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‘Unhackable’ Android can be hacked

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:27:27 +0000

Once thought to be unhackable, the Android phone is anything but, according to researchers presenting at Black Hat 2010.

‘Unhackable’ Android can be hacked, Black Hat researchers say

Computerworld Security News — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:49:00 +0000

Once thought to be unhackable, the Android phone is anything but, according to researchers presenting at Black Hat 2010.

Basket A Multi-Purpose Note Pad For KDE

Linux Today — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:36:15 +0000

MakeTechEasier: “Basket Note Pads is a multipurpose note-taking application for KDE. Business people can use it to keep track of important tasks and notes. Writers can use it to organize their thoughts.”

Targeted malware attacks: The new normal

InfoWorld Tech Watch — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:34:37 +0000

Stealthy, targeted attacks aren’t just for defense agencies and high-tech giants like Google, according to researchers from managed security services firm TrustWave’s Spider Labs research grou

Former PA CISO: Cybersecurity bill won’t work

Computerworld Security News — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:55:00 +0000

The Lieberman, Collins, Carper cybersecurity bill would do nothing but slow down real progress and undercut Howard Schmidt’s authority, former State of Pennsylvania CISO Robert Maley warns.

The PC Is Not Dead; Long Live PCs

Linux Today — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:36:15 +0000

The VAR Guy: “First, let me pose a question: Why don’t other industries have the same black/white mentality?”

Data breaches exploit configuration errors, not software vulnerabilities

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:21:28 +0000

Hackers appear to be increasingly counting on configuration problems and programming errors rather than software vulnerabilities in order to steal information from computer systems, according to a new study from Verizon.

Oracle shuts down open source test servers

Linux Today — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:06:15 +0000

IT News: “Oracle has shut down servers Sun Microsystems was contributing to the build farm for open source database software, PostgreSQL, forcing enthusiasts to scramble to find new hosts to test updates to their software on the Solaris operating system.”

CodeWeavers Releases CrossOver 9.1 And CrossOver Games 9.1 For MAC And Linux

Tom Wickline — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:42:02 +0000

On the heels of the highly-anticipated release of Wine 1.2, CodeWeavers, Inc. today announced the simultaneous release of CrossOver 9.1 and CrossOver Games 9.1 for both Mac and Linux.

Spotlight: Kate Scripting Syndicate content

Linux Today — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:36:15 +0000

Milian Wolff: “Dominik asked me to blog about a feature in Kate that is still (sadly!) pretty unknown and seldom used: Kate Scripting. As you should know you can script KatePart completely via JavaScript.”

Verizon: Data breaches often caused by configuration errors

Computerworld Security News — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:14:00 +0000

Android vs iPhone vs Palm Pre vs Maemo: which is best?

Linux Today — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:06:15 +0000

TuxRadar: “We’ve looked at three Linux-based phones that give the iPhone a run for its money. There’s the Palm Pre, running WebOS; Nokia’s Maemo 5-based N900, and the HTC Legend, running Android. Each is a strong challenger to Apple’s device, and they beat it today in significant areas. So, which is best for you?”

Demonstrating multi-processing in Bash 4

gus3 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:44:51 +0000

Bash has had multi-processing for a long time, via job control, the $! environment variable, and the “wait” command. Judicious use of parentheses for sub-processes, and pipes where necessary, can put comparatively long-term procedures into the background. Bash 4 now provides a new multi-processing paradigm for shell scripting, via the “coproc” statement.

Microsoft’s bug reports fail to produce prompt patches

gkeizer@ix.netcom.com — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:09:00 +0000

The Microsoft Vulnerability Research program said Wednesday that third party developers have patched less than half the bugs it reported to them over the past 12 months.

Android 3.0: what you need to know

Paul Douglas — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:47:40 +0000

Even though most Android users are still waiting for Android 2.2, details about the next version Android 3.0, or Gingerbread are starting to emerge. Android 3.0 release date is looking like Q4 of this year, possibly around October. And Gingerbread may already be in some testers’ hands – Phandroid has shown an unverified photo of a test build of Android 3.0 running in the wild.

Apple iPad’s rivals are coming

Linux Today — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:36:15 +0000

Cyber Cynic: “I get that Apple’s iPad is hotter than hot with over three million sold so far, but to say “Apple has won the battle for tablet computing already” is really overreaching.”

Compact POS devices run SUSE Linux

Jonathan Angel — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:50:29 +0000

NCR announced two compact POS (point of sale) devices that run SUSE Linux for Point of Service, as well as a number of Windows operating systems. The RealPOS 40 and RealPOS 60 use Intel Atom and Celeron processors, respectively, offer enhanced energy efficiency, and provide both four powered serial ports and up to eight powered USB ports, the company says.

Whitelisting Advances with New Bouncer App

Linux Today — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:06:15 +0000

eSecurityPlanet: “Starting with Bouncer 6.0, the company is moving to a software appliance model powered by Ubuntu Linux.”

Linux Mint 9 KDE released

bob@lxer.com — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:53:18 +0000

The Linux Mint development team have issued the KDE Edition of version 9 of their Ubuntu-based Linux distribution, code named “Isadora”. Linux Mint aims to be user friendly and to provide a more complete out-of-the-box experience by including support for DVD playback, Java, and various plug-ins and media codecs.

Basket – A Multi-Purpose Note Pad For KDE

Tavis J. Hampton — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:56:07 +0000

Basket Note Pads is a multipurpose note-taking application for KDE. Business people can use it to keep track of important tasks and notes. Writers can use it to organize their thoughts. Students can use it for note taking. And generally anyone can use it as a virtual paste bin or clip drawer. Basket was one of the last KDE 3 programs to be ported to KDE 4. While the development appeared to have stalled for some time, it has picked up again, and the developers have released a beta version for KDE 4.