DNS Security Extensions is supposed to be the technology that helps to secure the Domain Name System, or DNS , against attack. Yet DNSSEC servers aren't always infallible, as a pair of vulnerabilities proved this week.
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Ellison Shares Oracle-Sun-MySQL Vision on Jan. 27
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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is pretty darn confident the European Union will soon approve Oracle’s takeover of Sun Microsystems and MySQL. Still skeptical? Ellison is planning a big announcement on January 27. Here are the details.
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IBM's Bob Sutor Questions Linux Gaming
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Bob Sutor, who has served at IBM in one position or another since 1982 but currently holds the title of VP of Open Source and Linux after serving as the VP of Open Source and Standards, has decided to share his thoughts on Linux gaming. Dr.
Read more »'Microsoft-free' virtual desktop startup gets $4m funding
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A start-up teaming up with IBM to build "Microsoft-free" virtual desktops and deliver them through a cloud computing model has secured $4 million in first-round venture financing.
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Android App: Nesoid (NES emulator)
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It is good to know that it's possible to play those classic Nintendo NES games on any Android device with physical keyboard (Motorola Backflip, Droid, LG GW620, etc.). Thanks to the processing power of these latest mobile phones and the lesser restrictions (compared to Apple App Store) from the Android Marketplace, you can install a NES emulator app on Android.
Read more »Grid Computing and the Future of Cloud Computing
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One of the most notable projects to make use of grid computing was SETI@home, which utilized thousands of Internet-connected computers to search for extraterrestrial intelligence (and still does).
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Rattled Red Hat battles support impostors
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Red Hat is rattled. Sure, it remains the world's biggest Linux company by revenue market share. But it's beginning to feel that it's under pressure - and that it must respond. That pressure is coming not from Microsoft, but from fellow Linux vendors.
Read more »Eleven Open Source Cloud Computing Projects to Watch
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They may sound like manga characters with names like Bitnami, CollectD, Enomaly, OpenNebula, RabbitMQ and Zenoss but these eleven open source projects are growing fast and are likely to be your best bet for deploying and managing cloud computing
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GNU/Linux: rdesktop - Working on a Windows Based PC Remotely
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When I originally worked on the systems for this client I set up TightVNC on all the systems at the location. Then, using non-standard ports, I configured their router for remote access to be able to support these systems remotely using the Java based web connector in TightVNC from my Firefox web browser.
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Some thoughts on best practices for SMTP blocking of e-mail spam
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Although SMTP blocking of e-mail spam is a best practice, many anti-virus products include the dangerous option of blocking when a Received header is on a blacklist. But it is possible for a legitimate, secure system to have its e-mail blocked by this boneheaded technique. Do not use it!
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Get to know Linux: File permissions
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Have you ever attempted to do something with a file on a Linux machine and been given the error "permission denied"? For some people this isn't a problem, either su to the root user or use the sudo command to help you along. For some users, however, this can be very frustrating.
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BAE Systems uses MontaVista Linux in gun systems
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BAE Systems Bofors (Karlskoga, Sweden) has selected MontaVista Linux to power its latest naval and artillery gun systems.
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Ubuntu 10.04 Wallpapers from the Artwork Pool
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I've been hesitant to plunder the talented depths of this Ubuntu Artwork pool on Flickr; pullling out some of the more 'spiffing' examples and presenting them here as I'm not too fond of pointless lists that come hand in hand with a meaningless adjective - "10 cool wallpapers", "10 awesome wallpapers", etc.
Read more »Linux Desktop Environment Innovation Nonexistent
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As a current GNOME user and former KDE user, I'd like to know when we can expect some new innovations from either of these desktop environments?
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Skype for Linux 2.1 Beta 2 adds screen sharing
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Nearly five months after the release of the first beta, the Skype for Linux developers have announced the availability of the second beta for version 2.1 of their Linux Skype client.
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