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AMD rocks Intel with, er, four-core demo

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:01:03 +0200

We'll show you . . . in mid-2007

In a most anti-climatic move, AMD has fought back against Intel's release of four-core processors with a demo unit.…

Ubuntu: GTK vulnerability

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:01:03 +0200

A flaw was discovered in the error handling of GTK's image loading library. Applications opening certain corrupted images could be made to crash, causing a denial of service. ...

IBM eighty-sixes server chief

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 01:01:03 +0200

Wither Whitney

Exclusive IBM and x86 server chief Susan Whitney have parted ways, The Register can reveal.…

10 Years of Pushing For Linux — and Giving Up

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:01:04 +0200

boyko.at.netqos writes "Jim Sampson at Network Performance Daily writes about his attempts over a decade to get Linux working in a business/enterprise environment, but each time, he says, something critical just didn't work, and eventually, he just gave up. The article caps with his attempts to use Ubuntu Edgy Eft — only to find a bug that still prevented him from doing work." Quoting: "For the next ten years, I would go off and on back to this thought: I wanted to support the Open Source community, and to use Linux, but every time, the reality was that Linux just was not ready... Over the last six years, I've tried periodically to get Linux working in the enterprise, thinking, logically, that things must have improved. But every time, something — sometimes something very basic — prevented me from doing what I needed to do in Linux."

Skype woos sysadmins with FaceTime software

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:01:04 +0200

Corporate control

Skype is to integrate's FaceTime security management tools into its software, giving system administrators easier access to, and control of, corporate users.…

Fujitsu shows world's smallest optical spot

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:01:11 +0200

But don't laugh - it could boost hard disk capacities ten-fold

Fujitsu has demonstrated what it claims is the world's first optical device capable of producing a beam less than 100nm across.…

Microsoft Applies To Patent DRM'ed OS Modules

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:01:03 +0200

wellingj writes "Microsoft has applied for a patent that sounds on the face of it like it ought to improve OS stability and reliability: the patent proposes to modularize device drivers much like Linux does. But, going further, Microsoft would apply DRM to these modules — as Groklaw puts it, 'using modularity plus DRM to restrict and contain and enforce.' The net result is that you might have to pay extra for OS hardware support. Things like USB keys, DVD-ROMS, Raid drives, and video cards might not be supported out of the box. LXer indulges in some dystopian speculation."

Your data is protected: but is it protected enough?

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:01:03 +0200

Big calls for small biz

Storage briefing You might think your data is protected, but is it protected enough? There are plenty of statistics around on how rarely businesses survive the complete loss of their IT systems and data, but these days, it's not just a matter of business continuity - it's a legal requirement as well.…

Debian: New gtk+2.0 packages fix denial of service

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:01:03 +0200

Updated package....

Dell's CEO Rollins evicted from brass box

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:01:03 +0200

Dell 2.0 - 'Now shipping with less brain'

Comment Dell's siamese twin management experiment has ended with only the brand name baby surviving the surgeon's cut.…

Third NetBSD Hackathon Summary

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:01:03 +0200

jschauma writes, "The third NetBSD Hackathon was held on Saturday and Sunday, November 25th and 26th, 2006. NetBSD users and developers met on IRC to prepare NetBSD for the upcoming re-branching of NetBSD 4.0. Approximately thirty NetBSD developers and more than 140 NetBSD users joined in on the two days, paying particular attention to improving install documentation and ensuring build stability. A Wiki page as a TODO list was used for the first time, an approach that is likely to be used in future hackathons. All in all, over 200 bugs have been worked on in those two days and while not all of the critical showstoppers could be fixed, valuable progress was made in identifying root causes."

HP fires data center robot, hires cooling sensors

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:01:03 +0200

Can't get good help

HP once hurled robots and processor spays at customers, as its answers to cooling data centers. Today, it's only selling air conditioning sensors.…

Dell makes server software simple, simple, simple for slow admins

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:01:03 +0200

Ser - ver

While rivals keep banging on about their inventions, acquisitions and flashy gear, Dell insists that it's keeping server management simple - so simple that even the simplest simpleton could simply administer a server in a simple fashion.…

IPTV/VoD: How to set up your own home/office system

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:01:03 +0200

It's dead easy, mate

Industry comment There's a secret many people in the IPTV/VoD industry don't want you to know. Setting up an IPTV network is actually incredibly easy. In fact, almost anyone can do it. But if you knew that, you'd build your own and no one would make any money by selling you proprietary products with huge mark-ups.…

Jens Axboe On Kernel Development

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:01:04 +0200

BlockHead writes "Kerneltrap.org is running an interview with Jens Axboe, 15 year Linux veteran and the maintainer of the linux kernel block layer, 'the piece of software that sits between the block device drivers (managing your hard drives, cdroms, etc) and the file systems.' The interview examines what's involved in maintaining this complex portion of the Linux kernel, and offers an accessible explanation of how IO schedulers work. Jens details his own CFQ, or Complete Fair Queue scheduler which is the default Linux IO scheduler. Finally, the article examines the current state of Linux kernel development, how it's changed over the years, and what's in store for the future."

Cisco goes power-crazy

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:01:04 +0200

New stackable Gig and fan-less switches are all-PoE

Cisco has announced a bunch of Gigabit and Power-over Ethernet (PoE) switches at its annual Networkers beanfest in Cannes.…

3Com adds Linux blade to routers

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:01:04 +0200

Application blade runs open source apps

Interoperability and openness will be the keys to the network in the future, 3Com claimed, as it announced Linux-based blades for its 6000-series routers that will let them run third-party apps.…

Linux 2.6.20-rc6 Kernel Performance

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:01:03 +0200

Michael writes "The Linux 2.6.20 kernel will feature KVM support, Playstation 3 support, and a variety of other improvements. With the Linux 2.6.20-rc6 kernel out the door, Phoronix has written a performance comparison of the Linux 2.6.20-rc6 kernel against the 2.6.19 and 2.6.19.2 kernels in a variety of benchmarks."

Mandriva: Updated bind packages fix DoS vulnerabilities

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:01:03 +0200

Use-after-free vulnerability in ISC BIND 9.3.0 up to 9.3.3, 9.4.0a1 up to 9.4.0a6, 9.4.0b1 up to 9.4.0b4, 9.4.0rc1, and 9.5.0a1 (Bind Forum only) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (named daemon crash) via unspecified vectors that c...

Fedora Metrics Help Whole Linux Community

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:01:04 +0200

lisah writes "When Fedora released Fedora Core 6 late last year, the team decided to track the number of users with unique IP addresses who connected to yum in search of updates for a new installation of FC6. According to the data they collected, FC6 crossed the one-million user mark in just 74 days. Fedora Project Leader Max Spevack says that while it's great to use metrics to better understand what users want, the real value lies in its ability to encourage hardware vendors to more offer more Linux-oriented goods and services. Spevack told Linux.com: '[W]e always say we wish hardware vendors had more [Linux-capable] drivers. Well, if you can go to them and say, "Hey, there's millions of people using this," then maybe they will listen. In the real world, you need data to prove your case. Well, here it is.'" Linux.com and Slashdot are both owned by OSTG.