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Vuln: Winamp and libmikmod Module Decoder Plugin Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Winamp and libmikmod Module Decoder Plugin Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
A Look at KDE Desktop Effects
MakeTechEasier: "With the coming of KDE 4, the number of effects has multiplied, and KWin (KDE's window manager) is now on par with Compiz (a window manager with numerous desktop effects). Moreover, KWin's primary advantage over Compiz is that it is part of KDE and integrates perfectly with the rest of the desktop."
Experiment: I've Got My Editor Using Linux
Digital Versus: "What is using Linux like in 2010? Can anybody pick it it? What about giving it a trial run first? Well, we're going to find out."
OS Turf Wars Move to Mobile
Serverwatch: "Love Microsoft or hate it, there are two things about the Redmond enterprise OS maker you can't deny: It's very, very big, and it likes to get its fingers into every pie around."
Zorin 3 - A great distro for newbies
Dedoimedo: "Several readers contacted me, urging me to review Zorin. My interest piqued, I set about the lanes of Google, searching for more information. The initial findings were quite positive. Zorin was praised in the reviews I read. The official website looked posh, sending a subliminal message that it was a kind of a freebie Mac OSX. "
Firefox 4 Set to Improve Security
Datamation: "The race to accelerate browser features continues as Mozilla developers race towards the finish line to get the finished version of the Firefox 4 Web browser out the door."
Less than 2 weeks remain to nominate your favorite open source project
Packt: "The Open Source Awards is an annual online event held by Packt Publishing to distinguish excellence among Open Source projects."
GNU/Linux powers state-of-the-art hearing aid research
LWN.net: "The next generation of digital hearing aids is being developed and
tested on real-time GNU/Linux systems from 64 Studio Ltd, using
dedicated multi-channel audio interfaces and standard Lenovo notebooks."
Bugtraq: [ GLSA 201009-06 ] Clam AntiVirus: Multiple vulnerabilities
[ GLSA 201009-06 ] Clam AntiVirus: Multiple vulnerabilities
Bugtraq: Re: etax 2010 failure to validate remote ssl certificate properly
Re: etax 2010 failure to validate remote ssl certificate properly
Assessing the Tux Strength: Part 2 - Into the Kernel
MWR Labs: "The previous article in this series on Linux security described different userspace protection mechanisms that can be applied to protect binaries on a Linux system. Unsurprisingly, without additional kernel settings and protections most of the previously described mechanisms cannot be utilised to their full extent."
Assessing the Tux Strength: Part 1 - Userspace Memory Protection
MWR Labs: "Probably every attack mitigation technique that has been developed over time to mitigate memory corruption exploits can be implemented and used in one form or another in a Linux operating system."

