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Lessig: Open-Source Industry Must Lobby for Political Backing

  • eWeek (Posted by dave on Mar 18, 2004 4:33 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
The high-tech community in general and Silicon Valley in particular have been "pathetic" when it comes to fighting the prevailing "extremist" political view in Washington that open-source software is a threat to strong intellectual property rights, according to Stanford University law professor Lawrence Lessig.

OpenPKG Alert: OpenPKG Security Advisory (openssl)

  • Mailing list (Posted by dave on Mar 18, 2004 4:26 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Security; Groups: OpenPKG
According to an OpenSSL security advisory, a denial of service vulnerabilities exist in OpenSSL versions 0.9.6c to 0.9.6l inclusive and versions 0.9.7a to 0.9.7c inclusive.

How to trade Mandrakesoft stock

This page provides information on how to trade MandrakeSoft securities on the U.S. OTC market and the European Euronext Marche Libre, the two markets in which MandrakeSoft is listed. [Thanks to LWN.net for the link.]

Novell Launches New Version of SuSe Linux

Software company Novell Inc. unveiled on Thursday a new version of the Linux operating system offered by a newly acquired unit, SuSe Linux AG, that aims to improve performance and the ability to run several programs at once.

Novell Releases First Commercial Linux Featuring 2.6 Kernel

Higher Performance and Greater Ease of Use for Both 32- and 64-bit Platforms, With Newest GNOME and KDE Interfaces

Tips and tricks for using ImageMagick on Linux

  • IBM developerWorks (Posted by VISITOR on Mar 18, 2004 3:48 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
There's nothing quite like command-line tools for handling large batches of tasks, and image manipulations are no exception. Web developers and administrators will appreciate the ability to handle large numbers of files easily, either at the command line or in scripts. Programmer Michael Still presents more examples of the ImageMagick suite, this time demonstrating how to put curved corners, logos, or frames and borders on your images, as well as how to convert to and from multipage file formats including Adobe's PDF format.

Microsoft defines position on shared-source code

Contrary to what many people believe, Microsoft Corp. has been sharing its Windows source code with certain people for about three years. The software giant, in fact, has 15 such programs from which partners can choose. And there is no revenue whatsoever going back to Microsoft as a result. So why is the company considered the arch-enemy of the open source world?

Novell announces new version of SuSe Linux

Novell has announced the upcoming release of SuSE Linux 9.1 Personal and SuSE Linux 9.1 Professional.Based on the 2.6 kernel, the Linux distribution offers the latest GNOME and KDE desktop interfaces.

Can a Red Hat Guru Survive on a Lindows Laptop?

The install is easy and you can Click-N-Run to get all the tools you want--given the basic install features, that's going to be a lot.

Red Hat alert: Updated Mozilla packages fix security issues

  • Mailing list (Posted by dave on Mar 18, 2004 3:44 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Security; Groups: Red Hat
Updated Mozilla packages that fix vulnerabilities in S/MIME parsing as well as other issues and bugs are now available.

Debian alert: New Linux 2.2.10 packages fix local root exploit (powerpc/apus)

  • Mailing list (Posted by dave on Mar 18, 2004 3:43 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Security; Groups: Debian
Paul Starzetz and Wojciech Purczynski of isec.pl discovered a critical security vulnerability in the memory management code of Linux inside the mremap(2) system call. Due to flushing the TLB (Translation Lookaside Buffer, an address cache) too early it is possible for an attacker to trigger a local root exploit.

Gentoo alert: Multiple OpenSSL Vulnerabilities

  • Mailing list (Posted by dave on Mar 18, 2004 3:39 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Security; Groups: Gentoo
Three vulnerabilities have been found in OpenSSL via a commercial test suite for the TLS protocol developed by Codenomicon Ltd.

Fixes are in for OpenSSL

  • CNET News.com (Posted by dave on Mar 18, 2004 3:35 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
The group behind OpenSSL, a widely used open-source Web security program, released two patches for security flaws to block potential denial-of-service attacks, the organization's developers said on Wednesday.

New IBM BladeCenter System to Transform Telecom Infrastructure

IBM today announced the IBM eServer® BladeCenter T a powerful extension of IBM's industry-leading [1] BladeCenter family of products that is designed to addresses the unique needs and requirements of the telecom industry.

The Windows Media ActiveX Control – Not Just for Internet ...

  • Streaming Media (press release) (Posted by dave on Mar 17, 2004 4:58 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Mozilla
Embedding Windows Media player in a Web page can be challenging. A Rubik's cube puzzle of version-madness takes over if you try making it work for every browser. Now, the Mozilla/Netscape team has built ActiveX support for Windows Media directly into their latest browsers. Here's how to sniff for browser support for Windows Media, and embed your video for everyone.

A Look at Win4Lin 5.1

  • OSnews (Posted by dave on Mar 17, 2004 1:55 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
As a student I am quite often confronted with (closed-source) Windows programs. These days there are a few tools that can help running Windows applications on Linux. One of these tools is Win4Lin, Win4Lin allowsone to install Windows 95, 98 and ME under Linux. The Windows NT branch is not supported yet, because Win4Lin sets up a special DOS environmentin which Windows runs.

Red Hat alert: Updated OpenSSL packages fix vulnerabilities

  • Mailing list (Posted by dave on Mar 17, 2004 1:35 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Security; Groups: Red Hat
Updated OpenSSL packages that fix several remote denial of service vulnerabilities are now available.

IBM Announces University Grid Computing Projects

IBM announced today that two of the nation's leading universities -- the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Oregon -- are turning to Grid computing technology to provide massive computing power to solve complex problems in heath care and environmental research.

The Both-Source Way to Open Source Revenues

  • InternetNews.com (Posted by dave on Mar 17, 2004 12:32 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: HP, IBM
Many open source vendors are using a combination of free and commercial licenses. They offer some products as free downloads, then charge for proprietary enhancements. The idea is, once a customer finds the free product useful, it will want more: more functionality, support, customization.

Survey reveals key embedded Linux market trends

  • LinuxDevices.com (Posted by dave on Mar 17, 2004 12:26 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
The results of LinuxDevices.com's fourth annual Embedded Linux Market Survey are in! Overall, we find the results encouraging for embedded Linux as a whole, and for companies in the embedded Linux OS and tools market. This brief summary provides our interpretation of a few key data points.

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