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Choosing a blog server
Architect Want to build your very own blog server? David McAmis discusses options and considerations.
Tags: Web logs, App servers
Schneier warns of marketers and dancing pigs
Insight newsmaker Security guru Bruce Schneier pokes fun at U.S. National Cyber Security Month and says when it comes to privacy, marketers are scarier than governments or criminals.
Tags: Data security, PC security, Facebook, Computer, Security, NSA, Schneier, Hard Drive Encryption, Information Broker, Security Consideration
Software patents hot topic at Microsoft event
News A Microsoft-hosted panel discussion on interoperability was interrupted when a member of a Linux user group raised questions on patent issues.
Tags: Open source, Patents, Software licensing, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Patent, Red Hat Inc., intellectual property, Microsoft Office 2007, software
Twitter, Facebook attack targeted one user
News Accounts of pro-Georgian blogger were targeted in denial of service attack leading to outage at Twitter and problems at Facebook, Blogger and LiveJournal, says Facebook CSO.
Tags: Network security, Data security, Authentication and encryption, LiveJournal, Twitter, Blogger, Attack, chief security officer, denial of service, Facebook
LiveJournal accounts getting hijacked
News LiveJournal bloggers finding their accounts hijacked can blame Hotmail accounts they let lapse, the blogger site says.
Tags: Security, LiveJournal, E-mail Address, Spokesperson, Password, Hijackers, phone, e-mail, MSN Hotmail, Security
Amazon refuses to be tracked by Phorm
News The Web giant has attracted praise from digital-rights campaigners for opting out of having its domains tracked by the targeted-advertising firm.
Tags: Privacy, Web sites, LiveJournal, British Telecommunications, European Union, Bebo, Amazon.com Inc., Facebook, blogging, U.K.
Facebook hires an open source advocate
News Prominent open standards advocate David Recordon will join Facebook as senior open programs manager.
Tags: Web 2.0, LiveJournal, Facebook, job, founder, blog, open standard, Web 2.0, board
Another attack hits Twitter
News Less than a week after a denial-of-service attack knocked it offline, Twitter's servers went down again.
Tags: Web 2.0, Data security, Security Management, Hacking, LiveJournal, Twitter, Attack, Server, denial of service, Facebook
Blue Security attack linked to blog crashes
News The DDoS attack on the antispam campaigner was redirected to blog-hosting firm Six Apart, forcing it offline, a Net security firm says.
Yahoo throws weight behind OpenID standard
News Tech giant Yahoo announced that it is supporting the OpenID 2.0 standard for a universal Internet log-in.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Web services, Web servers, Authentication and encryption
DataPortability has big names but a long road ahead
News A new group called DataPortability hopes to bridge one social media site to another, using existing technologies like OpenID and RSS.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Digital media, Next-generation technology/networks
How intuitive should developers make software?
Techguide If a user can't figure out how to use software, the blame often falls on the developer. Is the expectation that developers must create intuitive software unrealistic?
Tags: Business applications, Protocols and platforms, Wiki, Training, IP, Developer, IP Address, Computer, Fallacy, Networking Device
GNOME 2.14 targets corporate desktops
News New lock-down tools for administrators is one of the 'shiny features' being 'pimped' in the upcoming version of the Linux desktop environment.
Linux standards tool adds app testing
News The Linux Foundation has included an app-checker tool in the Linux Standard Base public test version, aiming to address an acknowledged shortcoming.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Tool, OpenSSL, compliance, Linux Distribution, shell script, Linux, Open source, Linux Foundation
New Samba beta targets Active Directory
News The test version of the open-source file-sharing software emulates Microsoft's Active Directory ID management.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Open source
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