- Welcome Guest
- Sign In
Internet security researchers at Eset on Tuesday published a security research paper on Linux/Moose, a major threat to social networks that turns routers into conduits for grabbing users' log-in credentials, employing them for network fraud and to further spread malware to client devices that connec...
The latest edition of Simplicity Linux, version 15.4, recently became available for download. Simplicity Linux delivers just what its name suggests: It is a simpler way to run a fully powered Linux desktop on any computer you touch. Simplicity lets you carry your entire desktop, favorite installed a...
Technology wars are predictable. Every new wave of gadgetry brings a fight over who will be the next king of the software hill. The next big battle is brewing over control of the Internet of Things marketplace.
Puzzle GNU/Linux is a strange OS distribution that shows the value of open source ingenuity. It is built around a hybrid desktop that is highly customizable. You might get the impression when you start using it that the desktop environment is a new creation. That would not be completely accurate. Pu...
Elementary OS is a new style Linux distro that wraps its own sophisticated desktop design around a solid Ubuntu core. This distro first appeared in 2011. Its developers released the second major version, Elementary OS Luna, last year. The latest weeks-old beta release of what will be the third major...
A team of Netflix programmers merged the company's videos with the virtual reality capability offered by the Oculus Rift headset as a fun project on Netflix Hack Day. The Oculix media app lets users browse a floating 3D Netflix video catalog using head turning movements and hand gestures. Once a sel...
The Peppermint OS is built around a concept that may be unique among desktop environments. It is a hybrid of traditional Linux desktop applications and cloud-based apps. This innovative approach puts the latest release, Peppermint OS 5, well ahead of the computing curve. It brings cloud apps to the ...
The open source Android operating system long has been considered by security experts to be the mobile OS most vulnerable to security threats, but iOS is just as vulnerable, Marble Security has found. However, the two OSes expose users to different types of threats. The perceived greater security of...
Remember Heartbleed? Several weeks ago, the exposure of this security bug chilled the Internet, highlighting once again that even the seemingly unbreakable can be hacked. In the case of the Heartbleed vulnerability, encrypted data was at risk of theft. Sites potentially vulnerable to Heartbleed urge...
The volunteers who developed Tails, the open source operating system used by whistleblower Edward Snowden, this week released v1.0. This is the 36th stable release of the OS since the first public version, then called "Amnesia," was released in June 2009. Various security and bug fixes have been i...
In the war against malware, a new strategy is taking shape. The good guys are preparing to demolish the bad guys' most effective weapons: rogue websites. The Secure Domain Foundation will tackle the identification and prevention of Internet cybercrime through a series of steps designed to interfere ...
An Android developer's disclosure that it's possible to hack into the WhatsApp database and read the text of the chats from another application could be a big headache for Facebook, which has agreed to purchase the app for $19 billion. "This is not a bug, but a design decision of WhatsApp," said Bas...
When Saul Alinsky wrote Rules for Radicals more than four decades ago, the world was a very different place than it is today. Protests and demonstrations were among the most common tactics for bringing about social change, and they were used on such a broad scale that they helped define the...
What if commercial software developers for popular Windows products sold Linux versions to a waiting market of open source users? Think in terms of paying a subscription fee to use a Linux version of Adobe's Photoshop image manipulation software, for starters. Is porting commercial products like P...
NoSQL technologies are giving the database landscape a new look as they steadily push a shift from the relational database model. Young entrants to the alternative technology, such as MongoDB, have been gaining traction despite an admitted need to mature with more needed features. "For MongoDB as a ...
If you've ever been involved with any kind of work-related group project, you'll know what a nightmare it is to collaborate via email. The management of file versions alone is enough to introduce ambiguity and quickly hiccup the whole thing. Plus, if you're not careful, it's possible to start an ent...
For years, manners have been defined and documented in easy-to-learn rules classed by geography and culture. For example, in some countries it's acceptable to make abundant noises when eating, whereas in others, eating is a matter to be taken with the utmost seriousness and is performed in stony sil...
"Enigma" may be the nickname of the latest release of the Netrunner Linux distro, but there's actually nothing enigmatic about it. In fact, Netrunner 13.06 -- also known as "Netrunner 5" -- delivers one of the most satisfying out-of-the-box desktop experiences I have had in quite some time. I spend ...
Cloud storage technologies and Big Data are driving rapid industry growth. Cloud storage developed around three model options: Infrastructure as a Service; Platform as a Service; and Software as a Service. Merging with these cloud service models are technologies providing cloud computing space and c...
If you read my columns regularly, you'll know that I'm a second-screen proponent. For those unfamiliar with the dual-screen concept, it suggests that tablet or phone often accompanies big-screen television watching, resting on the viewer's knee and acting as a two-way, interactive, Internet-connecte...
https://www.linuxinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/digital-identity.jpg
https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/ai-expert-claims-big-tech-using-fear-of-ai-to-scare-up-profits-178748.html
AI Expert Claims Big Tech Using Fear of AI To Scare Up Profits
https://www.linuxinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/frustrated-computer-user.jpg
https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/atlas-vpn-linux-leak-exposes-users-ip-addresses-177164.html
https://www.linuxinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/computer-programmers.jpg
https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/ai-will-have-a-transformative-impact-on-software-development-in-2024-178950.html
AI Will Have a Transformative Impact on Software Development in 2024
https://www.linuxinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/network-engineers-code.jpg
https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/more-linux-malware-means-more-linux-monitoring-177174.html
https://www.linuxinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/devops.jpg
https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/2023-year-of-the-software-developer-177724.html
https://www.linuxinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/smartphone-user-happy.jpg
https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/how-to-speed-up-a-suddenly-slow-android-phone-178982.html
https://www.linuxinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Monoprice-CrystalPro-27-inch-productivity-monitor.jpg
https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/monoprice-crystalpro-27-monitor-delivers-productivity-convenience-at-a-bargain-price-178833.html
Monoprice CrystalPro 27″ Monitor Delivers Productivity, Convenience at a Bargain Price
https://www.linuxinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/security-team.jpg
https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/it-and-security-leaders-baffled-by-ai-unsure-about-security-risks-study-178716.html
IT and Security Leaders Baffled by AI, Unsure About Security Risks: Study
https://www.linuxinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/modern-car-interior.jpg
https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/wind-river-linux-drives-new-solutions-for-software-defined-vehicles-177190.html
Wind River Linux Drives New Solutions for Software-Defined Vehicles
https://www.linuxinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/IT-team.jpg
https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/cyber-forecast-for-2023-and-beyond-hang-on-for-a-bumpy-digital-ride-177752.html
Cyber Forecast for 2023 and Beyond: Hang on for a Bumpy Digital Ride
https://www.linuxinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/USA-from-space.jpg
https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/the-last-digitally-free-nation-on-earth-177204.html