Here’s an example of the kind of thing that doesn’t help Linux advocates. It’s a list of things a user says he can do in Linux. Problem is, I do them almost all in Windows as easily as I do them in FreeBSD and Linux. It’s not personal, it’s just all too typical. I’m not [...]
Security Researcher Warns of Adobe PDFs:
This would not be the first time that PDFs have been considered security risks, but some observers note that previous attacks were designed for specific versions, while the risk uncovered by Petkov might be for all PDFs. This could point to a serious underlying flaw in the format or the [...]
Researcher Sees Potential iPhone Security Problems:
The iPhone has no security software, but Apple doesn’t let people load third-party programs on the device, reducing the risk of infection from malicious software. But when the iPhone is connected to the Web, possibilities emerge, said Marius van Oers, a security researcher with McAfee’s AVERT Labs in Amsterdam. [...]
I posted a comment on a Ziff-Davis blog the other day in which the author, Dana Blankenship, suggested cooperative efforts between Mozilla Sunbird and Open Office. While I agree that such cooperation between projects can only benefit users, I think those are the wrong projects to marry — at least in their present forms.
Sunbird is [...]
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