•   Linux Today News Service
•   News for nerds, stuff that matters
•   The O'Reilly Network's Security DevCenter Articles and Weblogs

Source: Linux Today

Groklaw: "SCO's attorney Stuart Singer may have gotten carried away with his theatrical indignation. And when a party slips like this, what lawyers call opening the door, it can indeed have consequences. Novell was just waiting for a moment like this."

Source: Linux Today

Groklaw: "So. Now I know. Now we all know.

Blake Stowell, then the PR guy for SCO, sent an email to Maureen O'Gara, saying "I need you to send a jab PJ's way," and then right afterwards she wrote that invasive so-called expose, in which she revealed, or at least intended to reveal, things like who I called on my phone."

Source: Linux Today

Serverwatch: "Stating it believes server sales are being underestimated by Wall Street, Broadpoint AmTech's latest report predicts both Intel and AMD will post better-than-expected earnings in the first quarter."

Source: Linux Today

Datamation: "Social networking and voting site Digg is rewriting its underlying software infrastructure in an effort to improve performance and scalability. Part of that effort involves moving away from the MySQL database that has helped to power Digg since its creation."

Source: Linux Today

Tech Source: "If you've been looking for a free speech synthesizer for Linux, the one that I can highly recommend is a program called Festival."

Source: Linux Today

Wine-Reviews: "Today I thought I would show everyone just how easy it is to install and use Microsoft Office 2007 on OpenSolaris 2009.06 and 2010.03 with Bordeaux for Solaris. I have installed Office 2007 on both OpenSolaris 2009.06 and 2010.03"

Source: Linux Today

Computerworld: "You can pre-order an Apple iPad starting today, March 12th, but seriously, do you really want to?"

Source: Linux Today

Tech Comics: "Men are sometimes not too communicative, yet Facebook helps with that. Sort of."

Source: Linux Today

Netstat -vat: "No, that's not a typo. Mozilla is currently scheduled to release its next open source Firefox browser version 3.6.2 on March 30th."

Source: Linux Today

ReadWriteWeb: "However, recent tests have put Flash up against HTML5, the new web markup language that eliminates the need for the Adobe plugin. The results of these tests show that this is not a simple black-and-white issue. Is Flash really a CPU hog?"

Source: Linux Today

LWN.net: "Those who worry about these things have expected that attacks might come from patent trolls, or from software companies with fading prospects. Apple's lawsuit against HTC shows that the real threat may come from a different direction."

Source: Linux Today

Serverwatch: "Everyone has heard of Ubuntu Linux and how great it is on the desktop, but have you heard that there's a server version of that same uber-cool operating system? There is, and you should know about it."

Source: Linux Today

Linux Magazine: "Bring the mightiness of Vim to Firefox! If you're ready for a fully keyboard-driven browser, the Vimperator add-on for Firefox can help you do away with mouse-based drudgery and add the awesomeness of vi-like keybindings to Firefox 3.5 and later."

Source: Linux Today

Phoronix: "Jetway is one of the vendors that was quick to design a new IPC motherboard that bears the Intel Atom D510 dual-core processor with Intel GMA 3150 graphics and the NM10 Express Chipset."

Source: Linux Today

Computerworld: "A Canadian interface design firm accused Mozilla of stealing user interface (UI) elements for a development tool in the browser maker's Jetpack project, which aims to simplify add-on making."

Source: Linux Today

Help Net Security: "Anything connected to the web, is indexed by Google. Even administrator's portals of devices connected to the web, such as printers and webcams are crawled and discovered by Google. You'll be surprised by how many unprotected webcams are connected to the internet "

Source: Linux Today

Raiden's Realm: "But what if Linus had chosen to instead use the Gnu (I know, that one was already taken, but humor me here), or a beaver, or a bear, or maybe a demon like Freebsd uses? (already, it's technical a "daemon", but let's ignore the technicalities for the sake of this argument.)"

Source: Linux Today

IT World: "Even after decades of using Unix on thousands of systems, I find that it's still fun to discover various convolutions of sed and awk commands to perform command line wizardry. There's a lot more to each of these tools than those uses I make of these commands on a routine basis."

Source: Linux Today

Bnet: "Things look bad for Toyota. There was yet another unintended acceleration incident involving a Toyota yesterday. A Prius in New York on its way to the dealership to have its gas-pedal checked out crashed into a stone wall."

Source: Linux Today

Linux User and Developer: "In an age when Linux has become a powerful platform for development work, graphics processing and video production, it's a welcome relief to see a mid-range system built for people who may or may not have experience with Linux."

Source: Linux Today

Lnux Magazine: "The CUDA wave has definitely hit the beach and I'll have more on nVidia as the Fermi GPU begins to filter into the HPC trenches. In this column I want to talk about the other GPU language: OpenCL"

Source: Linux Today

The H Open: "The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has elected Simon Phipps to the board of directors; Phipps recently left Oracle after serving as Sun's Chief Open Source Officer."

Source: Linux Today

Make Tech Easier: "Git is the revision control system created by the Linux kernel’s famous Linus Torvalds due to a lack of satisfaction with existing solutions. The main emphasis in the design was on speed, or more specifically, efficiency."

Source: Linux Today

Groklaw: "Here's what the Salt Lake Tribune reports happened today at the SCO v. Novell trial, all of which it records as if it were all so. Let's see if it is, by comparing what is reported about the testimony with what we already know. Part of what Groklaw does is insist on checking facts. So, let's do that."

Source: Linux Today

Hardware Central: "Advanced Micro Devices plans to release a processor in its "Fusion" line that will be positioned for the netbook market, putting it in competition with the Intel Atom, and, to a lesser degree, the ARM processor."

Source: Linux Today

Softpedia: "Canonical, the company behind the very popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, recognizes the potential of the emerging market and has partnered with Intel and Eucalyptus to promote its Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) offering as part of Intel's Cloud Builder program."

Source: Slashdot: Linux

CWmike writes "You can now pre-order an Apple iPad; but do you really want to, asks Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols. 'I mean, I get why you'd want an iPad. I'd like one too,' he writes. 'But,' he says, 'when I consider that there are soon going to be literally dozens of cheaper, Linux-powered iPad devices on the market, I find it a lot easier to resist putting $499 on my credit card. On top of that, Apple will be including DRM on some eBooks and other iPad content. I really, really hate DRM. All that said, I agree the iPad is really cool. I predict with absolute faith that the iPad and its clones are going to kill off single purpose devices like dedicated eReaders such as Amazon's Kindle and GPS devices within the next three years. How can it not work out this way? For the same price as a high-end dedicated device you can get a tablet that will do everything they can do and far more. But, and this is the important bit, you don't have to buy an Apple iPad to get all of the iPad's goodies. ARM, a mobile microprocessor power, is predicting that we'll see no less than 50 ARM-processor-powered iPad clones by year's end. And, what will they be running? These ARM-powered entertainment tablets will all be running Linux.'"

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Source: Security DevCenter

There are already sites out there tracking the best of Google's miscaptionings. Someone needs to alert the Cheezburger Network, it's right up their alley

Source: Security DevCenter

Keeping your financial house in order is more important than ever. But how do you deal with expenses, debt, taxes, and retirement without getting overwhelmed? This book points the way. It's filled with the kind of practical guidance and sound insights that makes J.D. Roth's GetRichSlowly.org a critically acclaimed source of personal-finance advice.

Source: Security DevCenter

From the editors of Windows 7: The Official Magazine-the ultimate visual guide to the fun, practical, and creative things you can do right now with Windows 7!

Source: Security DevCenter

Do you have a great idea for a graphics-intensive iPhone application, but don't know how to bring it to life? This book offers the perfect solution: a crash course on the OpenGL graphics library with an overview of iPhone 3D development. Whether you're an experienced OpenGL developer looking to build iPhone apps for the first time, or an iPhone developer wanting to learn sophisticated graphics, iPhone 3D Programming brings both of these worlds together in one concise, easy-to-use guide.

Source: Security DevCenter

Many of the newest DSLRs include HD video capability, and while the interest from the photography community was initially cool, we have seen a recent shift. Photographers are beginning to explore the video capabilities of their cameras and want to learn about the art and craft of creating high quality video. This book takes photographers through video concepts, video features of their DSLRs, equipment needed to shoot video, to understanding the restrictions, problems, and pitfalls of shooting video with a DSLR. Learn how to capture and edit video footage, to achieve the unique "motion picture look" and effects not possible with standard digital video equipment. Examples, video clips, and other useful materials are on the DVD included with the book. Photographers who are ready to give HD video a serious try, as well as videographers interested in exploring the possibilities of DSLRs for their work will find this book an indispensable source of technical know-how and inspiration.

Source: Security DevCenter

The Web Producer ensures that the technical goals relating to production of template driven web publishing systems, content management systems (CMS), and design and performance of user interfaces of the Online department are met. This position will be responsible for working in a collaborative team environment building and maintaining website template elements according to a deadline-driven production process. This position reports to the Director of Content Services and is located at our headquarters offices in Sebastopol, CA. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Critical features of this job are described under the headings below. They may be subject to change at any time due to fluctuating business realities, reasonable accommodations, or other reasons.

Source: Security DevCenter

If you chose to tweet with a place, but not to share your exact coordinates, Twitter still needs to use your coordinates to determine your Place. In order to improve the accuracy of our geolocation systems (for example, the way we define neighborhoods and places), Twitter will temporarily store those coordinates for 6 months. Because how could anything go wrong if there's a database containing 6 months of my precise locations stored on the Internet even when I've chosen not to share my precise location? This and more in today's Four Short Links.

Source: Security DevCenter

In my previous blog entry I demonstrated how easy it was to mix ColdFusion 9's new ORM features with a fancy (ok, simple) Flex front end. I left off the application in a rather simplistic state. On the server side, I had designed a ColdFusion CFC to interface with the Art table. On the client side, Flex used a simple datagrid and Flash Remoting to fetch the data via a service component. Our data model was just a set of properties, string and numeric based, and nothing more. In this entry, I'm going to demonstrate how we can being to work with slightly more complex data. I'll demonstrate how to work with related data in our Art table and how Flex can handle this more complex result.

Source: Security DevCenter

Occasionally you might find the need to compare completely unrelated data in your applications. This may sound a bit odd, but it does happen, especially in cases where you may want to observe and compare trends within your data sets. This could include completely different data sets, using different value ranges on both axes, with variable numbers of data points. Hence: comparing apples to oranges. With Flex it is actually not difficult to to create multi-scale visualizations on the same component. In this post, we will examine the application of Flex charting components to view multiple data sets with multiple scales, and multiple collection sizes.

Source: Security DevCenter

Ribbit enables developers to combine the richness of voice calling with the interactivity of Web 2.0 experiences. Finally there's a technology able to record and manage voice mails directly from a web site. This great feature has millions of possible implementation scenarios, but here's just one, in my step by step tutorial.

Source: Security DevCenter

You'd never think it from the right-wing media hysteria around the administration's health care initiatives, but some of the best thinking about minimal government intervention is happening right now in healthcare. In my advocacy around Government 2.0, I've been focused on the idea that government should act like a platform provider rather than a complete solution provider. That is, government should lay down rules of the road, create core functionality that others can build on, and then let the private sector compete to flesh out the offerings.