Android Fragmentation Turning Devices Into a Toxic Hellstew of Vulnerabilities

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April 11, 2014

With vulnerabilities such as Heartbleed and Pileup likely to go unpatched on tens, if not hundreds of millions of Android devices, the platform is fast becoming a toxic hellstew that should send chills down the spines of IT admins.

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Working Out “Serious Security Flaws” In DRM Drivers

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Phoronix

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April 11, 2014

While many are still busy working through fallout of the OpenSSL Heartbleed bug within organizations, on a separate but security related note, kernel developers specializing in the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) graphics drivers are working to beef up their own driver security…

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Ubuntu Phone Demoed On The Meizu MX3

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Phoronix

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April 11, 2014

Going back to January has been talk about Ubuntu on Chinese smart-phones and in February it was announced that Meizu is one of two Ubuntu Phone launch partners. Meizu dominates the Chinese market while the BQ Ubuntu Phone will target Europe…

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LibreOffice 4.2.3 Takes Care Of The Heartbleed Bug

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Phoronix

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April 11, 2014

Version 4.2.3 of the LibreOffice open-source office suite is now available…

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How to Speed Read on Linux

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The Linux Foundation

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April 11, 2014

Have you heard of speed reading? Me neither. At least not before a startup called Spritz raised 3.5 Millions in seed money to develop an API that supposedly allows a user to read 1,000 words per minute. The concept of speed reading is simple: slice a text into individual short segments, like a word or […]
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How to Download and Upload Files using FTP Command Line

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Rahul Kumar

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April 11, 2014

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is the most popular protocol to transfer files (download and upload) from one system to other system. It provides the fastest way transfer files. There are many application available on Linux and windows to FTP services like vsftpd, proftpd for Linux, FileZilla Server for windows.

Read complete artilce at How to Download and Upload Files using FTP Command Line – TecAdmin.net

Distribution Release: GParted Live 0.18.0-2

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DistroWatch

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April 11, 2014

Curtis Gedak has announced the release of GParted Live 0.18.0-2, the latest stable version of the popular Debian-based live CD designed for disk management and data rescue tasks: “The GParted team is proud to announce another stable release of GParted Live. This live image fixes a bug with….

The Official Launch of VPN Unlimited for Linux

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Nataly Shevchenko

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April 11, 2014

The recent news from Simplex Solutions Inc. state that the company has launched their VPN Unlimited for Linux on the April 10th 2014. Prior, VPN Unlimited was available to iOS, Mac, and Windows users, but now they are able to protect Linux platforms too.

Today, many users are aware of the fact any Internet connection should have a good protection. Whether you are surfing the net using your home computer, or laptop, or you are on a ‘go’ and exploiting your favorite WiFi hotspots, staying unprotected or vulnerable to the attackers is simply not good. VPN services are able to encrypt data that is being sent from your electronic device to another computer. The VPN data encryption is the vital protection.

Note that the company Simplex Solutions Inc. is rather young but thanks to the popularity of their services their database includes over 300.000 users. Every day, over 20.000 go online and use VPN services as their basic online safety measure. There is an option to try the VPN completely free by using the 10-day trial that the company offers.

Download your copy here https://www.vpnunlimitedapp.com/downloadlinux

Requires Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 and later, (K/X)Ubuntu 12.04 and later, Mint 12 and later.

ACPI & Power Management Get More Updates In Linux 3.15

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Phoronix

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April 11, 2014

A second Git pull request has been made for the ACPI and power management code within the kernel for Linux 3.15…

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CAELinux Is the Ideal Distro for Designing Scientists

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LinuxInsider

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April 11, 2014

CAELinux is a perfect example of the power of open source to tailor the Linux operating system to users’ specialized needs. This computer-assisted engineering distro clearly is not for the vast majority of Linux users, but it certainly has all the features you would expect in any mature Linux OS — and then some. The extra ingredients make CAELinux a unique Linux distro for engineers and engineering students, as well as scientists. It offers an unusual mix of Xubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit with a customized Xfce desktop environment.