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Software Design - what does good look like?

21 February 2013

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Source: LinuxSecurity Contributors - Posted by Administrator
The need for new and better software is all around us. Many people are being asked to commit funds and resources to new software projects without understanding what 'good' looks like and how to successfully work with software engineers. Often, software seems like a 'dark art' with its own language and approaches that can be incomprehensible to non-software engineers.
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Pirate Bay Accuses Anti-Piracy Group of Piracy

20 February 2013

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Source: Wired - Posted by Dave Wreski
The Pirate Bay said it has alerted Finnish authorities to what it termed a “suspected crime” over an anti-piracy group allegedly pilfering the “files from which The Pirate Bay is built, to produce a fraudulent parody site.”
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The Greatest Hacker T-Shirts This Planet Has Ever Seen

19 February 2013

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Source: Wired - Posted by Anthony Pell
It was a hacker conference, so just about everyone was wearing a T-shirt. And most of the T-shirts had something to say. “Know Your Enemy,” said one, just beneath that familiar Microsoft Windows logo.
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Linux Foundation ships UEFI Secure Boot workaround

15 February 2013

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Source: The Register UK - Posted by Anthony Pell
The Linux Foundation's open source workaround for Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Secure Boot has shipped, and while it's not necessarily the easiest way to boot Linux on UEFI-enabled PCs, its authors claim it should now work with any bootloader and any distribution.
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Booting Linux using UEFI can brick Samsung laptops

31 January 2013

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Source: H Security - Posted by Dave Wreski
Booting Linux using UEFI just once on various Samsung laptops is enough to permanently stop them working. Several reports have been posted on the Ubuntu bug tracker, but the problem is likely to also be present in other Linux distributions, as it appears to be caused by a kernel driver for Samsung laptops.
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