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Entries from Realtime Community | Messaging and Web Security tagged with 'Linux'


Mini-Laptop Review

I'm a fan of the Asus Eee 900, it's a great second computer but Asus is no longer the only game in town so check out this review if your are in the market....

Recoverability, Prevention, and the OpenSSL Bug

The MIT Technology Review succinctly describes the impact of a recently discovered programming error in an OpenSSL library: two changed lines of code have created profound security vulnerabilities in at least four different open-source operating systems, 25 different application programs,...

Mac Bot Missed by Anit-Virus Detection

SANS is reporting on a newly analyzed IRC bot that has been compiled for Mac OS, FreeBSD and Linux. The fact that such bots run on these platform isn't news, but the rate at which is was detected is interesting:...

Getting Root Access on Asus EEE

So you sick of hearing about Windows vulnerabilities and you worried malware is migrating to Mac OS, what do you do? Go Linux? Sure, Linux is useful but it doesn't mean we can dump all concern about security. For example,...

Security Device Wins Best Innovation Award at CES

Yoggie Security Systems has won the Best of Innovations 2008 Award for computer accessories from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) for it's plug-in multi-purpose security device. The device is called the Gatekeeper Pico and looks like a USB drive but...

Security and the Rise of Low Cost Devices

Low cost computing devices can change the way applications and network resources are used. More users running a variety of platforms may be accessing your systems. How will this change the potential threats to your network, servers, and data? This...

Google Android Phones in the Workplace

Ben Worthen raises good points in his post at the Wall Street Journal on why the Google phone is "A Business-Tech Nightmare Waiting to Happen." The basic gist is: Here’s the first thing that will happen when a phone with...

Linux Winning the Low End Market but Microsoft Has Options

I really like Jek Hui's post at Tech Talk, Linux winning in the lower end market, because he cuts to the chase on why low cost computers, like the Asus Eee, are a problem for Microsoft. He says: If you...

Windows XP Policy Dooming Linux Desktop? Not Really But Linux Desktop Shouldn't Worry MS Anyway

The Open Source Blog at ZDNet has a post on Microsoft's shifting policy in the face of growing adoption of Linux on the desktop. The post argues: Microsoft’s revised Windows XP downgrade rights policy that quietly went into effect this...

Linux Growth Hidden by Poor Statistics

Information Week reports on a USB survey of 60 CIOs that found a slow down in the adoption of Linux, but there are problems with the survey methods. First, 60 is too small of a number even if the CIOs...

Vista vs Linux Vulnerabilities Debate

Vista is a more secure operating system than some major Linux distros according to a report out of Microsoft. You can imagine the kind of visceral reaction this will provoke among OS advocates. Rather than trying to support or undermine...

Ubuntu's Rising Star

Ubuntu is the celebrity operating system these days. It's been growing in popularity among Linux users but recent news from Dell and Intel are spreading the news. First, there was Dell's decision to sell PCs with Ubuntu installed. That was...

3 Examples of Linux Complementing Windows in Enterprise

A number of recent announcements from Linux vendors and manufactures adopting the Linux platform indicate that Linux is making in roads to the enterprise, but not by beating Microsoft on the desktop. These announcements are just a few data points...

Why Push Dell for Linux and OpenOffice?

The IdeaStorm site at Dell is collecting suggestions from customers and he most widely sought changes center around the pre-installed Linux and OpenOffice. Why is there this push to Linux and OpenOffice? Here are some possibilities. 1. The voting population...

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