Microsoft fortifies Windows 7 kernel with overrun buster

Microsoft engineers have fortified the latest version of Windows with a feature designed to make it significantly harder for attackers to exploit bugs that may be lurking deep inside the operating system.

The safeguard is called safe unlinking, and it’s been dropped into a part of the Windows 7 kernel that allocates and deallocates chunks of memory. [...]

Vista Service Pack 2 Now Ready for Download

Microsoft has released a standalone installer for Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 today.

The software giant posted some things to know about the service packs last month, one of the warnings is if “vLite” was used to customize your Windows Vista installation, you may have removed required system components which prevent Service Pack 2 [...]

VMware Rolls Out vSphere 4

VMware Rolls Out vSphere 4

VSphere 4 has the capability to manage the data center as a set of virtualized resources.

VMware has launched its vSphere 4 data center management system ahead of schedule. It had been expected at the end of the second quarter. VSphere 4 is the next generation of VMware’s already established VMware Infrastructure 3. [...]

Red Hat Sues Switzerland Over Microsoft Monopoly

Linux vendor Red Hat, and 17 other vendors, have protested a Swiss government contract given to Microsoft without any public bidding. The move exposes a wider Microsoft monopoly that European governments accept, despite their lip service for open source, according to commentators.

The Red Hat group has asked a Swiss federal court to overturn a three-year contract [...]

Lenovo intros Ion-based netbook, CULV notebook

Lenovo chose Memorial Day to launch a range of PC updates that include a world-first. The IdeaPad S12 is the first netbook to have an option for NVIDIA’s Ion platform and overcomes one of the performance setbacks for netbooks: the advanced graphics can fully decode 1080p HD in hardware and is capable of 3D that would [...]

vpnc – client for cisco vpn concentrator -Ubuntu

vpnc is supposed to work with:

* Cisco VPN concentrator 3000 Series
* Cisco IOS routers
* Cisco PIX / ASA Zecurity Appliances
* Juniper/Netscreen

Supported Authentications: Hybrid, Pre-Shared-Key + XAUTH, Pre-Shared-Key
Supported IKE DH-Groups: dh1 dh2 dh5
Supported Hash Algo (IKE/IPSEC): md5 sha1
Supported Encryptions (IKE/IPSEC): (null) (1des) 3des aes128 aes192 aes256
Perfect Forward Secrecy: nopfs dh1 dh2 dh5

Supported Platforms:

* Linux (i386/ppc/zaurus tested)
* NetBSD [...]

Dell PowerEdge 2950 Server Power Requirements

Dell PowerEdge Server Power Requirements

Question: I have several Dell PE2950 Servers and several 20A Powerstrips, my facility provides 120VAC.  How many PE2950’s can I plug into the 20A Powerstrip without tripping the breaker?

Answer: The Dell PE2950 has a manufacturer’s rating of 750W, however this rating can vary by +/- 20% depending upon the operating efficiency of [...]

five-best-journaling-tools

Public declarations and diatribes have their place, but sometimes you need a private space for your thoughts, dreams, and ramblings. Whether you crave a digital or analogue tool, you’ll find it in this Hive Five.

The Top 5 are:
Microsoft Word
Pen and Paper
Microsoft OneNote
Evernote
WordPress

To view more info about the top 5: click here

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/05/five-best-journaling-tools/

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Installing using an RPM file on ubuntu 9.04

If you have an rpm file for a package you wish to install, and if you cannot find a .deb debian package in any of the Ubuntu repositories or elsewhere, you can use the alien package converter application to install the .rpm file.

Alien is a program that converts between the rpm, dpkg, stampede slp, and slackware [...]

Installing Microsoft Fonts in ubuntu 9.04

Even if you use OpenOffice, you might still want all the Microsoft TrueType fonts so that documents created using Word or PowerPoint look as they were supposed to when you open them with OpenOffice. Also, with the Microsoft Fonts installed we browsing will be better since the pages will look as the designer originally intended them [...]