Skyfire 2.0 beta for Android video preview! — Engadget
Apr 30, 2010 Software
“We just spent a few minutes playing with the beta version of Skyfire 2.0 for Android that was released today, and we’ll cut to the chase: this is easily the best browser we’ve used on the platform.”
Cyberattacks: Can Google — or Uncle Sam — protect you?
Apr 30, 2010 Security
US cybersecurity is weakened by our desire to keep government out of business.
PDF Exploits Explode, Continue Climb in 2010
Apr 30, 2010 Security
McAfee, Symantec, and even Microsoft confirm facts that Adobe PDF exploits are continuing to climb during 2010. According to one security researcher, Adobe will take its cue from Google Chrome and add sandboxing defenses to its PDF software this year in order to beef up on Reader and Acrobat security.
"Child Pornography Is Great", Anti-Pirates Say
Apr 30, 2010 Security
It is no secret that pro-copyright lobbyists are exploiting child pornography to get file-sharing sites pulled offline. They have done so for years. Their ultimate goal is to use child porn as an excuse to impose a global Internet filter, and with a new directive being presented in the EU their strategy seems to be paying off.
Facebook Privacy: 8 Ways to Protect Yourself
Apr 30, 2010 Security
You want to use Facebook, but you also want to keep your private information from being spread all over the Internet. The key is to understand how Facebook works, where your information is going, and how to navigate the service’s labyrinth of privacy controls.
From a programming textbook (PIC)
Apr 30, 2010 Programming
From the department of redundancy department.
Microsoft Cancels Innovative Courier Tablet Project
Apr 30, 2010 Microsoft
According to sources familiar with the matter, Microsoft has cancelled Courier, the folding, two-screen prototype tablet that was first uncovered by Gizmodo.
Ubuntu 10.04 arrives with extended support (and less brown )
Apr 30, 2010 Linux
Ubuntu 10.04, codenamed Lucid Lynx, has officially been released. Ars goes hunting with the sly predator to see what it brings to the Linux desktop.
Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) released
Apr 30, 2010 Linux
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS just shipped, with the window buttons ON THE LEFT.Grab that while it’s hot. http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.04/Lucid Lynx overview:http://tinyurl.com/lucidltsScript to improve the out-of-box experience (and move the window buttons BACK TO THE RIGHT)- http://tinyurl.com/ub1004
Why Ubuntu excites me more than Windows or Macintosh
Apr 30, 2010 Linux
My Ubuntu setup is faster than a PC and prettier than a Mac. But best of all, when you ask it to do something, it does it. Or, at worst, it doesn’t do it. It doesn’t think about it, for hours, and then mysteriously go off the idea. It doesn’t crash. It doesn’t break. I don’t know why everybody doesn’t use it.