Classic Tech Tips Archive

Flexbeta has a story basically about knoppix and how a computer even without a hard drive can still be useful. Knoppix, of course, is a linux live cd that boots into a full desktop operating system. …

As I noted yesterday, virii typically get updated and improved. Yesterdays reports about the zotob virus noted that Windows Xp service pack 2 and Windows 2003 were not affected by the new worm. Today…

I mentioned Qemu a short while back. I've used it in the past for testing linux livecds. After doing the writeup though I was encouraged to look at it again and see if/how much it's improved since I …

This one was hard to categorize.... There is a rumor about that Apple and Google are about to announce something related to iTunes availability at Google. There is a story that mentions this rumor sa…

A few days ago I wrote about linux alternatives. Along those lines comes DesktopBSD. Based on Freebsd, this project released a second release canditate for their 1.0 release on August 10. Essentially…

I can't say I'm surprised, it makes sense. Plain old telephone service (POTS) can be tapped, and now that VOIP is coming into it's own, the FBI and others need new ways of tapping the conversations. …

Desktop Linux reported Friday that Thinkfree office has promoted their $49.95 office suite at LinuxWorld (last week.) This is Thinkfree Office 3. It's available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Supports M…

Wow - alphabet soup.... The National Instititute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has launched a National Vulnerability Database (NVD) sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Divison…

It looks as though CoolWebSearch has issued a release about the massive identity theft ring that their product name has featured so prominently in. They are 1) denying that it is related to their too…

According to the counter at spreadfirefox.com, Firefox has now surpassed 80 million downloads. (Well 80.1 million when I looked.) Version 1.0 of Mozilla Firefox was released ~9 months ago. That's a g…

There are a series of articles at this site on the install and configuration of pcbsd, which I mentioned recently as a linux alternative. PCBSD is built on freebsd and is designed to be a desktop ope…

According to The Sans handlers diary, a worm exploiting one of the security vulnerabilities disclosed last week by Microsoft, is in the wild and spreading. The worm tagged as zotob.a exploits the ms0…

Good news on the Wordpress front. A new release has been, well, released. Version 1.5.2 is a bugfix/security fix release. On the heels of an August 10th security advisory. The release announcement is…

I think I first saw these stories Friday night, but several places are reporting on various efforts to modify current hybrid vehicles to squeeze higher mileage out of them. This is the true spirit of…

I've got a slew of posts coming up trying to round up some of the things that came across this weekend.

If you have a website, you likely will look at your logs from time to time to see just who or how many people are visiting your site. I've certainly looked at a lot of logfiles both for my site and f…

Once you've made the plunge to look at operating systems outside of the Microsoft realm, linux has typically been the easiest accessible. Lot's of livecds are out there and much can be freely downloa…

A while back I did an article on a preview of KDE 3.5 (currently in alpha). Today the Second part of that preview of what is to come (kome?) in KDE is up. He picks up featuring the changes in konquer…

Wow, some people are quick. What has it been a day? There is already a review up of the second Beta in the release cycle of Mandrake.... uhmmm Mandriva Linux 2006. (Still can't quite get used to the …

The Register writes that New York has passed a law that will require local government agencies and businesses to disclose security breaches. (System broken into or data stolen). I can understand busi…

I've seen a story over at Desktop linux about the release of Turbolite 2005. Which is based on Turbolinux. It's targeted at older, refurbished hardware. They offer "all the essential functions requir…

For several years now I've used a neat tool at Gibson Research to test a clients firewall quick and easy from the web browser. They have a tool called Shields Up that does a limited port scan to dete…

According to the entry for Wordpress 1.x at Secunia.com, there is a "Highly critical" Wordpress vulnerability announced August 10th that affects all 1.x versions including 1.5.1.3 The details are in …

At least that's what zdnet UK is saying to Google. Earlier this week it was mentioned that Google was not talking to CNet for a while because of an article in which a CNet reporter disclosed informat…

The Register reports that IBM is claiming the desktop as the next frontier for Linux. The market for linux desktop's is growing by 37% between 2003 and 2007. It is, they emphasize, a different argume…