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2011 is the Year of the Linux Desktop Hah! Not really. I’ve been reading two posts, the first by Robert Strohmeyer, the second by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols. Both raise arguments about Linux on the Desktop and both point to mobile computing as being the future. Ever since Android has come out I have assumed the growth path of Linux (and the ultimate strategy of Google) will be Android on phones -> Android on desktops. My take on the Netbook episode is that, where customers returned Linux netbooks they returned them because they were unfamiliar. With Android now in everyone’s pocket they won’t bat an eyelid at Android powered tablets (which I doubt were in Google’s game plan, but given that Android is open, others are now able to fill that void), then Android netbooks and laptops and finally desktops. With penetration of Android will come mobile developers and with them will come a large application suite. Those applications will automatically run on an Android desktop.

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Between 2002 and 2005, there were a grand total of 26 proven cases of voter fraud.

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Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 10.10
(LAMP)

LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL,
PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an
Apache2 webserver on an Ubuntu 10.10 server with PHP5 support (mod_php)
and MySQL suppo…

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blackboy1337 has discovered a vulnerability in www.torrentslive.com, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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blackboy1337 has discovered a vulnerability in www.foto-magazin.ro, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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blackboy1337 has discovered a vulnerability in ctbp.ucsd.edu, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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blackboy1337 has discovered a vulnerability in www.mikeholt.com, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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vir0e5 has discovered a vulnerability in www.twingo.co.il, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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Rugburn has discovered a vulnerability in reg.renren.com, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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

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F0RTYS3V3N has discovered a vulnerability in services.sea.lau.edu.lb, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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WHK has discovered a vulnerability in www.registrocivil.cl, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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RTK has discovered a vulnerability in musik.tdconline.dk, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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SysExpection has discovered a vulnerability in www.racheshop.de, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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

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This overly large magnet certainly completes the mad scientist look (for an even crazier look, take a jar of water with red food coloring and place in one large cauliflower, instant brain in a jar). The base of the magnet is painted foam cut with a makeshift hot-knife; to get the magnet sparking [Macegr] laser [...]

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Last week my mom forwarded an email to me and I started to laugh. The email was to warn me about a virus that is spreading and destroying peoples data.

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Any law that allows the easy incarceration of any citizen any time those in power want to do it is the ultimate enemy of democracy.

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While this mechanical mustache isn’t made for a Halloween costume, it certainly looks like part of one. Copper clad, brass, cable, and a few other bits come together in a similar style to tension based hands; the piece is then worn much like a Mardi Gras mask. To complete the rustic “old tyme” look [John] [...]

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This tutorial explains how to upgrade to Fedora14 from Fedora 13 &12. Your personal data is the most valuable thing in your computer, before to upgrade it is always a good idea to back up any data that you have on your systems.

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We know you just got a links post a couple hours ago, but more people tipped us off to some great Halloween stuff and we just couldn’t wait. [Michael] came up with this fantastic idea for a flying ghost. He’s using a twin prop tilt rotor design to fly his ghost all over the neighborhood. [...]

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This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu Studio 10.10 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear…

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jjbutler88 has discovered a vulnerability in rhul.ac.uk, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct XSS attacks.

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This is a keyboard alternative that [Sebastian] is building from two Apple Magic Trackpads. The multitouch devices are a good platform for this because they’re designed to pick up several events at the same time. To prototype the locations of the keys he’s using printable transparency sheets. He gives you a sense of where the [...]

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Well, here’s some interesting weekend news: there’s a polarized discussion taking place right now among core KDE developers about merging the KDE libraries into upstream Qt. Cornelius Schumacher, a long-time German KDE developer and currently the KDE e.V. president, has come out yesterday saying, "Let’s merge Qt and the KDE development platform. Let’s put all KDE libraries, support libraries, platform modules into Qt, remove the redundancies in Qt, and polish it into one nice consistent set of APIs, providing both, the wonderful KDE integration, consistency and convenience, as well as the simplicity and portability of the Qt platform."

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Happy Halloween to one and all. Let’s celebrate the holiday with some related links. [Brandon] carved the Hackaday logo into his Jack-’o-Lantern. But that’s not all, inspired by EMSL’s Jack-’o-Lantern, as well as our own offering, he added LEDs. Three of them occupy the flesh behind the eyes and nose, fading in and out thanks [...]

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Now that over a week has passed since this Economist article was published, I wanted to cite it and ask if the problem it describes sounds familiar:Globally, shrinkage [(losses from shoplifting, theft by workers and accounting errors)] cost retailers $…

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[Dr. West] shared his Halloween costume with us; a Daft Punk inspired voice-changing helmet. He stared with a motorcycle helmet, cutting out a hole in the back for a sub-woofer speaker. Inside there’s an old computer mic and the amp circuitry for a portable stereo system. An Arduino is used to pick up the wearer’s voice from [...]

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Do you remember SplashTop? It’s the instant-on Linux environment that was originally embedded into select ASUS motherboards three years ago and from there worked its way to other motherboards and then onto notebooks and other devices from a variety of …

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