A new report from the Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General says the government is making a big mistake by not making ID theft prevention and prosecution a top priority.
<b>Sure, it's Secure:</b> "When your earnings depend on one fragile system--whether it's Windows running all your computers or one cash crop--you're always one devastating bug away from disaster."
<b>Raiden's Realm:</b> "Recently Dell began denying purchasers of their Linux desktop machines the ability to get a refund on their "Windows Tax", the carefully hidden cost of Windows included in the price of the machine they just purchased. So why are they doing this?"
Google announces its solution to the China standoff with plans to redirect traffic from Google.cn to Hong Kong version of the search engine to deliver unfiltered Web content.
Google announces its solution to the China standoff with plans to redirect traffic from Google.cn to Hong Kong version of the search engine to deliver unfiltered Web content.
<b>OSNews:</b> "You mentioned (pre-interview) your organization is looking at making a move to Linux servers. What operating system have you been running and what prompted the change?"
MySQL is a great database for web-facing applications, however, it tends to be a bit rough around the edges. Enter Maatkit, a great toolkit with a bewildering array of command line tools that fill the gap where MySQL's native tools leave off. From data replication to query profiling and optimizing, Maatkit has tools to make you smarter, and help you get your job done.
MySQL is a great database for web-facing applications, however, it tends to be a bit rough around the edges. Enter Maatkit, a great toolkit with a bewildering array of command line tools that fill the gap where MySQL's native tools leave off. From data replication to query profiling and optimizing, Maatkit has tools to make you smarter, and help you get your job done.
Developers can use multi-touch and Visual Studio 2010 to create compelling business applications. Steve Apiki walks us through the creation of a basic business contact application that uses multi-touch to navigate the database and manipulate the data.
<b>OpenAttitude:</b> "The road to running a 100% Linux shop started for yours truly last year when I dumped my MacBook for a cheap and cheerful Eee PC; it proved itself worthy of world travel during Nokia’s N97 24/7 tour."
<b>The Linux Box: </b>"Statistically OpenOffice.org is used somewhere between 0.2% and 22% depending as to where you live. I am seeing more and more OOo use. My intention with this article is not to proselytize OOo, but instead to show some good ways to extend the use of OOo."
More than 35,000 Arkansas National Guard soldiers are learning that their names, social security numbers and other personal data are at risk after an external hard drive vanished.
<b>Anita Borg Institute:</b> "The Anita Borg Systers Pass-It-On (PIO) Awards honor Anita Borg’s desire to create a network of technical women helping one another."
<b>WDVL:</b> "HTML5 promises to revolutionize the way you build web sites. Check out what fantastic new features are in store in the forthcoming Web standard."
<b>Handle With Linux:</b> "Making music on Linux used to be something for masochists. Luckily this is long something of the past, as nowadays lot's of cool Linux software and compatible hardware is available to musicians."
While China is widely regarded as the unofficial headquarters for hacking and digital espionage, the country doesn't even crack Sophos' Top 12 for spam production.
One of the world's most popular online gaming sites is under siege from a creative malware scam that attempts to swindle players' personal information and gaming credits.