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  • Windows invades Linux territory

    04/13/2006 9:04:23 AM PDT · by ShadowAce · 30 replies · 582+ views
    Computing ^ | 12 April 2006 | Roger Howorth
    Microsoft is preparing to take on Linux in a battle over price and performance, according to John Borozan, product manager for the forthcoming Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 (WCCS) software. WCCS is a new version of Windows designed for high-performance computing (HPC) applications, such as those used for geological exploration, but it will also have a valuable role to play working with Excel spreadsheets.WCCS will go on sale in the summer. Borozan said the price has not yet been set but will be very competitive against Linux rivals. Borozan added that 80 percent of existing HPC systems use x86 chips...
  • Novell Files Arbitration Request in Paris - The Jacobs Declaration

    04/13/2006 8:30:24 AM PDT · by ShadowAce · 40 replies · 759+ views
    Groklaw ^ | 12 April 2006 | Pamela Jones
    The SCO v. Novell litigation just got a lot more interesting. Here are some more documents filed yesterday and now available on Pacer, and they provide some more explosive news, namely that SuSE on April 10th filed a Request for Arbitration with The Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris. Here are the ICC Rules, which you can download in several languages. We learn about this development in a Declaration by Michael Jacobs, one of Novell's attorneys, and you can see the request for arbitration on page 53 of his Declaration. Here it is along with the...
  • Virus threatens PCs running Linux or Windows

    04/10/2006 5:53:52 AM PDT · by Halfmanhalfamazing · 22 replies · 627+ views
    ComputerWorld ^ | April 2006 | Robert McMillan
    Hackers have released a sample code for a virus that could infect both Linux and Windows PCs. The virus, which was given the double name Virus.Linux.Bi.a/ Virus.Win32.Bi.a, was reported Friday by security firm Kaspersky Lab. Security researchers worry that the malicious code may be part of a disturbing new trend of viruses that can run on Windows, as well as other operating systems that have been largely ignored by hackers.
  • Kaspersky warns of cross-platform (Linux/Windows) virus proof of concept

    04/07/2006 12:34:25 PM PDT · by Senator Bedfellow · 13 replies · 412+ views
    Computerworld ^ | APRIL 07, 2006 | Jaikumar Vijayan
    APRIL 07, 2006 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Kaspersky Labs is reporting a new proof-of-concept virus capable of infecting both Windows and Linux systems. The cross-platform virus is relatively simple and appears to have a low impact, according to Kaspersky. Even so, it could be a sign that virus writers are beginning to research ways of writing new code capable of infecting multiple platforms, said Shane Coursen, senior technical consultant at Kaspersky. In a note on its Web site, the SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC) in Bethesda, Md,. said the new virus “is a sign the cross-platform aspects are becoming important. As the...
  • Apple Introduces Boot Camp (... Intel-based Macs to Run Windows XP)

    04/06/2006 7:23:42 AM PDT · by theFIRMbss · 2 replies · 289+ views
    Apple ^ | 04/06/06 | Apple
    CUPERTINO, California—April 5, 2006—Apple® today introduced Boot Camp, public beta software that enables Intel-based Macs to run Windows XP. Available as a download beginning today, Boot Camp allows users with a Microsoft Windows XP installation disc to install Windows XP on an Intel-based Mac®, and once installation is complete, users can restart their computer to run either Mac OS® X or Windows XP. Boot Camp will be a feature in “Leopard,” Apple’s next major release of Mac OS X, that will be previewed at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in August. “Apple has no desire or plan to sell or support...
  • Microsoft: Don't Sell PCs Without Operating Systems

    04/05/2006 2:04:05 PM PDT · by steve-b · 51 replies · 1,850+ views
    ZDNet ^ | 4/5/06 | Graeme Wearden
    Naked PCs: Free software supporters are angry that Microsoft is putting pressure on PC vendors not to sell machines without an operating system installed Microsoft has urged UK PC vendors not to give customers the opportunity to buy a PC without a pre-installed operating system.... The FSF Europe is alarmed by the prospect that customers who request a base systems would risk a visit from Microsoft's investigators. "It looks like a private sniffing service which is supposed to spy on these who do not want to pay the Microsoft tax anymore. It is an incredible piece of impudence which any...
  • Microsoft, Linux and Patents

    04/05/2006 8:39:22 AM PDT · by luthers_inkwell · 508 replies · 3,748+ views
    AP Lawrence ^ | 04/05/2006 | AP Lawrence?
    At http://www.no-lobbyists-as-such.com/florian-mueller-blog/ballmer-linux/ we're reminded that Microsoft wants Linux dead. Ballmer is once again making noise about patents. Unfortunately, Microsoft likely does have patents it could use against Linux. IBM can probably be replied upon to fight back on the side of Linux with its own patents - supposedly they've called Microsoft patent bluffs in the past just by pointing out that they also have stacks of patents and idle lawyers ready to look for violations by Windows code. However, Microsoft might now be willing to risk the battle. Microsoft is not in a happy place right now. Vista is delayed,...
  • Microsoft Official: Malware Recovery Not Always Possible

    04/04/2006 6:41:25 PM PDT · by HAL9000 · 133 replies · 3,259+ views
    FoxNews.com (Excerpt) ^ | April 4, 2006 | Rayn Naraine
    Excerpt - LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — In a rare discussion on the severity of the Windows malware scourge, a Microsoft security official said businesses should consider investing in an automated process to wipe hard drives and reinstall operating systems as a practical way to recover from malware infestation. "When you are dealing with rootkits and some advanced spyware programs, the only solution is to rebuild from scratch. In some cases, there really is no way to recover without nuking the systems from orbit," Mike Danseglio, program manager in the Security Solutions group at Microsoft, said in a presentation at...
  • Overview of the ten major Linux distributions

    04/04/2006 9:16:35 AM PDT · by N3WBI3 · 54 replies · 1,077+ views
    Linux Forums ^ | 2006-04-01 | Clement Lefebvre
    A review of the 10 major Linux distributions out there, giving the pros and cons of each and every one of them Introduction The Microsoft Windows operating system is developed and released by a single company. It comes with a minimal set of applications (a calculator, a few games, some networking tools, an Internet browser.. etc). Other software can be obtained by users from various sources and installed on the operating system. GNU/Linux is different. A GNU/Linux operating system is made of a Linux kernel, a set of GNU tools, an installation program, a package management system and a lot...
  • Microsoft starts supporting, er, Linux

    04/04/2006 5:18:21 AM PDT · by Halfmanhalfamazing · 16 replies · 253+ views
    The Register ^ | Monday 3rd April 2006 | Ashlee Vance
    Microsoft today lobbed three massive bombs into the server virtualization market. First off, it will now support - wait for it - Linux, when the OS is running on top of its Virtual Server product. Secondly, Microsoft has made Virtual Server free. And, in a move few thought possible, Microsoft has teamed with the developers of the open source Xen product to gang up on server slicing leader VMware.
  • Microsoft to 'host' Linux virtually

    04/03/2006 8:44:18 AM PDT · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 50 replies · 404+ views
    CNET ^ | April 2, 2006, 9:00 PM PDT | Martin LaMonica Staff Writer, CNET News.com
    Microsoft will support customers who chose to run Linux with Microsoft's Virtual Server 2005 R2, software for running multiple operating systems on one machine. In addition, the company on Monday said that it has now made Virtual Server 2005 R2--which the company had charged either $99 for up to four physical processors or $199 for an unlimited number of processors--a free download. The announcements were made in conjunction with the LinuxWorld conference in Boston this week. Virtualization, an emerging technology which is garnering growing interest from corporate customers, allows a server to run multiple instances of an operating system....
  • Linux growth 'to outstrip Windows by a factor of 3' (Oracle Estimate)

    03/31/2006 2:02:29 PM PST · by N3WBI3 · 215 replies · 2,322+ views
    Builder.com ^ | 30 March 2006 | Matthew Overington
    Over the next five years, Oracle is predicting annual growth of 12 percent for the open source OS Linux adoptions are to grow in the next three to five years at nearly triple the rate of Windows, according to Oracle. In an interview at the LinuxWorld conference in Sydney, the database company suggested Linux deployments had grown beyond an adoption phase, and were now becoming ubiquitous in small and large businesses alike. Monica Kumar, director of Oracle's Linux programme office, pointed to the open source operating system becoming mainstream as "businesses are looking to Linux as a way to save...
  • Fifty Signs Of Mental Illness

    03/30/2006 7:19:13 AM PST · by theFIRMbss · 45 replies · 900+ views
    Fifty Signs Of Mental Illness website ^ | April 2005 | James Whitney Hicks, M.D.
    Anger Antisocial Behavior Anxiety Appetite Disturbances Avoidance Body Image Problems Compulsions Confusion Cravings Deceitfulness Delusions Denial Depression Dissociation Euphoria Fatigue Fears Flashbacks Grandiosity Grief Hallucinations Histrionics Hyperactivity Identity Confusion Impulsiveness Intoxication Jealousy Learning Difficulties Mania Memory Loss Mood Swings Movement Problems Nonsense Obsessions Oddness Physical Complaints and Pain Panic Paranoia Psychosis Religious Preoccupations Self-Esteem Problems Self-Mutilation Sexual Performance Problems Sexual Preoccupations Sleep Problems Sloppiness Speech Difficulties Stress Suicidal Thoughts Trauma
  • Dell warms to Linux and open source

    03/23/2006 6:06:18 AM PST · by Halfmanhalfamazing · 94 replies · 693+ views
    vnunet ^ | 22 Mar 2006 | Iain Thomson
    Dell will be partnering with Novell in April to provide server customers with a single console to manage hardware and software on Linux servers.
  • No 100% Transfers of Business in Novell to SC or SC to Caldera

    03/20/2006 3:14:54 PM PST · by Salo · 22 replies · 443+ views
    Groklaw ^ | 03/20/06 | Pamela Jones
    Here's the Order [PDF] by Magistrate Judge Brooke Wells from the hearing on December 20, 2005 on IBM's motion to compel a recalcitrant SCO to hand over what SCO claimed were privileged materials and on SCO's New Renewed Motion to Compel Discovery. We know the outcome, because Judge Wells announced her decisions on both motions at the hearing from the bench. But now we have it in writing. IBM won its motion, and the order includes the following priceless gem: 1. In the Novell to Santa Cruz transaction, Novell did not transfer to Santa Cruz the entirety of Novell's business;...
  • New Twist on Spyware--Ransonware (My Title)

    03/16/2006 7:43:24 PM PST · by yhwhsman · 36 replies · 1,360+ views
    LurHQ ^ | March 11, 2006 | by LURHQ Threat Intelligence Group
    In May 2005, a trojan called PGPcoder was discovered in the wild by Websense Security Labs. The trojan's purpose was to encrypt a user's files, then demand a ransom for their decryption. Although this scheme seemed novel, it is actually predated by over 15 years, by a similar scam in 1989. LURHQ's Threat Intelligence Group has now discovered a third such scheme involving ransomware which we are calling Cryzip. Unlike PGPcoder, which used a custom encryption scheme (which was subsequently reverse-engineered by LURHQ), Cryzip uses a commercial zip library in order to store files inside a password-protected zip. Although the...
  • Gates loves the poor (but Windows more?)

    03/16/2006 4:35:16 PM PST · by twntaipan · 3 replies · 258+ views
    ArsTechnica ^ | 3/16/2006 | Nate Anderson
    Bill Gates was recently named one of Time's people of the year for the incredible amounts of money he has given to fight poverty and disease around the world. But just because Bill cares about poor people doesn't mean that he wants to see them use Linux. Gates demonstrated the new Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) at the Microsoft Government Leaders Forum this week, and later began trash talking the US$100 PC currently under development at MIT. It's hard to see how a philanthropist could not love a device designed to put basic computing power in the hands of every child on...
  • New Search Engine "Gulag.com" Coming To USA

    03/14/2006 3:19:40 PM PST · by StoneGiant · 5 replies · 375+ views
      New Search Engine "Gulag.com" Coming To USA By Red Square3/14/2006, 6:43 pm A powerful search tool, originally designed to the rigorous specifications of the Chinese government, is now available in the USA . The latest innovations in search technology allow Gulag.com to provide you with search results without even having to type! Just click one button - your search will be returned immediately. Coming soon is the "advanced" mode, where you can actually type in your request! Immediately, your search is refined before even being submitted! No more faulty searches where you have to retype your query! No more...
  • Google blocks anti-communist web sites in the USA.

    03/12/2006 11:42:21 PM PST · by Jack Black · 143 replies · 3,995+ views
    The Peoples Cube - web site (via LGF blog) ^ | March 10, 2006 | Red Square
    Google has now begun censoring web results in the USA. Previously they have admitted censoring sites in China. Like the Chinese censorship the sites being cut from the search results are anti-communist. The following letter is from the web site "The Peoples Cube Worldwide" which is a parody-of-Marxism site. Google Purges The People's Cube Worldwide By Red Square 3/10/2006, 10:13 pm Open letter #2 to Google from the People's Cube (posted on Google.com Help Center at 8:30pm on March 10, 2006 Dear comrades at Google: At some point, quite recently, our popular site "The People's Cube" (ThePeoplesCube.com) was purged from...
  • GPL 3.0: A bonfire of the vanities?

    03/09/2006 9:51:12 AM PST · by antiRepublicrat · 15 replies · 324+ views
    News.com ^ | March 9, 2006 | Jonathan Zuck
    I often find myself comparing the strife and pathos of the information technology industry to Greek and Shakespearean tragedies. Yet, the current debate on GPL 3.0 has me thinking back to my high school European history class. In the late 15th century, the Renaissance was at its height and Florence was at its center. Under the patronage of the Medici family, "humanist" scholars were fueling an explosion in new works of art, science and philosophy. Though it was also a time of increased vice (drinking, gambling and lipstick), most of these humanists were dedicated Christians who were merely reconciling their...