With the release of Ubuntu 9.04 last week, it’s not too surprising that few other topics got much attention on the Linux blogs in the ensuing days. Yes, there was a rather intriguing discussion of porn and piracy over on DaniWeb and LXer; and yes, a moderately active conversation fired up the Slashdot community [...]
The Psyb0t worm infects Linux-based routers, including consumer-level broadband routers, and turns them into botnet nodes. Psyb0t finds easy entry because they are misconfigured. Eric Geier tells how to find out if you are infected and what to do about it, and gives sound advice that is pertinent to all routers.
Pay Attention folks this [...]
Okay thanks to LC the Paradox is now available on your Cell Phone or PDA. Just another way to check out the news and see if I have been doing anything.
Everyone knows that I never do anything but there is always that hope and dream. LOL I hope that you enjoy the newest addition and [...]
Skype founders said to be eyeing eBay company: report by Reuters: Yahoo! Tech
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -
The founders of Web telephone service Skype, currently owned by eBay Inc, are interested in bidding for the company they sold some four years ago, according to a media report.
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When it comes to the world of graphics, Adobe’s Photoshop and Illustrator and DTP applications such as Quark and InDesign, stand head and shoulders above the rest and are the defacto standards for graphics professionals. But they’re not open source, even if a little Wine hacking gets them running. If you’re committed to doing your [...]
Wordpress is the most widely used content management system amongst bloggers for many reasons. Not only does it make site management seem like a walk in the park, but it also uses a type of shared hosting, which means that most users can afford it. It has plug-ins for any occasion and desire and finally, [...]
As Linux sysadmins, many of us still need to deal with Windows worms and how they affect our networks. Today is April 1st, and the Conficker worm will be activating on vulnerable computers everywhere. Here’s a quick HOW-TO showing how you can detect compromised and/or vulnerable computers on your network:read more
You might learn something [...]
