Today users have many choices for combining Linux and Windows on the same machine. You can go with a traditional dual-boot system in which the operating systems reside on different disk partitions but share a common partition for files, or you can use…

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rPSA-2008-0032-1 xorg-x11 xorg-x11-fonts xorg-x11-tools xorg-x11-xfs

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[ GLSA 200801-18 ] Kazehakase: Multiple vulnerabilities

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[ GLSA 200801-20 ] libxml2: Denial of Service

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[ GLSA 200801-19 ] GOffice: Multiple vulnerabilities

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“Winamp is more than just a player. It’s your window to the multimedia world. From MP3s to streaming video, Winamp is the one place you go to feed your audio/video habit.”. Secunia Research has discovered two vulnerabilities in Winamp, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system.

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“Winamp is more than just a player. It’s your window to the multimedia world. From MP3s to streaming video, Winamp is the one place you go to feed your audio/video habit.”. Secunia Research has discovered two vulnerabilities in Winamp, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system.

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VirtualBox is a great application for hosting guest operating systems on your Linux platform. It can be used to host other Linux operating systems and Windows.

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There’s no doubt that 2008 will go down in history as the end of the first Microsoft era. This year, Bill Gates will finally hang up his Microsoft mouse and leave the company he cofounded over 30 years ago. Most people know that he’s going off to spend the very large sums of money he has acquired from those Microsoft years, most of which has been used to set up the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with $37.6 billion in assets. But what will that really mean for free software?

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Many of the “green economy” plans are illegal according to the WTO.

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Let’s be honest, the rise of the Eclipse development platform is the best thing to ever happen to Sun Microsystems’ NetBeans integrated development environment (IDE). Eclipse rolled out a solid platform, with good performance, high levels of extensibility and a rapidly expanding ecosystem of commercial and open source plug ins. NetBeans, by contrast, has been the poor relation with low levels of industry take up, fewer users and not much in the way of momentum.

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The new Purple Magic Linux 3G Linux reference feature phone offers video telephony, music playback, high-speed Internet browsing and video streaming …

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GoLd_M has reported a vulnerability in Smart Publisher, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:
http://secunia.com/software_inspector/

Feature Overview – The Secunia Software Inspector:
* Detects insecure versions of applications installed
* Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied
* Assists you in updating your system and applications
* Runs through your browser. No installation or download is required.

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enter_the_dragon has discovered a vulnerability in the AdServe plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:
http://secunia.com/software_inspector/

Feature Overview – The Secunia Software Inspector:
* Detects insecure versions of applications installed
* Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied
* Assists you in updating your system and applications
* Runs through your browser. No installation or download is required.

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Larry W. Cashdollar has reported two security issues in the PatchLink Update client for Unix, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to truncate arbitrary files and to gain escalated privileges.

Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:
http://secunia.com/software_inspector/

Feature Overview – The Secunia Software Inspector:
* Detects insecure versions of applications installed
* Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied
* Assists you in updating your system and applications
* Runs through your browser. No installation or download is required.

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Alexandr Polyakov and Stas Svistunovich have discovered a vulnerability in phpCMS, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:
http://secunia.com/software_inspector/

Feature Overview – The Secunia Software Inspector:
* Detects insecure versions of applications installed
* Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied
* Assists you in updating your system and applications
* Runs through your browser. No installation or download is required.

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Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in XnView and NConvert, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system.

Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:
http://secunia.com/software_inspector/

Feature Overview – The Secunia Software Inspector:
* Detects insecure versions of applications installed
* Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied
* Assists you in updating your system and applications
* Runs through your browser. No installation or download is required.

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Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in GFL SDK, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the library.

Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:
http://secunia.com/software_inspector/

Feature Overview – The Secunia Software Inspector:
* Detects insecure versions of applications installed
* Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied
* Assists you in updating your system and applications
* Runs through your browser. No installation or download is required.

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One of the features that was introduced a year ago into Ubuntu 7.04 “Feisty Fawn” was support for KVM, which is the Kernel-based Virtual Machine. The Kernel-based Virtual Machine provides full virtualization support for Linux when running on x86 hardware with either Intel’s VT or AMD-V technology, which means you can run unmodified guest operating systems such as Linux or Microsoft Windows within your Linux host operating system.

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A new project fights to put vulnerable kids on track towards graduation, not incarceration.

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An interesting article that shows a what if scenario 12 years from now, concerning Linux and the rest of the world.

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(Posted 31 Jan 2008 by Ray)

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(Posted 31 Jan 2008 by Ray)

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(Posted 31 Jan 2008 by Ray)

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Mandriva has issued an update for mysql. This fixes a security issue and a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious users to gain escalated privileges or cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:
http://secunia.com/software_inspector/

Feature Overview – The Secunia Software Inspector:
* Detects insecure versions of applications installed
* Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied
* Assists you in updating your system and applications
* Runs through your browser. No installation or download is required.

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ShaFuck31 has reported a vulnerability in AmpJuke, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:
http://secunia.com/software_inspector/

Feature Overview – The Secunia Software Inspector:
* Detects insecure versions of applications installed
* Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied
* Assists you in updating your system and applications
* Runs through your browser. No installation or download is required.

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Alexandr Polyakov and Stas Svistunovich have reported a vulnerability in Nucleus CMS, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:
http://secunia.com/software_inspector/

Feature Overview – The Secunia Software Inspector:
* Detects insecure versions of applications installed
* Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied
* Assists you in updating your system and applications
* Runs through your browser. No installation or download is required.

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HouSSaMix has discovered a vulnerability in Connectix Boards, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information or to compromise a vulnerable system.

Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:
http://secunia.com/software_inspector/

Feature Overview – The Secunia Software Inspector:
* Detects insecure versions of applications installed
* Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied
* Assists you in updating your system and applications
* Runs through your browser. No installation or download is required.

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Thomas Pollet has discovered a vulnerability in SQLiteManager, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information or to compromise a vulnerable system.

Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:
http://secunia.com/software_inspector/

Feature Overview – The Secunia Software Inspector:
* Detects insecure versions of applications installed
* Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied
* Assists you in updating your system and applications
* Runs through your browser. No installation or download is required.

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