Tuesday, August 31, 2010
HP Holds Navy Network ‘Hostage’ for 3ドル.3 Billion
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From Wired:
Someday, somehow, the U.S. Navy would like to run its networks — maybe even own its computers again. After 10 years and nearly 10ドル billion, many sailors are tired of leasing their PCs, and relying on a private contractor to operate most of their data systems. Troops are sick of getting stuck with inboxes that hold 150 times less than a Gmail account, and local networks that go down for days while Microsoft Office 2007 gets installed … in 2010. But the Navy just can’t quit its tangled relationship with Hewlett-Packard. The admirals and the firm recently signed another 3ドル.3 billion no-bid contract that begins Oct. 1st. It’s a final, five-year deal, both sides promise, to let the Navy gently wean itself from its reliance on HP. But that’s what they said the last time, and the time before that.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
LBK Post Linux Mint 9 offers new software manager
Linux Mint 9 offers New Software Manager,
The Linux Mint team has released the final version of Linux Mint 9 ("Isadora"), based on Ubuntu 10.04. Linux Mint 9 features a new software manager with 30,000 packages, a new backup tool, and menu and interface improvements, says the team.
TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/29hez5l
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
Filed Under: This Can't Be as Good as it Sounds, Can It?
Native ZFS Is Coming To Linux Next Month
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Remember Sun's ZFS is now owned by Oracle.
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From PHORONIX:
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Remember Sun's ZFS is now owned by Oracle.
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From PHORONIX:
Prior to the emergence of Btrfs as a viable next-generation Linux file-system, Sun's ZFS file-system was sought after for Linux due to its advanced feature-set and capabilities compared to EXT3 and other open-source file-systems at the time.
While ZFS support has worked its way into OpenSolaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and other operating systems, ZFS had not been ported to Linux as its source-code is distributed under the CDDL license, which is incompatible with the GNU GPL barring it from integration into the mainline Linux kernel.
Next month, however, a working ZFS module for the Linux kernel without a dependence on FUSE will be publicly released.
While ZFS support has worked its way into OpenSolaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and other operating systems, ZFS had not been ported to Linux as its source-code is distributed under the CDDL license, which is incompatible with the GNU GPL barring it from integration into the mainline Linux kernel.
Next month, however, a working ZFS module for the Linux kernel without a dependence on FUSE will be publicly released.
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
LBK POST Bossie Awards 2010:
InfoWorld's Test Center picks the top open source platforms,
middleware, applications, and application development tools
In 2010, the choices aren't any easier, and now there are many, many more packages available. Sourceforge.net claims more than 310,000 projects and GitHub more than 1 million. Before going much further, let us apologize profusely for not sorting through the millions of projects to find all of the very best.
In 2010, the choices aren't any easier, and now there are many, many more packages available. Sourceforge.net claims more than 310,000 projects and GitHub more than 1 million. Before going much further, let us apologize profusely for not sorting through the millions of projects to find all of the very best.
Link: http://infoworld.com/d/open-source/bossie-awards-2010-the-best-open-source-software-the-year-115
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TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/2cdcwgf
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
LBK Post Dangerous Security Flaw Patched in Linux
From:
Dangerous Security Flaw Patched in Linux
A critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel that gives attackers access to root via X server has been patched by Linus Torvalds. Meanwhile, kernel developer James Morris reports on the first-annual Linux Security Summit (LSS), which covered topics including usability, hardening the kernel, and API standardization.
Link: http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7769860706.html?kc=rss
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Aug. 02, 2010
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Linux 2.6.35 Arrives Bearing
Network, Multicore Gifts
Linus Torvalds released the Linux 2.6.35 kernel, adding improvements to multicore support, network scalability, memory management, power management, and Btrfs file-system I/O.
Meanwhile, we take a peek at Linux 2.6.36, and note Linux Journal's history of the Linux Kernel, Slackware, Debian, and some 450 other distros.
Link: http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3718896071.html?kc=rss
In Case You Missed This:
Aug. 02, 2010
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Linux 2.6.35 Arrives Bearing
Network, Multicore Gifts
Linus Torvalds released the Linux 2.6.35 kernel, adding improvements to multicore support, network scalability, memory management, power management, and Btrfs file-system I/O.
Meanwhile, we take a peek at Linux 2.6.36, and note Linux Journal's history of the Linux Kernel, Slackware, Debian, and some 450 other distros.
Link: http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3718896071.html?kc=rss
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
LBK Post Passwords Quickly Hacked With PC Graphics Cards
Georgia Tech researchers find that high-end, readily available graphics processing units are powerful enough to easily crack secret codes.
Link: http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=226700303
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TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/24dgzdo
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Passwords with fewer than 12 characters can be quickly brute-force decoded using a PC graphics processing unit (GPU) that costs just a few hundred dollars, according to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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SSL Still Having Problems:
EFF Warns of Untrustworthy SSL,
EFF Warns of Untrustworthy SSL,
Undetectable Surveillance
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SSL Labs: Researching the technology
that protects the Internet
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7-Character Passwords Soon to be
Hopelessly Inadequate
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Sunday, August 15, 2010
Saturday, August 14, 2010
LBK Post Click! Photography Changes Everything
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Friday on Smithsonian Spotlight they "Focused" on
Friday on Smithsonian Spotlight they "Focused" on
the Importance of Photographs.
The Program was called: Click!
The Program was called: Click!
Link: http://click.si.edu/
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
LBK Interesting Tech Topics
A Sticker Makes Solar Panels Work Better
A startup's polymer sticker increases power output by 10 percent, and can be applied to panels that are already installed.
The power output of solar panels can be boosted by 10 percent
just by applying a big transparent sticker to the front.
Developed by a small startup called Genie Lens Technologies, the sticker is a polymer film embossed with microstructures that bend incoming sunlight. The result: the active materials in the panels absorb more light,
and convert more of it into electricity.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
LBK Post Boot and Run Linux from USB
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Bring your Favorite Portable Linux Desktop
Bring your Favorite Portable Linux Desktop
with you wherever you go
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Popular Universal USB Installer – Easy as 1 2 3
Popular MultiBoot USB Boot Multiple ISO Files from USB
Popular MultiBoot USB Boot Multiple ISO Files from USB
Link: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/
Link 2: http://pcsplace.com/linux/boot-into-linux-using-your-usb-thumb-drive/
Link 2: http://pcsplace.com/linux/boot-into-linux-using-your-usb-thumb-drive/
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Sunday, August 8, 2010
LBK Post Monster Cables Go Wireless?
Monster Cables Go Wireless?
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Link: http://www.blackweb20.com/2010/06/24/monster-cables-goes-wireless/
Link: http://www.blackweb20.com/2010/06/24/monster-cables-goes-wireless/
Saturday, August 7, 2010
LBK Post JQuery Goodies
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JQuery Goodies Like IconDock
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Friday, August 6, 2010
LBK Post Linux New Block Party
High Availability With the Linux
Distributed Replicated Block Device
The 2.6.33 Linux kernel has introduced a useful
new service called the DRBD -
Distributed Replicated Block Device.
This service mirrors an entire block device to another networked
host during run time, permitting the development of
high-availability clusters for block data.
Link:
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TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/29vt9z8
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Speaking UNIX: Get to Know Ksplice
Give Reboots the Boot
Link: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-spunix_ksplice/index.html?ca=dgr-lnxw07Ksplicedth-AIX
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Speaking UNIX: Get to Know Ksplice
Give Reboots the Boot
Link: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-spunix_ksplice/index.html?ca=dgr-lnxw07Ksplicedth-AIX
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
LBK Logitech Alert HD Security Camera
Logitech Alert HD Security Camera
Logitech Alert Digital Video Security System
Link 2 Details: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/03/logitech-announces-alert-series-of-high-def-security-cameras-we/
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Solar Tsunami to Strike Earth Tonight
The Sun's surface erupted early Sunday morning, blasting tons of plasma into interplanetary space -- directly towards the Earth.
That wall of ionized atoms should hit the planet tonight, say scientists, creating a geomagnetic storm and a spectacular light show and possibly threatening satellites in orbit.
"This eruption is directed right at us and is expected to get here
That wall of ionized atoms should hit the planet tonight, say scientists, creating a geomagnetic storm and a spectacular light show and possibly threatening satellites in orbit.
"This eruption is directed right at us and is expected to get here
early in the day on Aug. 4th," said
Leon Golub of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Leon Golub of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
"It's the first major Earth-directed eruption in quite some time."
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BBC
1. Urgent Spacewalks to Fix ISS pump
Link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10851525
CNET
2. Amazon Has 70-80 percent e-book Market
Link:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-18438_7-20012381-82.html
Information Week
3. Microsoft Patches Windows Shell Vulnerability
Link:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=226500161subSection=Vulnerabilities+and+threats
Bloomberg Businessweek
4. Google App Inventor for Android
Link:
http://www.businessweek.com/idg/2010-08-02/hands-on-google-app-inventor-for-android.html
USA Today
5. Star Craft II sales Top 1.5 million in First 48 hours
Link: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2010/08/starcraft-ii-sales-top-15-million-in-first-48-hours/1
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Monday, August 2, 2010
Possible OpenSolaris Fork in the Wind
OpenSolaris Fork ?
Announcement Tomorrow.
Link: http://www.osnews.com/story/23634/Possible_OpenSolaris_Fork_
"A number of the community leaders from the OpenSolaris community have
been working quietly together on a new effort called Illumos,
and we're just about ready to fully disclose our work to, and
invite the general participation of, the general public."
They have a website,
Illumos Webpage: http://www.illumos.org/projects/site/wiki/Announcement
and
they're going to be hosting a conference call on August 3.
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Unknown if This was before or After the OpenSolaris Fork Announcement.
OpenSolaris Governing Board Threatens
to Shoot Itself In The Head
Link: http://www.osnews.com/story/23551/OpenSolaris_Governing_Board_Threatens_to_Shoot_Itself_In_The_Head
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