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[newsforge daily] February 09, 2003
Date: Sun Feb 09 2003 - 05:30:25 EST
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February 09, 2003
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>From selling Linux laptops to selling automated server security patches
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/04/1629213
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - When we first met Graham Hine, he had just started Tuxtops, a company that sold rebranded laptops with Linux preloaded. Now he's running a new venture, Gibraltar Software, that provides automated security patch service for corporate servers. This is a growing market, and Graham seems to have found a happy niche in it. We interviewed Graham via IRC. This is not a "deep" story, just a little piece that shows you how ...
Linux Advisory Watch - February 7th 2003 http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/07/1147223
- by Benjamin D. Thomas - Linux Advisory Watch is a comprehensive newsletter that outlines the security vulnerabilities that have been announced throughout the week. It includes pointers to updated packages and descriptions of each vulnerability. This week, advisories were released for cvs, mcrypt, slocate, qt-dcgui, bladeenc, cim, mysql, kernel, kerberos, php, OpenLDAP, windowmaker, xpdf. The distributors include Caldera, Conectiva, FreeBSD, ...
E-Government Conference laden with Open (and Shared) Source goodies http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/06/1512247
- by Tina Gasperson - The Center of Open Source & Government is sponsoring a conference that is designed to "raise awareness" and "share experiences among policy makers" from the U.S. and Europe. The event is jam-packed with speakers that Open Source advocates will find interesting. And Microsoft will be there too.
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Patent Holders Extort from Internet Companies http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/09/0020257
Linux-Ferret writes "This is the current in a series of LA Times articles about the abuse of intellectual property and patents."
Larry Lessig receives FSF Award
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/09/0020223
Bradley M. Kuhn writes "Lawrence Lessig was awarded the annual Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement of Free Software today (Saturday 2003-02-08) at the FOSDEM conference in Brussels, Belgium. The award was given to him for "promoting understanding of the political dimension of free software". The other finalists were Bruno Haible (known for GNU CLISP) and Theo de Raadt (known for OpenBSD)."
Castle Technology UK Ripping off Kernel Code? http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/08/1416206
Slashdot: Jonathan Riddell writes "`It would appear that Castle Technology Limited, UK, have taken some of the Linux 2.5 code, and incorporated it into their own ... "
RIAA Site Under Attack--Again
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/08/1414253
If the RIAA's security experts can't keep its site up and running, who can?
Linux-based "wireless zone" puts websites http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/08/1414232
Anonymous Reader writes "This LinuxDevices.com article profiles a Linux-based portable wireless server that was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last month. Dubbed the Wireless Zone, IR Data's new gadget takes advantage of Linux, Apache, and other open source technologies to creates its own 802.11b wireless (WiFi) hot zone, within which it can deliver web pages, demonstrations, presentations, and other data to other ...
Broadband could cost AOL $1bn in revenue by 2005 http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/07/2234214
In its report Can AOL Bridge the Broadband Gap?Strategy argues that AOL will lose out financially as the dial-up market, which it dominates shrinks (as more and more people sign up to broadband). Even if punters sign up to AOL's "Bring Your Own Access" scheme, which lets users who get broadband from cable or telephone companies sign up to AOL's content service for $14.95 a month, Strategy estimates that it would cost AOL almost $9 a month per ...
Don't Underestimate Cyberterrorists, Experts Warn http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/07/2233206
Greater network dependence boosts risk of damage by cybervandals who code with vengeance.
SuSE Linux 8.1 Takes Our Challenge
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/07/2232239
Timothy R. Butler writes "SuSE Linux 8.0 earned positive marks from us last summer for its strong feature set and low occurrence of bugs; will SuSE Linux 8.1 be able to keep up with its older sibling and win the Penguin Shootout? Find out all of that and more at OfB.biz."
Debian powers home entertainment gateway device http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/07/2232216
Anonymous Reader writes "This LinuxDevices.com article profiles the PRISMIQ MediaPlayer, a recently introduced device which is said to represent the first instance of a new consumer device category -- the "networked entertainment gateway."
US ponders cyber war plans
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/07/2225230
The US may be making plans for attacking enemy computer networks but experts are divided on how effective a cyber war would be.
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