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Anti-piracy efforts blamed for crash of popular Internet TV network

Revision3, home of web TV show ‘Diggnation,’ shuts down for three days after its computers are overwhelmed. The culprit: traffic sent by anti-piracy company MediaDefender. Both firms cry foul.
One of the most popular Internet-based television networks was shut down all weekend, a casualty in the entertainment industry’s fight against pirated material.
The outage at Revision3, which [...]

Posted in News

ABC Resurrects ‘The Mole’ for Summer 2008

The Mole will begin airing on Monday, June 2, 2008 at 10:00 pm EDT.
The game will feature 12 civilian contestants.

The Mole on ABC

Posted in Personal

Microsoft readies new ‘don’t blame Windows’ tool

Microsoft has begun privately beta testing a new tool, known as “Windows Advisor,” which is aimed at helping consumers better pinpoint why their Windows machines might not be up to snuff.
Microsoft officials have been saying that Windows — and especially the much-maligned Windows Vista — isn’t to blame for all of users’ PC problems. Faulty [...]

Posted in Billyware

Adobe Flash zero-day exploit in the wild

Malware hunters have spotted a previously unknown — and unpatched — Adobe Flash vulnerability being exploited in the wild.
The zero-day flaw has been added to the Chinese version of the MPack exploit kit and there are signs that the exploits are being injected into third-party sites to redirect targets to malware-laden servers.
Technical details on the [...]

Posted in Security

Back Up programs

Okay the topic of doing back ups in linux has come to the forefront as of late so I thought I would toss a couple of possibilities into the fray. The first is Clonezilla and here is what they have to say about their product;
You’re probably familiar with the popular proprietary [...]

Posted in Software

Wireless Linux Drivers

Okay you all have had that perfect install only to find out that the darn wireless card would not work and no matter what you did the darn thing just sat there and laughed at you. Okay maybe not really laughed but it seems like that some times. Well here is a great site to [...]

Posted in Wireless

FOSS helps Free Geek Vancouver become an ethical recycler

 
Free Geek Vancouver (FGV) is now certified as the first ethical recycler in western Canada by the Basel Action Network (BAN), and an important part of the certification is the organization’s refurbishing of used computers with free and open source software (FOSS).

Darn they are really trying and that is a fact. Heck that puts [...]

Posted in Personal

Puppy Linux 4.0 on a Dell Inspiron 1150 Review

Penguinway » Puppy Linux 4.0 on a Dell Inspiron 1150 Review
I got a chance to check out the latest Puppy release this week. Puppy Linux is a small Linux distribution (roughly 87 megabytes) that runs off of CD. It is ideal for running on older hardware or for people who just want a lean system. [...]

Posted in Linux

It’s a landslide: David Cook rocks the ‘Idol’ vote (AP)

 
AP - For an "American Idol" season so flat and lifeless, the end sure rocked: Ex-bartender David Cook virtually body-slammed teen prodigy David Archuleta in a surprising landslide Wednesday night, capping an energized finale filled with big stars and polished performances.
Jeeesh LC’s favorite rocker won! Naw I am fine just a slight rush of [...]

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After Debian’s epic SSL blunder, a world of hurt for security pros

It’s been more than a week since Debian patched a massive security hole in the library the operating system uses to create cryptographic keys for securing email, websites and administrative servers. Now the hard work begins, as legions of admins are saddled with the odious task of regenerating keys too numerous for anyone to estimate.
The [...]

Posted in Security