Month: April 2011
-
Slackware 13.37: an interview
I woke up this morning to find a very nice email in my inbox – Slackware 13.37 has been released! So continuing on from previous articles in my interview series, it’s time to take a look at Slackware 13.37. One thing is for sure about the development process – Pat has been having some fun.…
-
Sony’s PSN hacked
As you may have gauged from other posts, Sony has never endured themselves to me. Their recent activity in suing George Hotz for hacking the Playstation 3 ( after they removed the OtherOS function ) means I’m even less enamoured with them. But the final nail may have just been struck: the Playstation Network has…
-
Apple i* devices track your movements
It’s no secret I’ve never been a big Apple fan, although not for the reasons you may think. It’s not because of their draconian and closed environment. Neither is it because their products have little technical merit above other products yet seem to garner an almost fanatical following. Primarily it’s because of Apple’s poor security,…
-
When Harry met Sally … 2
This is not the type of thing I normally post but Funny or Die have a great skit of Billy Crystal and Hellen Mirren going on … take a look. billy_crystal
-
Linux: 20 years and growing stronger every day
The Linux Foundation is celebrating 20 years of Linus Torvalds’ epic creation, the Linux kernel. What started out as a simple hobby has grown into possibly the biggest ( and most disruptive ) phenomenon in computing history, powering commercial business, most of the internet, supercomputing, stock exchanges, a myriad of electronic appliances, entertainment systems and…
