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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
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
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
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
Hilarious! - Scott
FBI Issues Warning on Hotel Internet Connections
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.