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Submission + - New GMail Vulnerability - How bad will it get? (informationweek.com)

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on Tuesday November 25, 2008 @11:31AM

teknopurge writes: "With the discovery of another critical vulnerability in Gmail how long until a wide-spread issue is exploited that affects the entire "Cloud" for a given application? How fast will the attacks escalate and how much more severe can the vulnerabilities become?"

Submission + - Company Sells Open-Source Software As Its Own (zabbix.com) 4

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on Monday August 18, 2008 @09:15AM

teknopurge writes: "After using the software for years I was shocked to find that one of my favorite open-source projects, Zabbix, had its code stolen, rebranded and sold for profit as Firescope. Touting thier product as "revolutionary", Firescope has apparently copied the Zabbix repository and themed the interface without adhering to the GPL that Zabbix is distributed with. Is this not the worst fear of every open source project?"

Submission + - Firescope Software Really Just Stolen from Zabbix (zabbix.com) 1

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on Friday August 15, 2008 @05:05PM

teknopurge writes: "We've all seen those Firescope ads, even here on slashdot, for their great monitoring software. they just skinned the Zabbix GPL'd codebase, and are refusing to release the code. As valuable an asset as the Zabbix platform has been, should companies be allowed to profit form the work of others without credit?"

Submission + - Consumer JRE coming to production... (java.net)

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on Wednesday January 16, 2008 @01:54PM

teknopurge writes: "I have been spending a lot of time looking at the Java Kernel.(Formerly the Consumer JRE) It looks like during the past 10 years while Java has made huge inroads within larger businesses and web applications a small team has been working on a JRE that solves the largest issue with client Java uptake: speed. The new Java Kernel is much smaller and built for speed.(no joke, think native load times.) The tricks they are doing with memory mapping the class files reminds me of the utter brilliance and ingenuity of the Amiga graphics pipeline design. Could this be the final piece of the huge end-around the Java platform has take the past 15 years? With all the enterprise services already available to Java clients, will the Java Kernel crush rich .NET clients and Flash proliferation?"

Submission + - Eclipsing Eclipse: Netbeans 6.0 is Final (netbeans.org)

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on Tuesday December 04, 2007 @11:58AM

teknopurge writes: "Not only can you do Java, Ruby, C/C++, WSDL/SOA, and more, the new release of Netbeans 6.0 also streamlines basic web development. Get the tutorials and watch the TV station to get up-to-speed on the latest development tech around."

Submission + - Hushmail giving 'The Man' your private PGP keys 1

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on Friday November 16, 2007 @01:26PM

teknopurge writes: "Apparently Hushmail has been providing information to law enforcement behind the backs of their clients. Billed as secure email because of their use of PGP, Hushmail has been turning over private keys of users to the authorities on request. Yet another reason to use private hosting."

Submission + - Apple's iPhone update creates new species of Brick (cnn.com)

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on Friday September 28, 2007 @09:50AM

teknopurge writes: "They warned you, depending on the "educational" tool you used, you are now the proud new owner of a paperweight. Though not as expensive as bricks of gold, you're unlikely to find such costly building materials at your local Home Depot."

Submission + - Vertical Computer Goes for the Kill

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on Friday April 20, 2007 @05:09PM

teknopurge writes: "Vertical computer has filed suit against Bill & Co. alleging that the whole of the .NET framework uses one of their patents. The article is light on details, but what would the damage be to MS if the fundamental design of .NET, the CLR, was in violation of this very specific patent?"

Submission + - javascript ASM goodness

Submitted by teknopurge on Tuesday April 10, 2007 @10:26AM

teknopurge writes: A new breed of javascript asm emulators is emerging. Check out one for the 6502 and another for the x86. Not as slick as VHDL, but definitely scores high on the geek-meter. Could these be used for teaching? For hacking? For impressing women at parties? Judge.

Submission + - iPhone has Arrived

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on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @02:17PM

teknopurge writes: "AYBABTU, but seriously now, the much anticipated iPhone is here, and first impressions show that they hype leading up to the device came up short: it's pretty and has multiple spacial sensors. Check out the play-by-play at http://www.macrumorslive.com/."

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