{"id":359,"date":"2008-10-09T21:03:22","date_gmt":"2008-10-09T19:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=359"},"modified":"2008-10-11T15:09:13","modified_gmt":"2008-10-11T13:09:13","slug":"weekly-newsletter-issue-63","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=359","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Newsletter – Issue 63"},"content":{"rendered":"

* News about Mint<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Lots of improvements leading up to Mint 6 Felicia<\/p>\n

mintUpload<\/a> to support FTP<\/p>\n

mintNanny<\/a> introduced – a simple tool to prevent children from accessing certain websites<\/p>\n

Three new commands<\/a> – search, apt contains and apt content.<\/p>\n

Mint is now<\/a> to be on the major distributions page<\/a> on Distrowatch<\/a><\/p>\n

* News about Linux<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bruce Perens: A Big Change<\/a> for Open Source – An appeals court has erased most of the doubt around Open Source licensing, permanently in a decision<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael Robertson sued over Linspires missing cash<\/a><\/p>\n

New releases recently<\/p>\n

Mandriva<\/a> Linux 2009 and Puppy<\/a> Linux 4.1<\/p>\n

Debian Lenny was not released – What you can do<\/a> for “Lenny”<\/p>\n

Ubuntu Confirms Linux Netbook Returns Higher<\/a> than Anticipated<\/p>\n

A Guide<\/a> Through The Linux Sound API Jungle<\/p>\n

Mono 2.0 has been released<\/a><\/p>\n

The Ubuntu Upstream<\/a> Report<\/p>\n

LinuxWorld will relaunch<\/a> as the OpenSource World Conference & Expo<\/span><\/p>\n

How PowerTOP, LatencyTOP, and Five-Second Boot Improve Desktop Linux<\/a><\/p>\n

The latest news about the kernel is always found here<\/a><\/p>\n

* News about IT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Security researchers warn of new ‘clickjacking’ browser bugs<\/a> The latest version of NoScript protects<\/a> against this<\/p>\n

Flash Player workaround<\/a> available for “Clickjacking” issue for 9.0.124.0 and earlier<\/p>\n

Nasty web bug<\/a> descends on world’s most popular sites<\/p>\n

Researchers uncover major IP flaw<\/a><\/p>\n

Council sells <\/a>security hole on Ebay<\/p>\n

Hackers exploit Neosploit<\/a> to booby trap BBC, US postal service<\/p>\n

Shadowserver to Build ‘Sinkhole’ Server<\/a> to Find Errant Bots<\/p>\n

Norwegian standards body implodes<\/a> over OOXML controversy<\/p>\n

Cloud computing is a trap<\/a>, warns GNU founder Richard Stallman<\/p>\n

Obviously the new Facebook layout is not liked <\/a>by all, there are at least three groups claiming a million members<\/p>\n

Google: Commitment<\/a> to Sustainable Computing<\/a><\/p>\n

Microsoft will move<\/a> its main office for enterprise search to Norway<\/p>\n

Microsoft gives users six months longer to flee from Vista <\/a>– Buckling to OEMs?<\/p>\n

Microsoft tries to put fear of God into scareware vendors<\/a><\/p>\n

Venezuela orders<\/a> 1 million laptops from Portugal<\/p>\n

New trans-Pacific submarine cable completed <\/a><\/p>\n

Japan home owners to be offered 16Gbit\/s Internet connection<\/a><\/p>\n

How Online Fraudsters Are Using SAAS <\/a>in Their Networks<\/p>\n

World’s electrical grids open to attack<\/a> (not sure where to put this)<\/p>\n

* Hardware news<\/strong><\/p>\n

AMD to split<\/a> the company<\/p>\n

Report: Fujitsu to sell<\/a> hard drive business to Western Digital<\/p>\n

New plate from BT promises broadband boost<\/a><\/p>\n

Lightbulbs Could Replace<\/a> Wi-Fi Hotspots<\/p>\n

* Trivia and other links<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clean Energy 2030 Google’s Proposal <\/a>for reducing U.S. dependence on fossil fuels<\/p>\n

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* More about Linux Mint<\/strong><\/p>\n

How to donate <\/a><\/p>\n

You find the Wallpaper of the Month in the Blog<\/a><\/p>\n

Home page <\/a><\/p>\n

Blog<\/a> The planet <\/a> Wiki<\/a> Forum<\/a><\/p>\n

* Editors comment<\/strong><\/p>\n

As always – if you find something I\u2019ve missed in the newsletter please tell me – you can post a comment here<\/p>\n

Enjoy life<\/p>\n

Husse<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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