Ars Technica notes New e-voting study shows it's really easy to steal an election. “If you have some basic tech skills, a few readily available tools, and some hooligan friends, then you too could steal an election. Sadly, election fraud ain't that hard in the age of electronic voting.”
Tell your local officials: paper ballots are [...]
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols rejoices that “SCO hits iceberg,” but, while I'm relieved no poor judgement was rendered, this shouldn't come as any surprise. Most people felt SCO had no basis for their lawsuit, and that the entire process was targetted as a chilling effect, deterring the more risk-averse from trying or deploying Free and Open [...]
ComputerWorld reports “Update: Novell board ousts CEO Messman: COO and President Ron Hovsepian will take over CEO duties” I hope this turns out to be a good thing for Novell. Their SuSE distribution has a great reputation and their plan to merge Novell server technologies into their Linux offering is a promising avenue.
Looks like it's time for the monthly Apple patch-and-reboot. Get Patching!
The 10.4.7 Update is recommended for all users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes for the following applications and technologies. It includes fixes for:
- preventing AFP deadlocks and dropped connections
- saving Adobe and Quark documents to AFP mounted volumes
- Bluetooth [...]
Via OSNews, Jem Matson asks “Is Desktop Linux Distros Headed in the Wrong Direction?.” “The impending release of Windows Vista with its fancy Aero Glass special effects, along with the hasty addition of the similar XGL and Compiz technologies to the latest SUSE Linux release makes me think that programmers have a warped idea of [...]
Tim Berners-Lee writes “When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's permission. Now, hundreds of millions of people are using it freely. I am worried that that is going end in the USA.” Read more here.
A WinSCP security flaw that would allow remote command execution on Windows machines where the WinSCP program had been installed as the protocol handler for sftp:// or scp:// links has been fixed in the new version 3.8.2. All users are encourage to update.
Slashdot post: WinFS Gets the Axe. commander salamander writes “Over at the WinFS Team Blog, Quentin Clark states that Microsoft no longer plans to ship WinFS as a standalone software component. Instead, portions of the underlying technology will be included with the next release of SQL Server (codename Katmai) and ADO.NET. Does this spell the [...]
OSNews report 'The Misconception Macs Are Too Expensive'. “When one takes the seamless integration, stability, ease of use, quality engineering, the TCO, and the ability to boot Windows, one can easily conclude that a Mac is not necessarily a more expensive proposition. The argument that Mac's are too expensive no longer applies. Although you can [...]
eWeek reports: Highly Critical RealVNC Flaw Fixed “A “highly critical” flaw in RealVNC's virtual network computing software could allow malicious hackers to access a remote system without a password, according to a published advisory.”
It's last month's news, but I didn't notice it when it went by. An associate told me of witnessing a machine being [...]
