Head of IBM Linux Development to speak at SELinux Symposium
Daniel Frye, Vice President, IBM Open Systems Development, will be a keynote speaker for the third annual Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) Symposium (www.selinux-symposium.org), scheduled for…
Execute commands by whistling
Use Linux or Microsoft Windows, the open source sndpeek program, and a simple Perl script to read specific sequences of tonal events -- literally whistling, humming, or singing at your computer…
India’s Very Own Linux
Pushing the drive to promote open source software in India, Dayanidhi Maran, minister of communications & information technology, has released BOSS Linux. Developed by C-DAC, the Linux…
Invalidating The Linux Buffer Cache
When you write data, it doesn't necessarily get written to disk right then. The kernel maintains caches of many things, and disk data is something where a lot of work is done to keep everything…
Some unpleasant X.org vulnerabilities
iDefense Lab security researchers discovered that the expressions computing the parameters for ALLOCATE_LOCAL() in those functions are using client-provided value in an expression that is subject…
Microsoft Loves Linux: What's With That?
Microsoft and Novell announced a five-year patent and technology agreement around Microsoft software and Novell's SUSE Linux software. Is it love or a declaration of war?
Microsoft Loves…
Adobe Reader 7.09 Released for Linux
The Adobe Reader (formerly Adobe Acrobat Reader) allows you to view, navigate, and print PDF files for Linux/Solaris/HP-UX. A cross-site scripting vulnerability reported in CVE-2007-0045 and…
ApacheCon EU Call for Papers Deadline this Friday
If you haven't responded to the Call for Papers and are interested in doing so, the deadline is Friday, 12 January. Submission guidelines, presentation criteria, key dates and other information…
OLPC to reach $100 laptop mark next year
The OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project has whittled down the cost of the green and white computer it hopes to deliver to schoolchildren in developing countries to about $130 (£67) so far, and…
Can FOSS save your privacy?
Well, the Bush regime has already claimed “we don’t need no steenkin warrant” to listen to your phone calls, see what websites you visit, scan your emails, and now, with the revelation of a new “…