Monday, May 25, 2009

25-May-2009 AM clippings

Enjoy:

A flaw is discovered in the design of SSH. OpenSSH 5.2 contains some countermeasures, but the vulnerability is still in the specs:
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-303182.html

The Massachusetts Supreme Court orders the return of a laptop after declaring that you can't use linux as an excuse for a search:
http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2009/05/22

Charitable services get ready to dump Microsoft software if the software distributor increases prices as planned - as much as 500%:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/tech/9F52A5E565BF195DCC2575C000728F0B

Dell demonstrates a Mini 10V netbook running Google's Android 1.5 operating system. Android described as "small and snappy":
http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/05/20/dell.mini.10v.android.demo/

Apple looks to be building a US$1 billion server farm in the US and is hunting for tax breaks from the poorer counties in North Carolina:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/05/23/apple_said_building_1_billion_server_farm.html

North Korea begins a limited internet service on mobile phones, showing official Korean state news services. There are 20K users:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090522/ap_on_bi_ge/as_nkorea_mobile_phones

And finally. A German gangster learns that one should always set the safety on one's 9mm before puting it in one's trousers:
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3331974.html

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