SplashTop "Instant-On Linux" Gets Hacked
July 30, 2008
Phoronix: “…members of the Phoronix Forums have hacked SplashTop. They have been able to run SplashTop from a USB stick on non-ASUS motherboards, boot SplashTop within a virtual machine, run custom applications, and launch a terminal within this proprietary Linux environment.”
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Can AMQP break IBM's MOM monopoly?
July 30, 2008
Interop Systems: “IBM and Tibco between them control a whopping 93% of the MOM market, which the research firm estimates will be worth around $725 million this year. With a market share like that, IBM and Tibco can pretty much charge whatever they like (using IBM’s arcane “processor value unit” pricing scheme, WebSphere MQ will cost you tens of thousands of dollars per processor).”
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Putting the Sneer Before the Scoop: Joe Nocera and Steve Jobs
July 30, 2008
Standards Blog: “…although rumors have swirled, Apple has refused to state whether or not Jobs has had a recurrence of his cancer - or disclose any meaningful details at all. Even on calls with securities analysts, Apple’s response has only been that “Steve’s health is a private matter.”"
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Developers' Delicate Dance With the iPhone App Store
July 30, 2008
LinuxInsider: “Developers pay the company $99 a year to be a part of the program, and Apple keeps 30 percent of the sales revenue. Software updates are offered on Apple’s timetable, which tends to slow things down when an application has a bug that needs fixing.”
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Bordeaux 1.4 Released with Microsoft Office 2003 Support
July 30, 2008
Wine-Reviews: “…version 1.4 comes with support for Microsoft Office 2003, Visio 2003 and Project 2003. Version 1.4 has improved Office 2000 menu support and Cellar support fixes. There has also been many small bug fixes and tweaks on the backend to improve the speed and reliablity of all the supported applications and games.”
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First DNS attacks reported
July 29, 2008
The first attacks to on the Kaminsky DNS vulnerability have been reported.
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Fake 'Yahoo sold to Microsoft' spam boosts Rustock botnet
July 29, 2008
A new large-scale botnet has been spotted forwarding what appears to be real news headlines about Microsoft, George Bush and Al Qaeda in an attempt to infect users.
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Intel to make smarter chips for range of devices
July 29, 2008
U.S. technology bellwether Intel on Thursday unveiled plans to build small, Internet savvy computer chips to be used in a variety of ways ranging from industrial robotics to small consumer devices.
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IBM dominates Green500 supercomputer list
July 29, 2008
IBM has once again dominated the Green500 list which ranks the world’s supercomputers by performance-per-watt rather than pure processing power.
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EU and Russia unveil new spacecraft
July 29, 2008
Planners have unveiled a new spaceship design for a joint EU/Russian trip to the moon..
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