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Archive for March 8th, 2007

Computer Foul-up Breaks Canadian Tax Filing System

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

 
CokeJunky writes “During a weekend maintenance window, the Canada Revenue Agency (Fills the same role as the IRS south of the border) experienced data corruption issues in the tax databases. As a precaution, they have disabled all electronic filling services, and paper based returns will be stacking up in the mail room, as returns cannot [...]

Australia’s LinuxChix unite to form AussieChix

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

 
LinuxChix, a social networking group for women who use Linux and other open source software, was formed in 1999 by Deb Richardson, a Linux user who was frustrated by the attitudes of many other Linux-oriented groups. Since then, the organisation has grown dramatically, and there are currently more than 40 regional LinuxChix chapters around the [...]

BackTrack 2

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

 
BackTrack is the most Top rated linux live distribution focused on penetration testing. With no installation whatsoever, the analysis platform is started directly from the CD-Rom and is fully accessible within minutes. It’s evolved from the merge of the two wide spread distributions Whax and Auditor Security Collection. By joining forces and replacing these distribution [...]

Phony Prof Triggers Wikipedia Uproar

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

 
One of the editors in charge of monitoring Wikipedia’s content has been discovered to be a fraud. EssJay, whom the site had assumed was working under a false name for privacy, had presented himself as a tenured professor of religion with expertise in canon law. However, it has been revealed that EssJay actually is [...]

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