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Government Interception Attacks via SSL-> 0

Submitted by AHuxley on Monday January 31 2011, @02:23AM

AHuxley writes "cloudprivacy.net has an open letter to Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt about ssl usage. The six page letter signed by 38 researchers and academics supports HTTPS encryption by default. Google Voice, Health, AdSense and Adword all have HTTPS on and it is hoped all of Googles products can offer users the same protection soon.
A hosted paper by Christopher Soghoian and Sid Stamm proves insight into a certificate creation attack, in which government agencies may compel a certificate authority to issue false SSL certificates that can be used by intelligence agencies to covertly intercept and
hijack individuals’ secure Web-based communications."
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Developers Fork Mandriva Linux, Creating Mageia 206

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday September 18 2010, @11:50AM
from the onward-and-upward dept.

Anssi55 writes "As most of the Mandriva employees working on the Linux distribution were laid off due to the liquidation of Edge-IT (a subsidiary of Mandriva SA) and trust in the company has diminished, the development community (including the core developers) has decided to fork the project. The new Linux distribution, named Mageia, will be managed by a not-for-profit organization that will be set up in the coming days. There are already many people that have decided to follow the fork, but the people behind it are still welcoming any help offered in the various tasks related to establishing the new distribution."

Ars Technica: Galaxy Tab coming to all US carriers; no pricing yet, no 4G-> 0

From feed by feedfeeder on Thursday September 16 2010, @08:32PM

iPad watch out: Samsung is gunning to take over the tablet market. The company announced during a press conference late Thursday that the recently announced Galaxy Tab would be launching on all four major US cellular networks—Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile—and a WiFi-only option will be available soon. There won't be any 4G-capable devices at launch, however (only 3G), and Samsung is remaining mum on pricing.

As the company announced earlier this month, the device will run Android 2.2 (aka, Froyo) and will be able to play Adobe Flash content in the browser. Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch demoed Flash on the Galaxy Tab during the press conference, pointing out that users will be able to view embedded video and games just like they would on a personal computer. The Tab will also come with both front- and rear-facing cameras—a 3MP autofocus camera on the back with LED flash that can do still photos and "DVD quality videos," and a 1.3MP fixed focus camera on the front for video chatting. And, of course, the Tab comes with support for up to 32GB MicroSD cards in addition to its 16GB of internal storage. These are all features that the iPad currently lacks.

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WSJ rumors that VMware will buy Novell-> 1

Submitted by postbigbang on Thursday September 16 2010, @08:32PM

postbigbang writes "Steven J Vaughn-Nichols speculates on the WSJ piece that speculates VMware may be buying Novell's Linux assets (along with other core Novell assets). Will Big Red be Big Dead? Will SUSE be used as a fighting tool against Windows platforms? Will ex-Microsoft throne pretender Paul Maritz use Novell's Directory Services to sling against Microsoft? Discuss."
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Intel cofirms HDCP has been "cracked"-> 0

Submitted by tkrotchko on Thursday September 16 2010, @07:49PM

tkrotchko writes "Fox news is reporting that Intel has confirmed that the rumored "crack" of HDCP is real, although based on this sketchy news report it implies someone has derived the private key for HDCP which now allows people to create devices that will allow HDCP content to be decrypted without the permission of Intel and the media conglomerates. As of this moment, no one is aware of an actual device making use of this master key.

It is curious that Intel would confirm the key is genuine, since they own this technology and charge for its use."
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Open source tools for Video Editing-> 0

Submitted by linuxaria on Thursday September 16 2010, @07:02PM

linuxaria writes "As seen in a previous article on audio, there are many excellent open source tool to create professional solutions. Today I want to do a roundup on the video editing and show you some of the best open source software available for Linux to do video editing. if you know other software, feel free to drop me a note on the comments.
OpenShot
Kino
Cinellera
Lives
Kdenlive
Pitivi
VideoLan Movie Creator"
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Comment: Re:RIM job (Score 1) 109

by Jaggu19 on Tuesday August 31 2010, @02:06AM (#33423714) Attached to: RIM Reaches Temporary Agreement With India

... the ability to access private communications without any sort of check or balance and without a court order.

Cite sources please ... there is nothing in the news that says it happens unlawfully. If, however, the _law_ says that it can be done without a court order (and with the Indian equivalent of a National Security Letter) - then why not ?!

Verizon Refuses To Provide Complete IPv6 438

Posted by kdawson on Sunday October 04 2009, @08:12PM
from the no-routing-around-it dept.

Glendale2x writes "I'm a progressive sort of guy and I want to go full dual-stack, IPv6 for the future, etc. However I recently tried to turn up a new Verizon circuit with IPv6 (after a 6-month fiber install process), and to my chagrin the order they accepted back in May they're now saying is against their policy to provide. They're missing around 29% of the IPv6 internet and refuse to carry it. Tell me again how we're supposed to encourage IPv6 adoption in the face of a huge black hole like this?"