Yoggie - Personal Laptop Security on USB


Just came across www.yoggie.com. The concept behind Yoggie is to provide traveling laptops with the same level of security as within the corporate network.

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Setting up PuTTy with a Debain (CLI) installation


DebianThis is a fairly simple process.

1. Run the following command on your Debain installation to run in super user mode:

-su

2. Enter root’s password when prompted

You should notice a # when logged on as root, as shown:

debian:~#

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Eee PC - The Easy PC from ASUS


EEE PC

“Add color to your life”

This is how ASUS is marketing its brand new subnotebook Eee PC. Eee PC is a lightweight easy to use notebook that comes with a Linux kernel (but still Windows Ready).

Both the price and the size of the device are relatively small in comparison to similar devices, such as Ultra-Mobile PCs.

Eee Stands for:

  • Easy to learn;
  • Easy to work;
  • Easy to Play.

Specs

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PS3 - Hacking has started


I’ve learnt:

“The greatest enemy to PS3 “security” is the PS3 itself.”

We all remember PSP and ISO’s, the hack came out somewhat quickly. Apparently it’s not that smooth for PS3, Sony thought they have learnt their lesson, however our friends, the ethical experts have discovered that a PS3 has an AdvanceMAME binary that allows the system to emulate arcade games through Linux (hmmmmm…)

PS3 ConsoleYep, thanks to that handy OS named Linux, which conveniently comes prepped for the console, we’re already seeing some pretty nifty things being done with the PS3, and now it’s being put to good use to siphon data off of those nifty Blu-ray discs.
So far nothing more than a straight transfer has been achieved, but it appears the PS3 game file structure is similar to that of the PSP.

(Note that this is exactly how the PSP backup scene got started, the PS3 file structure closely resembles the one used in PlayStation Portable games.)

It’s not sure yet how well on the way this puts us towards the ability to create “backup” discs of PS3 games, but at least it’s a start.

Some Jap Company plugged in an external hard drive containing two 750 GB in RAID 0, 1 configuration is attached to the PS3 unit via special SATA cable. Still on show (but if the Japs can do it why shouldn’t we?!)
Read more about it here.

Anyways for some hackz you can check out this site:

Compiz Fusion - Pure Eye Candy


An excerpt from the Compiz Fusion Wiki:votacionlogo1.jpg

Compiz Fusion is the result of a merge between the well-known Beryl composite window manager and Compiz Extras, a community set of improvements to the Compiz composite window manager. Compiz Fusion aims to provide an easy and fun-to-use windowed environment, allowing use of the graphics hardware to render each individual window and the entire screen, to provide some impressive effects, speed and usefulness. The first Compiz Fusion developer release was Compiz Fusion 0.5.2 on August 13th 2007, shortly after Compiz 0.5.2 was released. First stable release of Compiz Fusion is 0.6.0 released on October 20 2007.

Compiz Fusion is an open-source software project, meaning anyone can use it freely and contribute.

More Information @ http://www.compiz-fusion.org/

With this stuff all for free … who the hell wants to pay for Windows Vista?!

Hardy Heron - Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha4 Released



Ubuntu 8.04 code-named Hardy Heron Alpha 4 was released February 02 and is officially available for testing.

At this stage it is still considered as unstable so smooth running is virtually impossible.

ISO Download Link:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/hardy/alpha-4/

The release is scheduled late April this year and it is expected to be supported for 3 years and 5 years, for desktop & server respectively.
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