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- Too Many Linux Distros Make For Open Source Mess
- Scala teaming up with Hilton chain
Oracle patches dozens of flaws; * Patches from Ubuntu, Debian, rPath,…
Free with registration – Network World – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jul 19, 2007
Byline: Jason Meserve Today’s bug patches and security alerts: Oracle patches 45 bugs Oracle today posted its third security update of the year, patching 45 vulnerabilities in its flagship database and its application server, collaboration suite, e-business line and PeopleSoft software. Oracle advisory Also: Oracle’s less secretive approach to security ********** Cisco warns of WAAS DoS vulnerability According to Cisco’s advisory, “The Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) software contains a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability that may cause some devices that run WAAS software (WAE appliance and NM-WAE-502 module) to stop processing all types of traffic, including data traffic and management traffic. ” A free update is available to fix the flaw. ********** Firefox update fixes problem with Internet Explorer A new update for the Firefox browser fixes an unusual vulnerability that could cause malicious code to run if the browser is launched by Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. The critical vulnerability involves Internet Explorer’s ability to launch other applications such as.
Ubuntu Security Update Fixes Mod_perl Remote Denial of Service…
FrSIRT – Jul 18, 2007
This issue is caused by an error in mod_perl. For additional information, see :.
Is Vista an orphan? |Notes from the Field | Robert X. Cringely |…
InfoWorld – Jul 19, 2007
I booted the machine with a Ubuntu DVD in the drive, and never even saw either the Vista license agreement or the warning that not running the supplied OS would void the warranty. So count me among the camp that paid the MS tax to run Linux. Posted by: Another Kevin at July 22, 2007 02:07 PM On January 31st, I went to my local computer store to buy a copy of Vista Ultimate – boy, I was excited. A new OS, with lots of new opportunities to explore, with a modern GUI, safety, performance, DX10 etc. Yes, I read all the quite ambivalent reviews out there, but I thought “nah, all these MS bashers just want Vista to be bad”.
Too Many Linux Distros Make For Open Source Mess
InformationWeek – Jul 18, 2007
True, some distros are more distributed than others. Ubuntu, which is clearly the. OpenSUSE, PCLinuxOS, Fedora, and MEPIS round out the top five.
Scala teaming up with Hilton chain
San Francisco Chronicle – Jul 18, 2007
It does for Kendra L. Baker, who will leave San Francisco’s Bar Tartine (561 Valencia) to head to Manresa in Los Gatos (320 Village Lane) as pastry chef. She’ll start at the beginning of August, replacing Deanie Fox, who is opening Ubuntu in Napa with her husband, Jeremy Fox. Baker has been pastry chef at Bar Tartine since it opened in 2005. Mise en place: As construction continues at her new San Francisco restaurant, Orson (508 Fourth St. , near Brannan), Elizabeth Falkner is realigning her staff at Citizen Cake (399 Grove St.
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