{"id":567,"date":"2009-01-20T14:01:45","date_gmt":"2009-01-20T12:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=567"},"modified":"2009-01-20T14:01:45","modified_gmt":"2009-01-20T12:01:45","slug":"the-mint-newsletter-issue-72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=567","title":{"rendered":"The Mint Newsletter – issue 72"},"content":{"rendered":"
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* News about Mint<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Linux Mint 6 \u201cFelicia\u201d XFCE CE RC1 released<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Mint tools updates<\/a> for Linux Mint 5 Elyssa LTS<\/div>\n

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

The Linux Foundation’s\u00a0 “I’m Linux” Video Contest<\/a><\/p>\n

A new version of Ubuntu Brainstorm<\/a><\/p>\n

UbuntuDeveloperWeek<\/a> beginning January 19<\/p>\n

Watching the Obama Official Inauguration on Linux with Moonlight<\/a>. A Firefox plugin was made ready on January 20<\/p>\n

Pidgin<\/a> had problems with MSN but that is fixed now<\/p>\n

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

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

Steve Jobs takes time out<\/a><\/p>\n

Apple smashing Macs to pieces<\/a><\/p>\n

Newly discovered bug<\/a> in javascript allows “smart” phishing, but you would have to visit other pages when you are logged in to your bank. Never, ever use another web service (browser, mail, torrent – what have you) when you are logged in to your bank!<\/p>\n

Two security vendors have said they would block police attempts<\/a> to hack into systems without a warrant.<\/p>\n

Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies, a report<\/a><\/p>\n

Google’s Gdrive<\/a> arriving in 2009<\/p>\n

China includes MSN in list of porn sites in a crackdown<\/a> on porn, but in reality free speech<\/p>\n

The web is shrinking<\/a> according to Netcraft<\/p>\n

Some news about ReactOS<\/a> (an attempt to create an Open source Windows equivalent)<\/p>\n

DARPA awards<\/a> $30m to create security test bed<\/p>\n

The BadVista campaign is closing<\/a><\/p>\n

T.J. Maxx Hacker Sentenced<\/a> to 30 Years in Prison<\/p>\n

Paris Hilton’s site infected<\/a> with malware (well, well)<\/p>\n

CWE\/SANS TOP 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors<\/a><\/p>\n

What a Windows 7 BSOD Looks Like<\/a> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

IFPI publishes Digital Music Report 2009 <\/a>and claims 95% of downloaded music is illegal<\/p>\n

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

Intel<\/a> sees more hard times in 2009<\/p>\n

Intel cuts prices<\/a> on some chips up to 48 percent<\/p>\n

Researchers hack<\/a> into Intel’s vPro<\/p>\n

Intel to Roll Out Processors with Graphics Cores <\/a>This Year<\/p>\n

Laser-Hard Drives<\/a> in the Making, may be thousands of times faster than present disks<\/p>\n

Seagate hard drives manufactured in December 2008 may become inaccessible<\/a> when the system is powered on.<\/p>\n

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

Court Affirms Wiretapping Without Warrants <\/a><\/p>\n

PC Market Growth Evaporates<\/a> in Fourth Quarter as Financial Crisis Hits Home, According to IDC<\/div>\n

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* Comic of the week<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Credit goes to xkcd – http:\/\/xkcd.com\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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

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

Enjoy life<\/p>\n

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

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