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MandrakeSoft has issued updated packages for the kernel. These fix two vulnerabilities, which may disclose sensitive information

In my previous column, I introduced some of the fundamental concepts behind using MySQL and SQL , explaining how to create tables, populate them with data, and

Use tape and/or disk as storage devices. Optionally fingerprint each file as it is backed up. Backup catalogs are retained within a database (SQLite or MySQL.

For example, consider what it takes to read and send email while travelling: configuring multiple protocols (POP, IMAP, SMTP) and tools ( fetchmail , Sendmail

By Mobile Pipeline News. A Taiwan laptop maker said Wednesday it is starting to sell Linux-based laptops in the US that will cost less than 00.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sam Palmisano has challenged his company to move to the Linux desktop over the next two years, according to an internal

China's Red Flag Software and Japan-based Miracle Linux have announced they will work together to produce a new, common version of Linux that will make it

Pigeon Point Systems is marketing GPL "editions" of its Monterey Linux that support three Texas Instruments (TI) DSP-based digital media processors. Pigeon Point Systems Announces Cost-Effecti

of the top makers of operating systems for embedded computing devices such as network gear or digital media players, has joined the Consumer Electronics Linux board - Linux News Wind River joins

top edges.". No argument here. Tabbed browsing persuaded me to switch to Safari and Mozilla for most of my Web surfing. The main

The way we chose MySQL as the database for this book is a good example of the considerations and trade-offs you will have to make.

"Linux kernel version 2.6.1 has been released."

This week, advisories were released for the Linux kernel, lftp, ethereal, screen, BIND, libnids, mpg321, nd, jabber, zebra, fsp, and vbox3. The distributors include Conectiva, Debian, Guardian Digital EnGarde Secure Linux, Fedora, Immunix, Mandrake, Openwall, Red Hat, Slackware, SuSE, Trustix, and Turbolinux.

New kernels are available for Slackware 8.1 containing a backported fix from a bounds-checking problem in the kernel's mremap() call which could be used by a local attacker to gain root privileges. This fix was previously issued for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, and -current (SSA:2004-006-01).

Over the coming months, the majority of the Mozilla codebase will be relicensed under an MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license. The change will

By Jan Stafford, Site Editor. If you think Mozilla is a simple little Web browser, think again. "It's as complex and flexible underneath

By Michael S. Mimoso, News Editor. Red Hat Inc. released an update to Ethereal that repairs two buffer overflow vulnerabilities found

browser going. Why wait? No matter how you cut it, Linux at home meant an anorak in the wardrobe. But now there's Knoppix. The promise

As open source grows, the need for support grows, and this new need has led to the development of a new support option: third-party vendors who manage or patch

The project combines open source and shared source development based on an interesting marriage of GPL/LGPL borrowed from the xbox-linux port with software