Submission + - UEFI Headaches Begin For Linux Users (benjaminkerensa.com) 4
An anonymous reader writes: Linux Users are already facing trouble with UEFI on new laptops when they go to install their favorite Linux distro.
Submission + - TSA Officer Leaves A 'Get Your Freak On' Note (forbes.com) 1
nonprofiteer writes: TSA officer finds a tiny vibrator in a passenger's bag, then scrawls a message on the official form letting her know that her bag had been searched: "Get your freak on, girl." C'mon, TSA, really? Funny, but so inappropriate.
Submission + - Tor anonymizing network Compromised by French rese (thehackernews.com)
An anonymous reader writes: French researchers from ESIEA, a French engineering school, have found and exploited some serious vulnerabilities in the TOR network. They performed an inventory of the network, finding 6,000 machines, many of whose IPs are accessible publicly and directly with the system’s source code. They demonstrated that it is possible to take control of the network and read all the messages that circulate.
But there are also hidden nodes, the Tor Bridges, which are provided by the system that in some cases. Researchers have developed a script that, once again, to identify them. They found 181. "We now have a complete picture of the topography of Tor," said Eric Filiol.
Read More at "The Hacker News" — http://thehackernews.com/2011/10/tor-anonymizing-network-compromised-by.html
But there are also hidden nodes, the Tor Bridges, which are provided by the system that in some cases. Researchers have developed a script that, once again, to identify them. They found 181. "We now have a complete picture of the topography of Tor," said Eric Filiol.
Read More at "The Hacker News" — http://thehackernews.com/2011/10/tor-anonymizing-network-compromised-by.html
Submission + - Linux 3.1
diegocg writes: "Linux 3.1 has been released. The changes include support for the OpenRISC opensource CPU, performance improvements to the writeback throttling, some speedups in the slab allocator, a new iSCSI implementation, support for Near-Field Communication chips used to enable mobile payments, bad block management in the generic software RAID layer, a new "cpupowerutils" userspace utility for power management, filesystem barriers enabled by default in Ext3, Wii Controller support and new drivers and many small improvements. Full changelog."
Submission + - Netflix Instant coming to entire Linux community! (benjaminkerensa.com)
Submission + - Email in Oracle-Google Case Will Remain Public (itworld.com)
itwbennett writes: "When last we left the Oracle/Google patent infringement saga, Oracle had been ordered by Judge William Alsup to lower its claim for damages to $100 million, give or take. Today Judge Alsup denied Google's attempt to get a potentially damaging e-mail redacted. 'What we've actually been asked to do by Larry and Sergey is to investigate what technology alternatives exist to Java for Android and Chrome,' Google engineer Tim Lindholm wrote in the Aug. 2010 e-mail. 'We've been over a hundred of these and think they all suck. We conclude that we need to negotiate a license for Java.'"
