Multimedia, HTPC and IT news, 06.11.2009

Linux

Vulnerability in SSL/TLS protocol

The H Open: "According to reports, vulnerabilities in the SSL/TLS protocol (...)

Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV)

war|ola’s: "The biggest issue about RHEV (and most controversial) is (...)

Linux

Hey Ubuntu, Stop Making Linux Look Bad

Linux Magazine: "It’s the same old story. A new Ubuntu release, a new (...)

Linux

openSUSE DVD/CD cover art: Opinions wanted!

Dissociated Press: "Typically Novell has created the artwork for the openSU (...)

Linux

The Importance of an Open Internet

Community-cation: "Being against net neutrality is one of those arguments t (...)

Linux

More Reasons Why Linux Misses The Desktop

Information Week: "As my colleague Alex Wolfe noted, Linux hasn't made a de (...)

Linux

FatELF: Turns out I liked the uncertainty better

Ryan Gordon: "It looks like the Linux kernel maintainers are frowning on th (...)

Multimedia

Activision Blizzard Swings to Profit (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

Activision Blizzard Swings to Profit Activision Blizzard swung to a third-q (...)

Multimedia

Activision swings to profit for third quarter (at MarketWatch)

Activision Blizzard Inc. swings to a profit for the third quarter, thanks t (...)

Multimedia

Activision Q3 Edges Guidance; No Change In Full Year View (at Barronscom)

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Multimedia

Activision Blizzard Announces Better-Than-Expected Third Quarter CY 2009 Financial Results (PR Newsw

Activision Blizzard, Inc. today announced better-than-expected financial re (...)

Multimedia

EA to Present at the BMO Digital Entertainment Conference on November 12 (Business Wire)

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.----Electronic Arts Inc. today announced that Eric Brow (...)

Multimedia

Rovi Corporation Reports Third Quarter Financial Performance (GlobeNewswire)

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Rovi Corporation , formerly known as Macrovision Sol (...)

Multimedia

Rosetta Stone Inc Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results (Business Wire)

ARLINGTON, Va.----Rosetta Stone Inc. , a leading provider of technology-bas (...)

Multimedia

Activision Delivers Solid Q3, But Faces Challenges Moving Forward (paidContentorg)

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Hardware

Analyst: iPhone Gearing Up for Enterprise Growth

A report out this week details why the iPhone is poised to make big gains i (...)

Hardware

Boom Times Already Here for Netbooks

Research firm forecasts close to 35 million global shipments of netbooks fo (...)

Linux

QA: Ubuntu 910 security

HelpNet Security: "What are the most notable security features introduced w (...)

Linux

Does Wine Make Linux Too Loose

Linux Blog Safari: "For those Wine aficionados out there, beware of the rem (...)

Linux

Package Management With Zypper

Linux Magazine: "Zypper is a command line tool for package management, it's (...)

Linux

Checking in on CodePlex

Standards Blog: "In this blog entry, I'll give my impressions of how the Co (...)

Linux

Open Source: More than a License

OStatic: "For the first time, there seems to be a growing concensus that an (...)

Linux

Microsoft Linux: Why one free software advocate wants it

Network World: "A lot of open source advocates like to rage against the mac (...)

Linux

A strangely compromised Linux box

A.P. Lawrence: "A customer reported that a Linux machine used for ssh acces (...)

Linux

Kubuntu Linux 910 Review

Desktop Linux Reviews: "Last week I took a look at the latest release of Ub (...)

Linux

Turning clouds into crackers: $45 a password

Cloudy News: "Security experts recommend long, complex passwords because th (...)

Linux

TonidoPlug: Your Personal Cloud Server in a Plug

MakeTechEasier: "However, it can become a totally bad decision when the sec (...)

Multimedia

Rosetta Stone Q3 Tops Ests; But Piper, Jefferies Downgrade; Stock Swoons (at Barronscom)

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Multimedia

Glu to Present at the BMO Capital Markets 17th Annual Digital Entertainment Conference (Business Wir

SAN MATEO, Calif.----Glu Mobile Inc. , a leading global publisher of mobile (...)

Linux

Linux-Kongress 2009: New filesystems, optimised programming

The H Open: "Among the topics were the advantages of Ext4 and Btrfs, fast E (...)

Linux

Frugal Friday: Verizon DROID, Intel Antitrust, V-Block, Oracle/EU, ICCA

Frugal Friday podcast: "Frugal Networker Ken Hess and I discuss the new Ver (...)

Linux

Discovering Sita Sings The Blues

Free Software Magazine: "Sita Sings The Blues” by self-taught animato (...)

Linux

Google Dashboard: Convenient Yes Transparency, Choice and Control Not so much

Michael Zimmer: "Google describes Dashboard as a simple way to view “the da (...)

Linux

Has Google Become a Good Open Source Citizen

Seeking Alpha:: "With its open source release Thursday of its Closure JavaS (...)

Linux

Setting Up Gitosis On Ubuntu

Howtoforge: "This article is part one of a two part series that covers sett (...)

Linux

Too Much Netbook For Too Litl

Information Week: "A Boston-based startup named Litl is taking a big risk: (...)

Linux

9 Free Linux Distributions: A Linux Free For All

Ken Hess: "Have you searched for Linux distributions that are 100% free? Di (...)

Multimedia

Activision gives video-game stocks a boost (at MarketWatch)

Activision Blizzard sees its shares rise after reporting third-quarter resu (...)

Multimedia

EA SPORTS MMA to Feature STRIKEFORCE as a Premier League (Business Wire)

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.----Electronic Arts Inc., announced today that STRIKEFO (...)

Multimedia

Throw This Stock Away (at Motley Fool)

If you find something better, grab it.   (...)

Multimedia

Activison CEO: Consumer Spending Still a Worry (at CNBC)

Activision Blizzard CEO Robert Kotick said a change in the video game maker (...)

Multimedia

Mythic Entertainment Introduces Endless Free Trial for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (Business

FAIRFAX, Va.----Mythic Entertainmentâ„¢, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio, to (...)