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Linux installation frustration!

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Sometimes I get frustrated with Linux, this happens mainly while installing. Installing is often one of the most frustrating experiences with Linux. I remember a time where this kept me from using Linux at all. Today I had such a day again after a long time, I was installing Ubuntu on a laptop which had a harddisk replaced and for the second time in a row the installation hanged suddenly. This kind of things always happen when I'm in a hurry. And you know why? Such a thing most of the time is related to hurrying!
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AMD Shanghai Launch - Database Testing

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What about how Shanghai fairs against its older brother Barcelona? Well, in some cases, the gain is clearly just the increased clock speed. However, in others Shanghai achieves an increase of anywhere from 10-15% over and above the clock speed difference. It's obvious that Shanghai is what Intel would call a "Tock" of the clock for the Barcelona architecture, and it is a nice little bump for turning a few knobs and a die shrink. 2009 will be a very interesting year for AMD and Intel. Whether or not Shanghai can hold down the fort until Istanbul comes out remains to be seen.

Complete Review at anandtech

The best Free Youtube Video Downloader for Mac released

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iSkysoft free youtube Video Downloader for Mac is a totally free video downloader for downloading FLV videos from YouTube, Yahoo, Google, Break, Metacafe, MySpace, Gofish and other video sharing sites. It automatically detects the internet videos and allows you to download full-length movies played in Safari and Firefox browsers on Mac OS instantly.
Here are some key features of iSkysoft Free Video Downloader for Mac:
Download FLV videos from YouTube and other video-sharing sites to Mac.
Automatically detect the internet videos from flash video-sharing sites you opened in both Safari and Firefox.
A functional FLV player to enjoy the downloaded videos and your own videos. It supports multithreading so that it can download multiple Youtube videos, Google Videos and other videos at one time.
Provide you with the download history list to let you know what videos you have downloaded in the past.
The free video downloader is a professional downloader developed for Mac PowerPC and Mac Intel (including Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and tiger) users.
Allow you to customize various options to make the program the easiest for you.
iSkysoft Free Video Downloader for Mac is available now at:
http://www.moviesmac.com/mac-free-video-downloader/index.html

Hackers Crack into Red Hat

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Red Hat confirmed Friday that hackers compromised infrastructure servers belonging to the company and the Fedora Project, including systems used to sign Fedora packages.

In the Fedora breach, company officials said they had "high confidence" the hackers did not get the "passphrase used to secure the Fedora package signing key." Regardless, the company has converted to new Fedora signing keys.

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A Critical DNS Vulnerability Hitting The Web.

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Speaking at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, security researcher Dan Kaminsky warned that a critical vulnerability in the internets worldwide DNS (Domain Name System) infrastructure is worse than initially thought.

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Microsoft Blesses LGPL, Joins Apache Foundation

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According to a somewhat jaw-dropping story in The Register, it appears that Microsoft has performed a trifecta of geek-scaring feats: They have joined the Apache Software Foundation as a Platinum member(at $100K USD a year), submitted LGPL-licensed patches for ADOdb, and have pledged to expand their Open Specifications Promise by adding to the list more than 100 protocols for interoperability between its Windows Server and the Windows client.

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Slackware 12.1 is released!

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The Oldest & the Greatest Linux distribution, Slackware 12.1 has been released.

Well folks, it's that time to announce a new stable Slackware release again. So, without further ado, announcing Slackware version 12.1! Since we've moved to supporting the 2.6 kernel series exclusively (and fine-tuned the system to get the most out of it), we feel that Slackware 12.1 has many improvements over our last release (Slackware 12.0) and is a must-have upgrade for any Slackware user.

Macbook Air first to be hacked in contest!

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Vancouver (WA) - During a contest in Vancouver where competitors tried to hack Windows, Linux and Apple computers, the Macbook Air was the first to be compromised, taking the winner just two minutes to break into Apple's new thin notebook.

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Ministry of Awqaf & Islamic Affairs of Kuwait use Linux

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Ministry of Awqaf & Islamic Affairs of Kuwait announced that they signed a contract with Novell co to install & deploy OES2 and SUSE Linux with System Identity Management.

That's would be the first ministry to apply Linux in their systems on the middle east according to them.

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