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Linux Proprietary Driver - Catalyst 8.5 Release: x86 and x86_64 variants
via ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Releases by (author unknown) on May 20, 2008
Driver version: 8.493 NEW FEATURES: (1) Catalyst(amcccle) introduces Mipmap Detail, Catalyst A.I., and AA Filters in 3D page. ISSUES RESOLVED: (1) Support for video playback on the second head in dual head mode. (2) Change VT no longer fails when kernel module is not loaded. (3) Fixed display corruption in X when switching VT multiple times. (4) The Preference page in Catalyst(amcccle) is...
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Converting RPM to Debian Package and Vice Versa, Using Alien
via LinuxHaxor.net by Pavs on May 23, 2008
Converting these two major packages has never been easier. In this example we will use RPM package of virtualbox 1.60 (renamed it to test.rpm to make life easier), convert it to debian package and than convert that debian package back to RPM.Converting rpm to deb: sudo alien test.rpmConverting deb to rpm: sudo alien -r test debSo simple, yet effective. You can download it from here.Related...
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What happens when you ask a software pirate for Ubuntu?
via fsckin w| linux by Wayne on May 23, 2008
We’ve all seen the email scams, where software pirates offer amazing deals on software through email. In fact I got one such message today:From: michaell260@hotmail.comTo: wayne@fsckin.comDate: Fri, May 23, 2008 at 6:22 PMSubject: SoftwareSoftware up to 75% off retail.Most of the major programs are to expensive for most of us to justify buying. Now you can. Your opportunity is here.Operating...
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Set a Firefox World Record!
via The Mozilla Blog by mary on May 27, 2008
The New York Times ad…Firefox Flicks…the Firefox crop circle…Operation Firefox…you name it! The Firefox community is always up to some cool, collaborative way to declare their passion for Firefox. What better way to do this than band together to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours?!It’s a whole lot easier and safer than donning a beard of bees or...
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Linux filesystem defragmentation flame war
via MDLog:|sysadmin by - Marius - on May 27, 2008
Earlier this week I’ve read this article: “Defragmentation of Linux Filesystems“. The title and the headline made me interested enough, to go ahead and read it and see if there was something there to show me that linux filesystems do need defragmentation. The result was that I was not convinced at all, and on a quick check on some of my most used systems I could not see any defragmentation...
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More on Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP)
via Official Google Blog by Karen on June 02, 2008
Posted by Prashanth Koppula, Product ManagerWeb publishers often ask us how they can maximize their visibility on the web. Much of this has to do with search engine optimization -- making sure a publisher's content shows up on all the search engines.However, there are some cases in which publishers need to communicate more information to search engines -- like the fact that they don't...
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Yahoo SEM Logic Flaw
via ha.ckers.org web application security lab by (author unknown) on June 16, 2008
Shared by livibetter Now I know why was Yahoo for sale...In the wake of a few different speeches by Jeremiah Grossman and Billy Hoffman on logic flaws, I thought this was pretty appropriate. I got an anonymous message today explaining how an interesting logic flaw popped up in the search engine marketing portion of Yahoo’s website. According to them, the site allows you to send them $30 for...
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code_swarm - Python on Vimeo
via Doug Hellmann by (author unknown) on June 17, 2008
Shared by Thomas Stromberg I need to do this with our repos at work :)code_swarm - Python on VimeoThis is a really cool visualization of the commit history of the Python core by Michael Ogawa. His site includes movies for other open source projects, too. It's very interesting to see the difference in the results caused by variations in the organizational structure of the projects.
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The Pownce Worm (Yet Another Potential AJAX Worm)
via GNUCITIZEN by pdp on February 12, 2008
First of all I need to let you know that it is not within our practice to disclose vulnerabilities on specific online applications. However, given the fact that Pownce, the vendor, was responsibly informed and the fact that we believe that the issue is interesting enough to be discussed, we’ve decided to let you know about our findings. First of all, what’s Pownce:Pownce is a social...
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BitTorrent peer list encryption
via root labs rdist by Nate Lawson on February 17, 2008
BitTorrent has added a new method for encrypting peer lists. This is an attempt to avoid ISPs (such as Comcast) blocking connections that seem to be P2P traffic, as I previously wrote. This extension’s advantages and limitations are a good example for illustrating the fundamental leverage both sides have in this battle.The actual extension is pretty straightforward. Trackers manage files...
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