Linux news
Measuring LAMP Competency?
Fri, 07/16/2010 - 11:29 | by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "Our company is getting ready to hire a number of programmers. While the majority of the prospective candidates do have good-looking resumes, we are looking to see if we can get some clear metrics in the assessment process. After a little research we have learned that there is a well-established PHP + MySQL training and certification process, and some of the candidates are already certified. There is also a candidate with a good portfolio, a lot of experience, and no certification. Most of the applicants also have some college/university science-related education.
Mozilla Increases Bounty for Security Bug Info to $3,000 (PC World)
Fri, 07/16/2010 - 07:40 | by Anonymous Coward
PC World - Mozilla, the organization behind the Firefox Web browser, has upped the amount it will pay security researchers for information on security bugs in its products from US$500 to $3,000.
Firefox Home Hits the iPhone (PC Magazine)
Fri, 07/16/2010 - 04:22 | by Anonymous Coward
PC Magazine - Mozilla's desktop syncing browser plug-in, dubbed Firefox Home, is now available for the Apple iPhone.
Firefox Home Is Now in the App Store (Mashable)
Thu, 07/15/2010 - 18:42 | by Anonymous Coward
Mashable - We've just learned that Firefox Home [iTunes link] has been accepted to Apple's App Store. This is Mozilla's first submission to the App Store; the app was submitted 15 days ago.
OpenSUSE 11.3 Is Here
Thu, 07/15/2010 - 14:19 | by Anonymous Coward
lukehashj writes "The openSUSE Project is pleased to announce the release of the latest incarnation of openSUSE, with support for 32-bit and 64-bit systems.
Study: Most MySQL Users Not Too Worried About Oracle (PC World)
Wed, 07/14/2010 - 11:30 | by Anonymous Coward
PC World - The MySQL community is mostly neutral or positive about the open-source database's prospects under Oracle's stewardship, according to a newly released study.
5 Ways Social Media Helps Promote Good Health (Mashable)
Tue, 07/13/2010 - 13:10 | by Anonymous Coward
Mashable - Alexander B. Howard (@digiphile) is the Government 2.0 Washington Correspondent for O’Reilly Media, where he reports on technology, open government and online civics. He will share open source technology news at the OSCON convention in Portland, Oregon, on July 19-23.
PopBox STB To Ship Soon But Without Netflix, Pandora
Mon, 07/12/2010 - 03:31 | by Anonymous Coward
DeviceGuru writes "Syabas says it is nearly ready to ship the PopBox, which it announced in January (though they said at the time it would ship in March). The $129 Internet-based A/V streaming set-top box will offer a variety of user-selectable media-streaming apps, but is unlikely at launch to include Netflix instant downloads (promised at announcement), Pandora music, or Amazon pay-per-view video support. According to Syabas, the PopBox only works with HDTVs and not standard definition TVs, and has component outputs in addition to HDMI; plus, the company says the device supports RealD 3D.
Claimed Proof That UNIX Code Was Copied Into Linux
Sun, 07/11/2010 - 21:19 | by Anonymous Coward
walterbyrd writes "SCO's ex-CEO's brother, a lawyer named Kevin McBride, has finally revealed some of the UNIX code that SCO claimed was copied into Linux. Scroll down to the comments where it reads: 'SCO submitted a very material amount of literal copying from UNIX to Linux in the SCO v. IBM case. For example, see the following excerpts from SCO's evidence submission in Dec. 2005 in the SCO v.
REMNux, the Malware Analysis Linux OS
Fri, 07/09/2010 - 14:35 | by Anonymous Coward
Trailrunner7 writes "A security expert has released a stripped-down Ubuntu distribution designed specifically for reverse-engineering malware. The OS, called REMnux, includes a slew of popular malware-analysis, network monitoring and memory forensics tools that comprise a very powerful environment for taking apart malicious code. REMnux is the creation of Lenny Zeltser, an expert on malware reverse engineering who teaches a popular course on the topic at SANS conferences. He put the operating system together after years of having students ask him which tools to use and what works best.
