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Who's Afraid of a Big, Bad Hacking Story?

Posted by tracyanne on · 2 comments
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It's been a cheerily good spring for FOSS fans here in the Linux blogosphere, so we may perhaps be forgiven for our utter shock and disbelief at the affront recently committed against us by a certain brick-and-mortar purveyor of books and magazines. Barnes & Noble yanked the very excellent Linux Format magazine from its U.S. shelves -- apparently because of a cover story on the topic of "hacking."

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djohnston ·
Linux Format has put the article online. You can access it for free here. In the context of the article, the title should be "How To Crack", rather than the commonly misused word "Hack".
BernardSwiss ·
"Banned in Boston" = "National Best-seller":

How long has Barnes and Noble been in the book publishing/selling business, again?

"Banned by Barnes & Noble" = "Free Advertising":

Linux Format magazine appears to understand this much better than B&N.

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