Hands on with Mint 7
tuxradar.com — Now in its seventh iteration, codenamed Gloria, Linux Mint aims to bring easy-to-use Linux to the masses. It's based upon the ubiquitious Ubuntu, and as such it shares many of the same features; the installation routine, for example, is virtually identical and takes under 30 minutes to complete. More…
EU Commissioner: Digital Natives See Piracy As ‘Sexy’
torrentfreak.com — EU Commissioner for Telecoms and Media Viviane Reding has joined the debate over Internet piracy. Yesterday she stated that both sides of the conflict are right but their inability to see things from the other’s perspective is holding back progress. In the meantime, she says, piracy is seen by many as increasingly “sexy”. More…
Was North Korea Behind the U.S./South Korean DDOS Attacks?
pcworld.com — The cyberattacks that took down prominent U.S. and South Korean Web sites in the last week have apparently ended but the search for those responsible is only just beginning. North Korea has emerged as a likely culprit, especially among politicians, but was it really behind the attacks? More…
Will the Feds Manhandle Your Data Center?
greenercomputing.com — The agreement just reached by the G8 to reduce greenhouse emissions may not be a particularly strong one, but it will inevitably lead to increased U.S. attempts to halt global warming. And that means that your data center may be in the cross-hairs. More…
New York Times Considers $5 Monthly Web Fee
wired.com — Apparently all print subscribers haven’t been asked (this by way of a full disclosure), but the New York Times is asking its dead tree readers whether they’d be willing to pay to access the paper’s content online. The numbers being floated are $2.50 a month for subscribers, and $5 a month for everyone else More…
Much Ado About IE6
blog.digg.com — Here at Digg, like most sites, the designers, developers, and QA engineers spend a lot of time making sure the site works in Internet Explorer 6. This work consumes time that could be spent building the future of Digg. Here’s what we’re gonna do — and not do — about it. More…
Is China Banning Submissions to Digg?
brentcsutoras.com — China has a pretty documented history of banning various popular websites to keep its people from ‘viewing harmful information’. YouTube, Google, and CNN have been banned for some time, but with the recent riots, Facebook and Twitter were also banned in an effort to keep reports of the riots from getting out. More…

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