<b>Tux Radar:</b> "To kill the time between now and the announcement of what's to come in the next version, we decided to take a look at the keywords used to describe previous Ubuntu releases to see how priorities have changed over the years"
In this age of cloud computing, massive parallel systems and complex security threats like identity theft and decentralized botnets, devoting resources to combat the seemingly age-old issue of integer overflow appears distinctly passC). Despite the fact that integer overflow is such a well know problem, particularly within C and C++ programming, the problem remains a real issue from both a defect and security standpoint, that's why the introduction of the SafeInt template class in Visual C++ 2010 to address overflows is a great addition.
<b>Netstat -vat:</b> "With VP8, the promise from Google is a video codec on par with H.264 that will be available royalty-free. It's a good idea, but there might be a problem."
<b>Serverwatch:</b> "Based on Oracle's recent actions, it seems the company is hell-bent on driving as many of its potential customers as possible away from the UNIX offerings it acquired from Sun and into the arms of Red Hat and other enterprise Linux vendors."
In an effort to boost security across the Web, Mozilla is extending its service for verifying plugins to competing browsers, although some questions remain.
New study surveying Microsoft vulnerabilities concludes that most can be mitigated by tightening up admin permissions ahead of the monthly patch cycle.
By now, it's practically canon that bad passwords can have catastrophic consequences. What can a security admin do to ensure users are doing their part for server security? Enter Medusa, an open source software password auditing tool for Linux that will put all of your organization's passwords to the test.
Database management systems (DBMSs) have simultaneously simplified and complicated the lives of many IT workers. Error codes passed from the database back to the application can take on more than 1000 values. What level of error checking should developers include in applications?
SSDs can improve database and file system performance, but there are a number of issues that need to be addressed to make the most of the pricey drives.
<b>Phoronix:</b> "NVIDIA's open-source Linux efforts as it concerns their GPU support have historically been minimal. The xf86-video-nv driver has been around that provides very basic 2D acceleration and a crippled set of features besides that"
Andrew Lock shows how to serve your customers by challenging industry norms, innovate with existing products and combine information with promotion to with your customers.
<b>LinuxPR:</b> The GNOME Project is proud to announce GNOME 2.30, the latest stable release of the popular Free Software desktop environment and applications suite.
<b>LWN.net:</b> "One of the features expected with the upcoming Ubuntu 10.04 release is the Ubuntu One Music Store (UOMS). The UOMS is a mechanism by which Ubuntu users can purchase songs in the MP3 format, with some of the revenue going to support Canonical."
<b>Stop:</b> "These are only a few of the many resources that you can use to understand how important DFD is for you, even if, personally, you don't care at all about computers. The rest of this page, instead, explains how even a job offer from one of the greatest enemies of Document Freedom, Microsoft, proves the same point."