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Submission + - A new security distro is our, Codename "ProTec

Submitted by
M4sterguru
M4sterguru writes: "Techm4sters team is proud to inform is first release of a security distro.
Codename " ProTech ". This distro in turn to networks administrators,
pentesters and others towards to security. The platform is perfect, it's
based on the latest ubuntu feisty. It's user friendly, and newbies are
welcome to this edition. A real swiss knife, the must have cd, that can be
use to many network operations. See with your eyes, and check http://www.techm4sters.org./"
Businesses

Submission + - Terror and Stock Market

Submitted by sas-dot
sas-dot writes: Terrorist attacks on vital institutions and installations often send stock indexes tumbling in the past. But the scenario is changing fast. Jihadi groups are now floating fictitious companies to manipulate stock markets to generate funds for their operations. India's National Security Advisor (NSA), M K Narayanan warned of similar developments in India citing isolated reports of companies that had come in from the Mumbai and Chennai stock exchanges , some of which were traced to terrorist outfits. IT companies / BPO's could be target and is not far fetching, considering what happen recently a BPO was supporting call services to drug laundering.
Technology (Apple)

Submission + - Australian Telco queries viability of iPhone

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: This article: http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/telstra-to-a pple-stick-to-your-knitting/2007/02/15/11714053632 91.html details Telstra's belief that the long term success of the iPhone is doubtful.

From the article: "Telstra's operations chief Greg Winn, considered the telco's second-in-change and the man who oversees most of its big product decisions, believes the iPhone may meet some significant operational challenges when it makes its market debut."
Biotech

Stem Cell Research Paper Recalled 112

Posted by CowboyNeal from the making-the-grade dept.
MattSparkes writes "One of the best-known stem cell papers describes adult cells that seemed to hold the same promise as embryonic stem cells. Now some of the data contained within the paper is being questioned, after staff at a consumer science magazine noticed errors. It shows how even peer-reviewed papers can sometimes 'slip through the net' and get to publication with inaccurate data."
Mozilla

Submission + - Over 27% of Firefox patches come from volunteers

Submitted by
dolphinling
dolphinling writes: "Everyone knows the Mozilla Corporation makes a lot of money and employs a lot of people now. Google has full-time employees working on Firefox too, as do a number of other places. Yet despite that, in the six months up to Firefox 2 "27% of the patches to Firefox and Gecko and other key projects were submitted by key volunteers, [and] those patches represent 24% of changes made to the source code". What's more, those numbers only counted contributers with 50 patches or more, so the actual numbers are probably quite a bit higher. It's good to see that even as Mozilla does so well in the business world, it can still keep its ties to the community so strong."
The Internet

Submission + - Baidu is the Google of China and booming

Submitted by thefickler
thefickler writes: Most news services concentrate, when it comes to search engines, on Google. But in China, soon to be the largest Internet market in the world, Google does not really rate. The company to watch is Baidu which is booming.

Chinese Web search leader Baidu says its fourth-quarter net profits quintupled, but cautioned that revenue growth was likely to decelerate sharply in the first quarter of 2007. To look at a statement like that you can easily pass over that word 'quintupled'. As in it became five times bigger. Not even Google in its best quarter came near that.
The Courts

Submission + - Yes, Santa Claus, there is a Pamela Jones

Submitted by PieEye
PieEye writes: Despite SCO's beliefs, Steven J. Vaughn-Nichols writes today that 'Yes, there is a PJ.'
From the article: 'Let me address this directly. Yes, Pamela Jones is a real person. I've met her several times, and I've often "talked" with her on email and IM. I consider her a friend.'
So, given this public admission of existence, although not by PJ herself, what will SCO try next?
Microsoft

Submission + - LinuxWorld: Samba guru says be lazy, use Winbind

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: For all the work Unix and Linux administrators do with authenticating users and synching their machines with Microsoft Windows boxes, a bit of laziness could do them well in the long run.

But when Jerry Carter, release manager for Samba 3.0, talks about laziness as he did during a session at the LinuxWorld Open Solutions Summit, what he really meant is eliminate redundancy in Linux and Unix environments, specifically, when dealing with identity management and user authentication. In the Windows world, he said, much of the group policy work in the Linux IT guy's day is already done for him.

More at SearchOpenSource.com.
User Journal

Journal SPAM: Neo-Nazi rally was organized by FBI informant 12

Journal by Jeremiah Cornelius

A paid FBI informant was the man behind a neo-Nazi march through the streets of Parramore that stirred up anxiety in Orlando's black community and fears of racial unrest that triggered a major police mobilization.
User Journal

Journal SPAM: '...something I have never witnessed before on this scale' 14

Journal by Jeremiah Cornelius

Carl Bernstein:

"Nixon's relationship to the press was consistent with his relationship to many institutions and people. He saw himself as a victim. We now understand the psyche of Richard Nixon, that his was a self-destructive act and presidency.
It's funny. Laugh.

Submission + - Hi Tech Urinals to Fight Drunk Driving

Submitted by
Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward writes: "RIO RANCHO, New Mexico (AP) — New Mexico is hoping to keep drunks off the road by lecturing them at the last place they usually stop before getting behind the wheel: the urinal.

The state recently paid US$21 each for about 500 talking urinal-deodorizer cakes and put them in men's rooms in bars and restaurants. When a man steps up, the motion-sensitive plastic device says, in a woman's voice that is flirty, then stern: "Hey, big guy. Having a few drinks? Think you had one too many? Then it's time to call a cab or call a sobre friend for a ride home."

The recorded message ends: "Remember, your future is in your hand."

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/070215/K021525AU.htm l"
Networking

How Would You Deal With A Global Bandwidth Crisis? 478

Posted by Zonk from the read-a-book dept.
lopy writes "First Google claimed the internet infrastructure won't scale to provide an acceptable user experience for online video. Then some networking experts predict that a flu pandemic would bring the internet to it's knees and lead to internet rationing. We used to think that bandwidth would always increase as needed, but what would happen if that isn't the case? How would you deal with a global bandwidth shortage? Would you be willing to voluntarily limit your internet usage if necessary? Could you live in a world without cheap and plentiful broadband internet access?"
User Journal

Journal SPAM: The Road Map to Despotism 28

Journal by Jeremiah Cornelius

Despite spending an estimated $80 million, the government was unable to prove that Dr. Sami Al-Arian was a terrorist, yet he remains in prison and his sentence will likely be extended. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges warns that the abusive imprisonment of this nonviolent Palestinian dissenter does not bode well for the rest of us.

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