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Wikileaks "Under Heavy Attack," Seeks Shelter in Unix Community

December 6, 2010
Wikileaks "Under Heavy Attack," Seeks Shelter in Unix Community

Whistleblower website Wikileaks.org ruffled more than a few feathers when it published classified U.S. documents and sensitive diplomatic cables sent between U.S. embassies, while also promising to publish thousands more. A series of Distributed Denial…

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Adobe Patches Bugs in Reader, Acrobat

November 16, 2010
Adobe Patches Bugs in Reader, Acrobat

Adobe on Tuesday issued a security advisory, requesting users running Reader and Acrobat 9.4 or earlier to update to 9.4.1, which addresses a critical vulnerability (CVE-2010-3654) acknowledged by the company in late October.
The said vulnerability, w…

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New OpenBSD 4.8 Now Available

November 3, 2010
New OpenBSD 4.8 Now Available

The free, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based Unix-like operating system known as OpenBSD has been updated to version 4.8 and is now available.
This latest version introduces a boat load of new features and fixes, including improved hardware support, file syst…

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IBM Breaks Performance Records with 256-Core Unix Server

August 18, 2010
IBM Breaks Performance Records with 256-Core Unix Server

For the inevitable comedian who thinks he’s being witty by posting a comment asking, “Yes, but can it run Crysis,” the answer is, “Yes, it can, so go out and buy a dozen of them.” That’s wrong, of course, but IBM’s latest Power7-based system does have …

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