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Submission + - Wikileaks took advice from media outlets (google.com) 1

Submitted by formfeed on Sunday December 05, 2010 @12:40AM

formfeed writes: According to the AP (through Google News), Wikileaks isn't just sitting on the recent material so they can release it bit by bit to the press, as many people implied. On the contrary, it's quite the other way around: "only after considering advice from five news organizations with which it chose to share all of the material" are they releasing it themselves. These Newspapers "have been advising WikiLeaks on which documents to release publicly and what redactions to make to those documents"

AP questions whether Wikileaks will follow these redactions, but nevertheless seems quite impressed by this "extraordinary collaboration between some of the world's most respected media outlets and the WikiLeaks organization"

Submission + - Ubuntu moving to rolling releases (theregister.co.uk)

Submitted by formfeed on Wednesday November 24, 2010 @01:13AM

formfeed writes: The register claims that "Ubuntu is moving away from its established six-month-cycle and potentially to a future where software updates land on a daily basis."
While this sounds like a sudden change, it is apparently more of a long-term thought. The Register quotes Shuttleworth:

"Today we have a six-month release cycle," Shuttleworth said. "In an internet-oriented world, we need to be able to release something every day. "That's an area we will put a lot of work into in the next five years. The small steps we are putting in to the Software Center today, they will go further and caster than people might have envisioned in the past."

But given that many of Shuttleworth's thoughts became decisions later on, it might be interesting to see, where this one leads.

Interestingly enough, 5 years is about the time, when Ubuntu will run out of letters.

Submission + - How to become an old white guy and move to Canada (thestar.com) 1

Submitted by formfeed on Friday November 05, 2010 @12:36PM

formfeed writes: The Toronto Star has a story how a young man from Hong Kong disguised himself as an old white guy, so he could get on a flight to Canada, where he asked for Asylum.

Not only did he wear a — really believable — silicone mask, he apparently had also studied his role pretty well. Don' t know how he did it, but since he didn't wear a plaid shirt, his character can' t be based on the Red Green show.

Submission + - Oh nos: Hole in linux kernel exploited in the wild

Submitted by formfeed on Saturday September 18, 2010 @12:00PM

formfeed writes: Heise (http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Hole-in-Linux-kernel-provides-root-rights-1081317.html) reports about a new hole in the linux kernel, that allows a local user to get root access. A proof of concept exploit is available. The hole has apparently been fixed years ago, but reopened recently. Hmmm..

Submission + - Mom charged for son's dry ice experiment. (omaha.com)

Submitted by formfeed on Wednesday June 30, 2010 @10:41PM

formfeed writes: This just in from the you-must-be-kidding-me department:

Police was called to a house in Omaha where a 14 year old made some "dry ice bombs" ( dry ice in soda bottles).

Since the mom knew about it, she is now facing felony charges for child abuse and possession of a destructive device.

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