Burner Delivers on Phone Privacy Once You Get It Lit
- Jun
- 28
If you’ve ever hesitated when giving out your phone number to someone, Burner may be for you. The app provides disposable, short-term phone numbers that you can use if you feel the need for some number privacy and don’t want your real number known. Use the temporary number, or “burner,” for as long as necessary and then “burn” it when you’re done to eliminate excessive interruptions in your life.
Firefox 22: Look Ma, No Plug-ins!
- Jun
- 26
Firefox 22, launched by the Mozilla Foundation on Tuesday, supports voice calling, video chat and peer-to-peer file sharing through the browser without plug-ins, thanks to full support for the WebRTC application programming interface. Firefox and Google Chrome support WebRTC, but currently Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Apple’s Safari browser do not.
SolydXK: New Kid on the Linux Block Delivers Rock-Solid Performance
- Jun
- 26
SolydXK is a Debian-based Linux distribution that offers a choice of two desktops: Xfce and KDE. It is a very new Linux OS, but do not push this new kid aside assuming stability and performance need a lot of maturing. In fact, SolydXK is already a solid and very impressive distro. It has more polish and smoother performance than many older Linux OS counterparts.
Google adds malware, phishing numbers to its transparency report
- Jun
- 25
Google is revealing some new numbers around malware and phishing attempts in an effort to get more people thinking about online security and to make the Web safer.
read moreSource code for Carberp financial malware gets leaked online
- Jun
- 25
The source code for the Carberp financial malware has been leaked online, increasing the risk that other cybercriminals will create their own variants based on it, according to researchers from Russian cybercrime investigations firm Group-IB.
read moreEnterpriseDB’s Ed Boyajian: Pinching Pennies the Open Source Way
- Jun
- 25
Does it make good business sense to migrate corporate database software from costly proprietary platforms to free open source solutions or low-cost commercial open source replacements? The answer is a no-brainer, said EnterpriseDB CEO Ed Boyajian. Founded in 2004, EnterpriseDB began on a quest to disrupt the database stranglehold of proprietary database products.
Countless Ouyas Find Their Way Into Gamers’ Hot Hands
- Jun
- 24
Open source video game console Ouya officially launched to the public on Tuesday, and the $99.99 device did what most product manufacturers surely dream of: It quickly sold out. The Android-based game console, which became a hit on crowdfunding website Kickstarter in recent months, sold out on Amazon, Target and GameStop soon after being made available.
Android Sneaks Onto the Desktop in Giant HP Tablet
- Jun
- 24
The line separating the mobile and desktop computing worlds has become increasingly blurred in recent months, and HP on Monday unveiled a brand-new all-in-one PC that continues that trend. Announced during its HP World Tour event in Beijing, the HP Slate 21 tablet is powered not by Windows but by Google’s Android. It’s also designed for use on the desktop, with a kickstand to prop it up.
After Clone network configuration
- Jun
- 24
The best part about Virtual Environments is the ability to clone new hosts from old ones. Most of our infrastructure resides in vmware, so when we clone a system it retains the old Nic settings. This is how you get the network interface working after cloning the system: vi /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net-rules remove eth0 rename eth1 to […]
read moreMicrosoft’s Brilliant Idea: A Bug Bounty Program!
- Jun
- 24
It may be largely a locked-down PRISM world we’re living in today, but that doesn’t mean those of us here in the Linux blogosphere can’t still have a little fun once in a while — especially if it’s at Microsoft’s expense. The latest opportunity? Well, get this: Microsoft had a really good idea recently. *Really* good! Redmond has decided to… wait for it… launch a bug bounty program!