VNUNet: “Big internet names are vulnerable to a hacker technique despite more than 18 months’ worth of warnings, claims a security expert. Security watcher Dave deVitry, of Infigon Technologies, released a shortlist of high-profile sites he claims are still vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting including Citibank, Google, CNet, Oracle, MSNBC and eBay, complete with samples. And yes, some of them do show signs of the vulnerability.”

Slashdot: Globalism ought to be a counterforce, democratizing the world and spreading technological and economic equality. Too often, it isn’t. Take, for example, the corporatist American and European companies happily selling blocking software to countries like China and Saudi Arabia so their governments can pervert the Net to deny their citizens basic freedoms. This is a significant blow to the notion that technology will forge a more open world. And it might not be all that distant a threat. We have plenty of zealots and fanatics right here, all itching for a model way of blocking a free Net.” Read more
here

KDE News: KC KDE #26 is out. Read about how Linux father, Linus Torvalds, is also a model KDE user and bug reporter, LISa the new Lan Browsing Wizard, Kinkatta plugins, the Boson real-time strategy game, a KDE Script Interface, news of a kdeedu module, the KDE3 beta1 week delay, and much more.

KCGeek:”We’ve just posted our latest review: the Cybiko Xtreme. Pretty slick little gadget, with RF networking and ability to set up bluetooth-like clouds so that other units can talk to each other, play games, or swap files. You can can even use another unit at as a repeater to bounce your message to another unit out of your range.”

Reuters reports that Red Hat shares have risen about 18 percent following an announcement of a partnership with IBM.

CNet reports that several groups and companies, including Red Hat, aren’t happy with Microsoft’s
offer to provide $1 billion worth of
hardware, software and training to
more than 12,500 schools as part of its antitrust settlement.

Red Hat, Inc.
(Nasdaq:RHAT) today announced it will collaborate with International
Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) to deliver open source software solutions,
services and support for the entire IBM eServer product line.

Building on Red Hat’s early support of the xSeries platform, the Linux
distribution partner today announced its support for the IBM eServer
zSeries, iSeries and pSeries platforms.

Red Hat support for IBM eServer platforms include:

• zSeries mainframes (64 bit kernel);
• iSeries integrated servers for small and medium business (32 bit
  kernel);
• pSeries UNIX servers (32 bit kernel); and
• xSeries Intel-based server (32 and 64 bit kernel).

For the IBM eServer product line, Red Hat will provide a base solution
offering that includes the award winning Red Hat Linux operating system,
product support services and professional services, as well as an
upgrade offering. Red Hat will also provide a wide array of service
upgrades.

“IBM’s tremendous presence in the server market, combined with Red Hat’s
leadership in innovative, mission-critical open source solutions,
provides unmatched solutions to enterprise customers worldwide,” said
Paul Cormier, Executive Vice President of Engineering at Red Hat.

The materials offered as part of the solution set will include:
platform-specific CDs and manuals; support services via telephone, email
and Internet; and professional services for customized engineering and
onsite configuration. Customers will also have upgrade options for the
OS customization and integration services.

“A growing number of IBM’s customers choose Red Hat Linux to run on the
IBM eServer platforms because of its reliability and low maintenance
costs,” said John Callies, vice president, IBM eServer marketing, Server
Group. “The company has also been cited for its services and support, as
well as its stature as a trusted open source brand.”

For information about pricing and availability, please visit Red Hat on
the Web at http://www.redhat.com.

About Red Hat, Inc.

Red Hat is the global leader in Linux and open source solutions. Red Hat
is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, N.C. and has offices
worldwide. For investor inquiries, contact Gabriel Szulik at Red Hat,
(919) 547-0012, x439.More information about Red Hat is available at
www.redhat.com.

LINUX is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. RED HAT is a registered
trademark of Red Hat, Inc. All other names and trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934. Investors are cautioned that statements in this press release
that are not strictly historical statements, including, without
limitation, management’s plans and objectives for future operations, and
management’s assessment of market factors, constitute forward-looking
statements which involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and
uncertainties include, without limitation, reliance upon strategic
relationships, management of growth, the possibility of undetected
software errors, the risks of economic downturns generally, and in Red
Hat’s industry specifically, the risks associated with competition and
competitive pricing pressures, the viability of the Internet, and other
risks detailed in Red Hat’s filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, copies of which may be accessed through the SEC’s Web site
at http://www.sec.gov.

Dave writes, Changelog, pre2:
– Greg KH: USB update
– Richard Gooch: refcounting for devfs
– Jens Axboe: start of new block IO layer
Download: http://www.kernel.org/mirrors/

brian writes, “If you haven’t checked out Galeon 1.0 for whatever reason, this article at LinuxLaboratory.org will give you some compelling reasons to check it out. Enjoy!”

Irish writes, On Thursday November 29, eclipse.org will be hosting a webcast announcing its board of directors and an overview of this the open sourced platform. For those of you wondering what Eclipse is, it has been described to be similar to WebSphere as a completely functional API that can create Web sites, Java programs, C++ Programs, Web Services, EJBs, and is easily upgradeable by plug-ins.

Included in the webcast will be an explanation of how the eclipse can provide developers with more freedom to do those things coming down the pipeline.
This will give Linux users a fully mature IDE that can be deployed on Linux workstations. Developers using Eclipse on Linux can also collaborate with developers using Eclipse on Windows, and vise-versa. Also, the whole thing is open sourced so developers can check out the code.

Eclipse webcast

Other articles

Introduction to the Platform and hows how it operates.
Working the Eclipse Platform

Interview: Marc Erickson of IBM’s OTI subsidiary (the developers of Eclipse).