The Open Invention Network has launched a project to find prior art for Microsoft’s patents on the FAT filesystem. The OIN believes that the FAT patents will not hold up to scrutiny and the organization hopes that the Linux community will assist in an effort to have it invalidated.

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Microsoft has issued major revisions to the following security bulletins:
* MS09-012 – Impor …(more)…

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Swine Flu is in the news worldwide and search trends are spiking in North America:

We’re seeing lots of domains being registered. Here’s a list of the ones registered over the weekend.

No malware sites… yet. But plenty of them are opportunistic:

Click on the “Add to Cart” button at noswineflu.com and you’ll be asked to buy a PDF file called “Swine Flu Survival Guide” for $19.95.

You’d be better off spending your money on this.

Updated to add: Joe, the owner of noswineflu.com sent us a copy of his PDF.

It’s 19 pages opinion and advice, and the copy that we received is NOT malware.

Remember, this post notes the creation of opportunistic sites, not malicious ones.

And we still do not recommend the purchase…

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Xylitol has discovered a vulnerability in store3.adobe.com, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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

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

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Xylitol has discovered a vulnerability in www.anpe.fr, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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Xylitol has discovered a vulnerability in www.expressorder.ru, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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Xylitol has discovered a vulnerability in www.militaria.nl, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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Xylitol has discovered a vulnerability in www.bugdoctor.co.kr, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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Xylitol has discovered a vulnerability in www.cdkey.co.kr, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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McAfee Products RAR/ZIP Files Scan Evasion Vulnerability

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SCO UnixWare IGMP Driver Unspecified Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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libwmf WMF Image File Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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GnuTLS Prior to 2.6.6 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities

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Gowon Designs Leap Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

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Adobe Flash Media Server Unspecified RPC Call Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Quagga Autonomous System Number Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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Mandriva announces today the launch of the final version of Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring (codename Pauillac). Quicker, easier and even more secure this new version brings you a host of innovative functionalities.

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How To Add Bash Completion In Debian

Bash completion is a useful tool for completion of file paths,
commands etc. By default it is enabled on Ubuntu but not on Debian.
With two simple steps it can also be enabled on Debian.

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Explore cloud computing from a Linux® perspective and discover some of the most innovative and popular Linux-based solutions—with a particular view toward environmentally beneficial options. Cloud computing has been covered extensively in a number of venues and from many points of view. For embedded Linux engineers and aficionados, one exciting aspect of cloud computing is the sudden interest in thin Linux clients.

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A while back it was all over the blogs and Twitter that Amazon had somehow demoted Gay and Lesbian themed books to keep them from showing up in searches.
There was outrage from all the civil rights folks especially in the LBGT camp (rightfully so if it…

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I’ve done this sort of thing before, but luckily somebody else is comparing the Xfce environments of Debian Lenny and Xubuntu/Ubuntu. Results are not surprising and are in line with what I found over a year ago when I did a major comparison of everything from Xubuntu and Debian to Slackware and gOS, as well as Wolvix and standard Ubuntu. Back then, Slackware and Debian with Xfce were indeed very, very fast systems. And while I didn’t test them at the time, I expect ZenWalk and Vector with Xfce to perform as well or better.

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The Register: Hacker behind P2P botnet gets no jail time

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Wired: Your Facebook Profile Makes Marketers Dreams Come True

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This two-day introduction to Linux broadens attendees horizons with a detailed overview of the operating system. Attendees learn how to effectively use a Linux system as a valuable tool. They get familiar with the architecture and various components of the operating system, learn both graphical and command line tools, and learn to do basic networking. This class is scheduled for May 14th – May 15th, 2009.

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There is money in the cloud. Just ask open source startup Eucalyptus which today announced it received $5.5 million in Series A round of venture financing. Eucalyptus is an open source cloud infrastructure project originally developed as a research effort at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). It is also the key project behind the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) that is part of the recent Jaunty Jackalope launch.

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