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Submission + - CentOS 5.9 Released (centos.org)

Submitted by kthreadd on Thursday January 17, 2013 @11:40AM

kthreadd writes: The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 derivitive CentOS version 5.9 has been released just 10 days after its upstream provider. According to the release notes a number of changes have been made. New packages available in CentOS 5.9 includes for example OpenJDK 7 and Rsyslog 5. Several drivers have also been updated in the kernel which has been updated to version 2.6.18-348, including support for Microsoft's virtualization environment Hyper-V.

Submission + - DHS to force health sector to patch bugs after another device hacked (scmagazine.com.au)

Submitted by mask.of.sanity on Thursday January 17, 2013 @09:46AM

mask.of.sanity writes: The Department of Homeland Security has taken charge of pushing medical device manufacturers to fix vulnerable medical software and devices after researchers popped yet another piece of hospital hardware.
It comes after the agency pushed Philips to move to fix critical vulnerabilities found in its popular medical management platform that is used in a host of services including assisting surgeries and generating patient reports.
To date, no agency has taken point on forcing the medical manufacturers to improve the information security profile of their products, with the FDA even dubbing such a risk unrealistic (pdf).

Submission + - Java vs. C#: Which Performs Better in the 'Real World'? (slashdot.org)

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Nerval's Lobster

on Thursday January 17, 2013 @09:31AM

Nerval's Lobster writes: "Software developer Jeff Cogswell writes: “Let’s compare Java and C#, two programming languages with large numbers of ardent fans and equally virulent detractors. I’m not interested in yet another test that grindingly calculates a million digits’ worth of Pi. I want to know about real-world performance: How does each language measure up when asked to dish out millions of Web pages a day? How do they compare when having to grab data from a database to construct those pages dynamically? The results were quite interesting.” Having worked as a professional C# programmer for many years, Cogswell found some long-held assumptions challenged."

Comment Re:Hulu? (Score 1) 829

by vcleniuk on Monday October 05, 2009 @12:45PM (#29646145) Attached to: Stargate Universe

It's also available on Playstation Network in SD and HD for a couple of bucks -- both without ad. interruptions. I use it to catch up on missed episodes... don't have a HD DVR yet. Watched the pilot, it was good. Reminded me very much of BSG -- at least the shot styles. I'll be watching it as regularly as possible. (Was really getting into Defying Gravity, more so, though.)

Comment Re:Where is Dr. Forrester?!?! (Score 1) 543

by vcleniuk on Tuesday December 23, 2003 @05:33PM (#7798143) Attached to: Favorite Mad Scientist?

And I'd like to add one for Dr. Emmett Brown (Back to the Future).

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