Ubuntu Tips n Tricks

Monday, May 3, 2010

Weekly Ten (5-03-2010)

Posted: 03 May 2010 04:57 AM PDT

10 Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful:

1. Hackers penetrate mid-level bank IT network
SNOsoft, a research team at at cyber-security specialists Netragard specializing in anti-hacking have penetrated a medium-level bank by ascertaining relevant information from popular social media websites.
More @ usfst.com

2. Chavez exhorts Fidel, Morales to Twitter
Delighted at his cyber success, Venezuela's new Twitter convert President Hugo Chavez on Thursday invited Cuba's Fidel Castro and Bolivian President Evo Morales to join the micro-blogging site too.
More @ YahooNews

3. Integrating virtual keyboards in Google search
You've spilled coffee on your keyboard. The a, e, i, o, u, and r keys have stopped working. Now try to search Google for the nearest computer repair shop. The pain of typing on this broken keyboard is similar to what many people searching in non-English languages feel when trying to type today. Typing searches on keyboards not designed for your languages can be frustrating, even impossible.
More @ Googleblog

4. Mindstorm Rubik's solver

More @ HackaDay

5. Boycott Apple. Boycott Everyone.
When Apple dispatched California's Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team to conduct a literal door-busting raid on Gizmodo editor Jason Chen's house to confiscate his computers and many other items, the general response should have been outrage. But what really happened?
More @ LinuxToday

6. HTML5 video in Internet Explorer 9: H.264 and H.264 alone
Microsoft has put its stake in the ground and committed to supporting H.264 in Internet Explorer 9. That the next browser version would support H.264 HTML5 video was no surprise (though the current Platform Preview doesn't include it, it was shown off at MIX10), but this is the first time that Microsoft has provided a rationale for its decision.
More @ ArsTechnica

7. Android users not upgrading their OS to the latest version
Unlike the rapidly deployed updates Apple posts for the iPhone OS through iTunes, Android users are unlikely (and often unable) to apply the latest updates to their phones, according to new information published by Google and its AdMob subsidiary.
More @ AppleInsider

8. Nintendo Wii goes ebony and ivory on May 9, includes Sports Resort and Motion Plus

More @ Engadget

9. The Perfect Server - Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (Ubuntu 10.04)
This tutorial shows how to set up an Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (Ubuntu 10.04) server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Courier POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc.
More @ HowtoForge

10. The Elements of Living Lightly
Today I'm going to suggest a small change in mindset that could change your life.
More @ ZenHabits