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L.A. Court Shuts Down Spyware Op

  • InternetNews.com; By Roy Mark (Posted by tuxchick on Nov 11, 2005 5:25 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
From the hip-hip hooray dept:

A Los Angeles District Court ordered three Web marketing companies to cease and desist an operation using the lure of free ringtones and browser updates to download spyware and adware to users' computers.

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the court also ordered a halt to the deceptive downloads of a marketing affiliate that helped spread malicious software by offering free background music for blogs.

Amazon Gets Patents on Consumer Reviews

  • InternetNews.com; By Susan Kuchinskas (Posted by tuxchick on Nov 11, 2005 4:14 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
From the Yes, the Patent Office Truly Is On Crack Dept.:

The third patent is the real kicker. It covers methods for encouraging consumers to write reviews of items they've purchased by determining the optimal times to send them e-mails or reminders.

SGI to show next-generation Linux machines

Switch from "brick" servers to blades is among the changes in the high-end Altix 4000, based on Linux and Intel's Itanium.

Review: MySQL 5.0 open source database

A review of the recently-released MySQL 5.0 from a developer.

Full Story

Related Link:
Interview with Marten Mickos, CEO of MySQL

Artesyn Supports MontaVista Linux for KosaiPM AdvancedMC Modules

Artesyn Communication Products has announced availability of MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition for its KosaiPM AdvancedMC modules. The hot-swappable, single-wide AdvancedMC card easily enables processing power to be added to AdvancedTCA blades, MicroTCA systems, and proprietary systems equipped with AdvancedMC expansion bays

Novell Does a 180 on KDE Support

After announcing GNOME would be its default desktop, Novell has decided that it will continue to support KDE on its enterprise Linux family after all.

Linux Gets Some Retail Respect

Computers running the Linux operating system are continuing to advance into the consumer retail market, with the announcement this week that Micro Center will sell desktops and laptops running Linspire's Linux.

First Trojan using Sony DRM spotted

Virus writers have begun taking advantage of Sony-BMG's use of rootkit technology in DRM software bundled with its music CDs.

[Ed.- Now that's innovation!]

Related LXer stories:

Sony's (Non-Existent) Corporate Conscience
Is it time for Sony to recall their rootkit DRM music Cd's?
Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far
Bots in the A/C, spyware in the 'fridge
Sony DRM is worse than you might think
World of Warcraft hackers using Sony BMG rootkit

Latest Word Processing: Setting new standards in the Office segment

Here are just a few benefits of this “new technology”:
  • Handles symbols and international character sets
  • Simple integration of graphics into text
  • Portable and stand-alone
  • Can be used “out of the box”, no manual or training required.
  • Encryption (so-called “Write-only-Code”, for example for doctors’ prescriptions)
  • Fully compatible with all user interfaces
  • Recyclable through use of natural materials, no need to return to the dealer for disposal

The free software answer to the microsoft nightmare becoming OUR nightmare

  • Advogato; By Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton (Posted by tuxchick on Nov 10, 2005 10:12 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Community
A recent slashdot and news.com article highlights the ten year nightmare for microsoft: the Internet taking over in a cheaper way, in which microsoft desktops cannot compete. My question to the free software community is: what is the answer (not to microsoft, as everyone keeps trying to fight microsoft on THEIR terms) but what is the answer to microsoft's nightmare also becoming OUR nightmare?

DRM - Digital Rights Minimization

  • Writer's Block Live; By Mike Evangelist (Posted by tuxchick on Nov 10, 2005 9:01 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial
From this day forward I will never spend another dime on content that I can’t use the way I please. [Ed.- Great rant from a former Apple exec.]

Forgotten Password - Good Guy Box Cracking

  • Linux Step-by-Step; By David Bandel (Posted by tuxchick on Nov 10, 2005 8:14 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
I found out is that the following is the easiest and most foolproof (not to mention fastest) way to do this:

[Ed.- Once again demonstrating the moldy old Unix dictum "Whoever has physical possession of the box owns it."]

Heavily updated Camino 1.0 Beta 1 browser released for Mac OS X

Camino 1.0 Beta 1 brings you a heavily updated version of the only native Mac OS X browser using Mozilla.org's Gecko HTML rendering engine. The Mozilla Organization's Camino pages state that they have "made great improvements, adding new features, improving existing features, and fixing many bugs and performance issues."

[Ed.- and creating new issues: "Due to changes in the feature set, Camino no longer supports Mac OS X 10.1. The Mozilla Organization advises people still using OS X 10.1 to stay with Camino 0.8.4."]

Setting up a PXE-Boot Server

This documents how to setup a PXE boot server for Linux. This assumes that you're using Redhat/FC as the PXE boot server.

Ibm, Red Hat join others in Linux patent venture

When the Open Invention Network acquires patents, they will be available to any company, institution or individual that agrees not to assert its patents against the Linux operating system or certain Linux-related applications.

LXer Feature: Survival Guide For Women In FOSS: Striking Out On Your Own

Most women, when they plan their careers, think in terms of having jobs. But why limit yourself? The computing world is a haven for the self-employed, and the FOSS world supplies tools and opportunities you won't find anywhere else...The whole idea is to do something that you find personally rewarding, get paid for it, and do it your way.

California Suing Sony Over Rootkit DRM

  • Slashdot; By samzenpus (Posted by tuxchick on Nov 10, 2005 9:49 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
"California has filed a class-action lawsuit against Sony and a second one may be filed today in New York. The lawsuit was filed Nov. 1 in Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles by Vernon, CA. It asks the court to prevent Sony from selling additional CDs protected by the anti-piracy software, and seeks monetary damages for California consumers who purchased them. The suit alleges that Sony's software violates at least three California statutes...

[Ed.- Hurrah! Sic 'em. Many good links in the article.]

SAP dismisses open source innovation

  • VNUNet.com; By Tom Sanders (Posted by tuxchick on Nov 9, 2005 10:22 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
"IP socialism is the worst that can happen," argues SAP president Shai Agassi

Open source will fail to deliver innovation and is more likely to break applications, said SAP executive Shai Agassi, president of SAP's product and technology group.

[Ed.- A truly breathtaking article.]

Hotrod Your Linksys WAP with Linux (Part 3)

  • Enteprise Networking Planet; By Carla Schroder (Posted by tuxchick on Nov 9, 2005 7:59 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
Now that we have ripped out the stock guts out of our Linksys WRT54G and replaced them with a miniature, but mighty, Linux operating system, it's time to configure it to do some actual work...sharing a broadband connection, and configuring a local DNS/DHCP server the easy way.

Are You Infected by Sony-BMG's Rootkit?

You insert your CD into your Windows PC, click "agree" in the pop up window, and the CD automatically installs software that uses rootkit techniques to cloak itself from you.... But how do you know whether you've been infected?

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