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Submission + - Cross-platform Microsoft (zdnet.com)

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willdavid

on Tuesday August 14, 2007 @11:08AM

willdavid writes: "By John Carroll (ZDNet Blogs): Microsoft, apparently, is helping the folks at Mono to port Silverlight to Linux. This is good news, as the primary fear I've heard from developers is that Silverlight will be locked to Microsoft platforms and products. Microsoft has already committed to supporting Silverlight cross-browser on Windows, and has a version that runs on Mac OS X (which is even available from the Apple web site). The last step is Linux, and Microsoft is working with Novell and Mono to make this happen. http://blogs.zdnet.com/carroll/?p=1737"

Submission + - Many antivirus tools fail in LinuxWorld test (darkreading.com)

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talkinsecurity

on Thursday August 09, 2007 @12:36PM

talkinsecurity writes: "In a public, side-by-side test conducted last night at LinuxWorld, ten antivirus products were confronted with 25 known viruses. The results were surprisingly disparate. Only three of the products caught all of the viruses; three only caught 61 percent, and one caught an abysmal 6 percent. The test, which wasn't particularly complicated, proves that there still are wide differences in the effectiveness of AV tools. A lot of people think all AV tools are the same — they're not! http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=131 246&WT.svl=news1_1"

Submission + - Point and click Gmail hacking at Black Hat (tgdaily.com)

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not5150

on Thursday August 02, 2007 @04:51PM

not5150 writes: "Using Gmail or most other webmail programs over an unsecured access points just got a bit more dangerous. At Black Hat, Robert Graham, CEO of errata security, showed how to capture and clone session cookies. He even hijacked a shocked attendee's Gmail account in the middle of his Black Hat speech."

Comment Re:Cool, but she still had to pay costs... (Score 1) 649

by dthbyfr on Monday September 26, 2005 @06:21PM (#13654200) Attached to: RIAA Suit Rejected With Prejudice

bankruptcy is not all that bad of an option. Given the the president is making harder to do, but still.

I your choice is between a huge settlement or even going to trial, using this case to your advantage and then declaring bankruptcy afterward is not really such a bad thing.

Bankruptcy stays on your record for 10 years but many people can actually get unsecured credit after only the first couple, depending on prior credit history.

And if your are really really really poor it might just give you a chance to start over...

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