{"id":581,"date":"2009-01-31T01:02:40","date_gmt":"2009-01-30T23:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=581"},"modified":"2009-01-31T01:02:40","modified_gmt":"2009-01-30T23:02:40","slug":"the-mint-newsletter-issue-73","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=581","title":{"rendered":"The Mint Newsletter – issue 73"},"content":{"rendered":"
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* News about Mint<\/strong><\/h2>\n

x64 Edition – News Update<\/a> Very few bugs were found in Linux Mint 6 x64 RC1 and RC1 users will not have to download the stable release<\/p>\n

Join the team – 2 new projects<\/a> coming up<\/p>\n

The Linux Mint Screencast Project<\/p>\n

The Linux Mint Community Repository Project<\/p>\n

mintCast – Episode 5<\/a><\/div>\n

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

Linux and the Inauguration<\/a><\/p>\n

Active Directory comes to Linux<\/a> with Samba 4<\/p>\n

Mono’s<\/a> New Code Generation Engine<\/p>\n

Intel releases Linux-based Moblin 2 Alpha<\/a> for Netbooks<\/p>\n

The Ubuntu pocket guide <\/a><\/p>\n

A simple Linux video converter<\/a><\/p>\n

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

* News about Open Source<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mozilla contributes $100,000 to fund Ogg <\/a>development<\/p>\n

Adobe to publish<\/a> streaming specification<\/p>\n

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

Obama Inauguration Drives Record<\/a> Web Usage<\/p>\n

Obama cybersecurity plan a golden opportunity<\/a> for tech industry, Forrester says<\/p>\n

Staff Finds White House in the Technological Dark Ages<\/a><\/p>\n

Internet users worldwide surpass 1 billion<\/a><\/p>\n

Cybercrime costs<\/a> $1 trillion\u00a0 (Ouch!)<\/p>\n

Test Your Internet Connection\u00a0 with Measurement Lab <\/a>powered by Google<\/p>\n

Wikipedia edits may become more restricted <\/a><\/p>\n

Microsoft Slashes<\/a> up to 5 000 Jobs as Sales Fall<\/p>\n

New OS X research warns of stealthier Mac attacks<\/a> In-memory code injection covers tracks<\/p>\n

Short-lived stealthy attacks are the new web threats<\/a><\/p>\n

Monster.com suffers database breach <\/a>deja vu Millions (more) at risk<\/p>\n

GPU-Accelerated Wi-Fi password cracking<\/a> goes mainstream<\/p>\n

Bot software peers at victims’ screens<\/a><\/p>\n

The largest credit card data breach<\/a> ever?<\/p>\n

1 in 3 Windows PCs vulnerable<\/a> to worm attack<\/p>\n

Yahoo uses supercomputer to fight spam<\/a><\/p>\n

BOFH-loving botmaster wants life as security consult Feds want him in prison<\/a><\/p>\n

Dutch government study: net effect<\/a> of P2P use is positive<\/p>\n

Music industry<\/a> scrambles for cash<\/p>\n

The Pirate Bay once again blocked in Denmark<\/a><\/p>\n

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

nividia back on the performance throne<\/a> (The Bjorn3d.com is a good site for tests on graphics cards)<\/p>\n

Seagate<\/a> has promised to issue a fix for the latest Barracuda bricking fault within 24 hours. (this was on January 21)<\/p>\n

Cheap paint could protect<\/a> against super-fast wireless<\/p>\n

Huawei seeks most 2008 international patents<\/a><\/p>\n

* Other news<\/strong><\/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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