factory automation.
Linux Centrino driver released
A Canadian software company has produced a driver that will let Linux users make the most of Intel Corp.'s Centrino wireless chip set.
Critical Review of Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5
Thunderbird 0.5 is pretty much the same as Thunderbird 0.1 + the new theme + some improvements. Nevertheless, despite the problems, I still consider to be an app with some great potential and continue to use it. [Thanks to MozillaZine for the link.]
Mandrake security alert: Updated mtools packages fix local root vulnerability
Sebastian Krahmer found that the mformat program, when installed suid root, can create any file with 0666 permissions as root, and that it also does not drop privileges when reading local configuration files. The updated packages remove the suid bit from mformat.
Sendmail takes sender authentication seriously
Sendmail, Inc., which claims that more than 60% of the world's email traffic runs on its messaging servers, announced Monday that it is developing and promoting sender authentication technologies that are designed to prevent email address spoofing, forging and email fraud. The open source technology will follow Sendmail's plug-in framework.
Open Source Software: A Gift Of Technology
The National Conference on Open Source Software (OSS) was held by MAIT at the Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumba i to discuss the use of OSS in different networking systems.
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