Incessant status updates to your cell phone from the command line? Sure, with a little help from curl and Twitter.

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With this new version 11 it brings free and legal codecs to Windows Media files. One less reason for any Microsoft software I guess.

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According to an article published by Information Week, the newly released XP SP3 is causing systems …(more)…

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John Cusack’s bold new film War, Inc. is an antidote to Pentagon spin and the corporate punditry who continue to get the war in Iraq so wrong.

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Guantánamo is in total disarray.

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John Cusack’s bold new film War, Inc. is an antidote to Pentagon spin and the corporate punditry who continue to get the war in Iraq so wrong.

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It’s unusual for companies engaged in patent litigation to comment on how the fight is going. But Barracuda Networks CEO Dean Drako has openly sought FOSS community support for his company’s defense again a Trend Micro lawsuit that, while filed again…

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The market is flooded with new media streamers, but which one is for you? One of the cheapest and easiest options is the unambiguously titled Netflix Player. With an active account, the Netflix Player streams movies and television shows from their online library (currently around 10,000 videos). It connects to the internet via 802.11b/g WiFi or ethernet, but delivers low-quality video if your connection speed is less than 1Mbps. It costs $99 plus at least $8.95/mo for a Netflix subscription. It runs Linux so hopefully we’ll see some hacks for it soon like we did with previous Roku products. A fine device, if you want to stream movies and nothing else, but if you want to stream data from other sources, like a network, usb hard drive, or (gasp) bittorrent, you’ll have to look elsewhere.

A friend of ours recently purchased the Popcorn Hour. This set-top box can stream video from a network or usb hard drive using practically any codec or container format, can be configured to download torrents with an internal hard drive, and supports a number of web services including YouTube and Flickr. The Popcorn Hour is at least a fair value at $180. The downside? It doesn’t come with a hard drive or WiFi.

The lack of internal storage might be deal-breaker for you; if so, the Myka could be a better fit. In addition to coming in 80, 160, and 500GB flavors, this device opts out of all proprietary content delivery services in favor of open ones. It has strong synergy with BitTorrent.com built in, downloading directly from it or a number of other torrent services like ISOHunt. Prices range from $299 to $459.

If you’re like us, you’d rather build your own Linux media streamer. All you need is a spare computer. Cheap graphics cards with component out are fairly easy to acquire. For a frontend, you could use DVR software like MythTV, but that might be overkill. Check out the Linux port of XBMC which is what the Mac version of XBMC we covered previously is based on.

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Torrent is a great way to transfer large files very quickly. However most torrent clients are gui based and have quite some impact on system resources (e.g. Azureus). rTorrent is a lightweight client running from the terminal. Being able to run it in a screen session (also upon boot) makes it ideal to also control it from a remote location.

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Network World: I spy your PC – Researchers find new ways to steal data "researchers have read computer screens from their tiny reflections on everyday objects such as glasses, teapots, and even the human eye"

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Re: mjguest 6.7 (ALL VERSION) Xss & Redirection Vuln

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ironzorg has discovered a vulnerability in www.webrankinfo.com, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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DaiMon has discovered a vulnerability in search.nal.usda.gov, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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DaiMon has discovered a vulnerability in www.loc.gov, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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DaiMon has discovered a vulnerability in lcweb2.loc.gov, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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S_e_YM_e_N has discovered a vulnerability in www.shfc.gov.cn, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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S_e_YM_e_N has discovered a vulnerability in www.tadreeb.gov.sa, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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S_e_YM_e_N has discovered a vulnerability in www.jnrk.gov.cn, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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Skullborg has discovered a vulnerability in www.foreign.gov.mv, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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DaiMon has discovered a vulnerability in www.floodmaps.fema.gov, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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s3rg3770 has discovered a vulnerability in digiland.libero.it, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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Fugitif has discovered a vulnerability in bugs.mysql.com, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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ironzorg has discovered a vulnerability in www.lesjeuxgratuits.com, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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Analysys say that by 2012, 80 percent or more of all commercial software will include elements of open-source technology. Coverity has announced the availability of a new report detailing the continued improvement in the quality and security of open-source software.

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When large financial firms like Bear Stearns fail, the impacts can be very far reaching.

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Lessons from Hurricane Katrina have been quickly forgotten as developers plan to turn an important wetland in the region’s fourth largest city.

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Compared to powerful and feature-rich photo applications like F-Spot and digiKam, Fotox looks decidedly underpowered. But while Fotox is no match to those powerhouses featurewise, this lightweight tool can come in handy when you have to perform basic photo editing fast and with minimum fuss.

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