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Submission + - Ubuntu vs. Vista - The Battle Continues

Submitted by

muszek

on Friday April 27, 2007 @08:45PM

muszek writes: "Earlier tonight Information Week's comparison of Ubuntu and Windows Vista was posted on Slashdot. The article was written by a Windows power user. For those who want to hear the other side of the story, Ubuntu News posted a lenghty reply. Saying Windows' "add/remove programs" is equal to apt-get goodness simply cannot go unnoticed."

Submission + - Apple: Is Mac OS X wide open by default?

Submitted by evw on Friday April 27, 2007 @07:26PM

evw writes: Subrosasoft has announced MacLockPick that claims to grab all the passwords stored in the Key Chain including but not limited to logins, disk images, Wi-Fi passwords, iTunes, iChat, Remote Desktop, email, all your banking info, and peer to peer information. MacNN, Gizmodo and other blogs review it.

This sounds like snake-oil to me. Granted, anyone with physical access to your machine to plug in this USB based device can probably pwn you to start with, but this device seems to rely on the user leaving everything wide open. If you use FileVault, turn off auto-login, require a password to wake from sleep, use a decent password and don't grant KeyChain Access blanket permission to access your key chains, does this thing really work? It seems to me that it relies on the digital equivalent of the password written on a post-it stuck to the monitor.

But even if the claims are true, don't panic because it's only for sale to licensed investigators.

Submission + - MIT's Dean of Admissions Resigns

Submitted by

Todd

on Friday April 27, 2007 @07:26PM

Todd writes: "It turns out that the dean of admissions at MIT has lied about her education. She fessed up after 28 years and left with her head hanging low. The press release can be viewed at MIT's website at http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/admissions-hast ings.html"

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