Astley attack - first worm bites Apple iPhone Nov 10, 2009
"The creator of the worm has released full source code of the four existing variants of this worm," wrote Mikko Hypponen of security firm F-secure. "This means that there will quickly be more variants, and they might have nastier payload than just changing your wallpaper.". (BBC News -- Technology)
eBay in Skype deal with founders Nov 7, 2009
They sued the company in the UK, saying their company Joltid owned the rights to underlying source code that props up the Skype network. Unlike traditional mobile calls, which are transmitted over a cellular network, Skype turns your voice into data and sends it over the internet. (BBC News -- Business)
Enabling Web Slices and Accelerators with a PHP Site Nov 6, 2009
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Indian enterprises face data loss risk Nov 5, 2009
"The need to protect sensitive information like source code, intellectual property, employee and customer accounts has made enterprises realise that data loss can turn into a disaster in terms of competition, compliance and credibility," Symantec India managing director Vishal Dhupar told IANS here. The survey, conducted in August involving heads of IT infrastructure in verticals spanning banking and finance, manufacturing, media and entertainment, telecom, and IT and IT-enabled services, showed... (India Times)
Arasan Chip Systems Announces CompactFlash 4.1 Controller Family Nov 3, 2009
Arasan provides a "Total IP Solution" for its CompactFlash/CF+ IP core consisting of RTL source code, synthesis scripts, test environment and documentation, all backed by Arasan's World-class customer support. About Arasan. (Primezone Releases)
Get the latest on Gov. Crist Oct 31, 2009
The blog notes that one of its readers found source code in the site that showed an image came from computer files of rheffley. Heffley has not returned a phone call. (The Palm Beach Post)
Going Back In Technological Time Oct 31, 2009
Maybe IT directors should sit back and not only consider the source code, though. In light of the advice they're getting and who they're getting it from, maybe they should think beyond the source code and to also, if you will, consider the source. (CBS News -- Opinion)
RedState Morning Briefing Oct 30, 2009
RedState probed the source code of the website and found this: img src= ///Users/rheffley/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot. png alt= " / Who is rheffley? How about Rich Heffley. Mr. Heffley played a key role in getting Charlie Crist elected Governor in 2006. More importantly, Mr. Heffley is now Charlie Crist s top advisor in his Florida Senate race. Mr. Heffley s business address is 420 E Jefferson St, Tallahassee, FL, which is the address of the Florida Republican Party. Mr. Heffley... (Human Events Online)
Rubio backers say Florida governor's adviser behind anti-Rubio website Oct 30, 2009
com blogger has been on the case, after a reader ran down the source code from the site ... After Erickson and reporters contacted Heffley, the site was taken down and then relaunched, with the tag, rheffley, no longer in the source code. (TheHill.com)
Symbian Foundation Welcomes Fujitsu as New Board Member Oct 30, 2009
Portions of the platform's source code have already been moved to open source, under the Eclipse Public License. By mid-2010 this process will be complete, making the platform code available to all for free. (JCN Network, Japan)
Google hit with patent suit related to Chrome Oct 29, 2009
Filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the suit also charges Google with publishing and distributing the source code for Red Bend's technology. That charge may stem from the fact that Chrome and the Courgette update system are open source. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
White House opens its website programming to public Oct 27, 2009
The online-savvy administration on Saturday switched to open-source code for www ... "Security is fundamentally built into the development process because the community is made up of people from all across the world, and they look at the source code from the very start of the process until it's deployed and after," said Terri Molini of Open Source for America, an interest group that has pushed for more such programs. (USA Today -- Tech)
White House opens Web site coding to all Oct 25, 2009
The online-savvy administration on Saturday switched to open-source code for meaning the programming language is written in public view, available for public use and able for people to edit ... "Security is fundamentally built into the development process because the community is made up of people from all across the world, and they look at the source code from the very start of the process until it's deployed and after," said Terri Molini of Open Source for America, an interest group that... (MSNBC -- Politics)
Mozilla's Raindrop Aims To Sort Out the Message Flood Oct 24, 2009
The organization, he said, has posted the source code for download and is seeking feedback on a variety of design issues. The Raindrop portion of the Mozilla Labs site describes the project. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Mozilla Releases Raindrop, a Prototype Messaging Tool Oct 24, 2009
The source code is being released under a Mozilla Public License ... "If you're a developer or just have lots of patience you could grab the source code, follow the instructions and get Raindrop up and running," Clark wrote on his. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Genomes Of Two Popular Research Strains Of E. Coli Sequenced Oct 21, 2009
Its genome sequence -- the series of nucleotide bases (labeled A, T, G, and C) that make up the source code for running the machinery of the cell -- has been known since 1997. The early history of B, however, was unknown until the current collaboration combed through historical scientific papers and personal recollections to trace it back to a strain at the Institut Pasteur, in Paris, in 1918. (Science Daily)
JetBrains readies open source version of its Java IDE Oct 18, 2009
Users can access the source code to both the Community product and platform via the Apache 2 license. This story, "," was originally published at. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Open Season For Retail Cyber Thieves? Oct 17, 2009
These new details of Wal-Mart's data breach-which saw point-of-sale source code grabbed and zapped to parties unknown in Eastern Europe-are shedding more light on the early days of such retail assaults and how various chains learned of and then dealt with them ... On the one hand, Wal-Mart maintains that no data-as opposed to source code, for example-was taken ... Maybe encryption and VPN administrative management were a bit loose-and the source code might not have been protected all that well. (CBS News)
JT3 Art Celebrates Young Fimmakers Event at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Oct 14, 2009
Host your own CRM changes to VoodooCRM source code at no cost. Featured. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
What’s a Business App Appliance, and Why Should You Care? Oct 10, 2009
While it s unlikely that you ll be able to customize the solution at the source code level, it should let you tailor things such as templates and reports to your requirements. Also, consider whether you need to integrate the business application appliance with other applications that you re currently running, or may need to add in the future, and how the vendor can help you to do this. (SmallBusinessComputing)
The Skype Founders' Revenge Against eBay Oct 2, 2009
The Scandis see it differently: "eBay is trying to take from Joltid what it couldn't buy," says London-based spokesman Mark Bolland, noting that the webphone company's source code is something Zennstrom and Friis have always jealously guarded, never selling it to anyone. The bad news for consumers is that this legal battle may sap Skype's funding or even threaten its existence. (Time.com)
Emerging language for Java seeks to improve coding practices Sep 30, 2009
Initially, Noop will run on the JVM. The source code will look like Java, and it will be offered under an Apache 2. 0 license. (FCW.com)
The Sum Of Knowledge -- Online And Accessible, No Less Sep 30, 2009
So far, there have been more than 800 downloads of the D-NET open source code. In the medium to long term, too, there is scope for commercialisation of the D-NET platform. (Science Daily)
Google Closes Dev Site, Open Sourcers Upset Sep 30, 2009
"Either way, these apps aren't open source, and that's why they aren't included in the Android source code repository," Morrill said. "Unauthorized distribution of this software harms us just like it would any other business, even if it's done with the best of intentions. I hope that clears up some of the confusion around Goggle apps for Android.". (Datamation)
Cox fixes Arizona Internet outages Sep 26, 2009
The outages were not defined by geographical area; instead, they had to do with bad computer source code that directs traffic on Cox s network. Cox officials were working on clearing up the code so the problems will not recur, Katsenes said. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
Linux Code Quality: Getting Better or Worse? Sep 25, 2009
In 2006, Coverity was granted a three year Department of Homeland Security grant to help improve open source code ... Actually helping developer to have clean code before it formally ends up in a project's source code is also something that Coverity has an eye on. (Datamation)
Red Hat shares rise on 3Q earnings Sep 24, 2009
Because its source code is freely available to coders worldwide, who make improvements to the operating system, Linux has emerged as a less expensive alternative to Windows, whose source code is a closely kept secret and whose development costs Microsoft millions in R&D.. The lower cost of Linux in a recessionary environment has helped Red Hat attract business at a faster rate than analysts have been projecting. (Raleigh Triangle Business Journal, NC)
Open Source Leader Red Hat Edges Sales, Profit Views In Q2 Sep 24, 2009
Anyone can modify the source code, but all changes must be shared with everyone. Red Hat offers the Linux operating system and JBoss middleware, which lets computers share data. (Investors Business Daily)
Deja Vu: Skype Founders and eBay in Legal Spat Sep 19, 2009
In their suit, the company Joltid -- backed by Zennstrom and Friis -- charges eBay with violation its copyright for altering and sharing the peer-to-peer source code that's at the foundation of Skype's VoIP technology. RELATED ARTICLES. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Skype founders sue eBay, investors Sep 18, 2009
Citing the court filing, the publication said, Joltid, a company owned by the Skype founders, claims that eBay violated copyright law by altering and sharing the peer-to-peer source code behind the free Internet calling service. The report noted that Skype founders maintained ownership of that source code after selling Skype to eBay in 2005, and licensed it to eBay. (India Times)
Skype's founders sue eBay Sep 17, 2009
Since then, eBay has showed the software's source code to third parties, copied it and altered it without permission, according to the complaint ... Since then, eBay has showed the software's source code to third parties, copied it and altered it without permission, according to the complaint. (New York Post -- Business)
SCM Microsystems Announces Portable Smart Card Reader and Software Development Kit for Multiple Contactless Applications Sep 17, 2009
The kit contains both the NFC-enabled smart card readers SCL3711 and SCL010 from SCM Microsystems, as well as a variety of popular contactless tags in different designs, comprehensive documentation, source code examples and demo applications. A professional license of SCM's Smart Card Commander development and test software is included with the development kit, making it a powerful toolset for application developers. (PR Newswire)
3 OpenOffice vs. Lotus Symphony Sep 14, 2009
org source code, on the one hand, the beta of this newly released office application offers a much needed revision of the interface. On the other hand, too much of this revision takes the form of leaving out features, and the changes are accompanied by high hardware demands. (Datamation)
Computer science professors receive grant Sep 10, 2009
The contributions made by the NSF will go toward Binkley and Lawrie's forthcoming project, "Making Sense of Source Code: Improving Software through Information Retrieval.". The title of the project is verbose, but Dr. Dawn explained simply, "The aim is to help improve the ability to retrieve information. And to help other researchers get better results from the tools that have already been built.". (The Loyola Greyhound, MD)
C.A.S.S.I.O.P.E.: A Multi-agent system for conserved regions searches. Sep 10, 2009
Source code is freely available, please contact: Pierre. pontarotti@univ-provence. (BioMed Central)
Texas Memory Buys Virtualization Technology from Incipient Sep 10, 2009
TMS isn't saying what it will do with Incipient's data management patents and source code just yet, only that the technology "will allow Texas Memory Systems to further differentiate its industry-leading RamSan line of solid state storage solutions and to increase its advantage over the competition.". "The patents and software provide Texas Memory Systems with a new set of tools for virtualization and storage management that complement our solid state storage systems," TMS President Woody... (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Open Source Group Buys Microsoft Patents to Ward Off Patent Trolls Sep 9, 2009
However, patent and intellectual property rights exist and the open source community has been forced to both defend itself from patent infringement suits and pursue those who misappropriate open source code ... OIN helps the open source community- particularly the Linux community- to straddle the fence between the collaborative sharing of open source code and the legal world of intellectual property and patent rights. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Full Story » Sep 2, 2009
The ability to work alongside these unbelievable actors further cements the global importance we all share in helping to find a cure," said President of SocialVibe, Joe Marchese. About The Noreen Fraser Foundation and Men for Women Now The Noreen Fraser Foundation uses educational and awareness campaigns to raise funds for translational cancer research aimed at developing new prevention methods, diagnostic tools and non-toxic therapies to treat women's cancers. About SocialVibe SocialVibe is the... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
The accidental chick magnet Aug 31, 2009
Once Facesmash transformed to Facebook, Zuckerberg's former Harvard classmates, the twin Olympic rowers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, sued him claiming he stole their idea and source code for Facebook when they asked him for programming help in 2003. The case settled last year for $US65 million, chump change for Zuckerberg considering the 25-year-old is now the world's youngest billionaire, based on Facebook's most recent valuation of $US6. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Is Mac's New OS Something To Brag About? Aug 28, 2009
He offered up a wish list for Snow Leopard that included: real" ASLR; "full use of hardware-enforced Non-eXecutable memory (NX);" default 64-bit native execution for security-sensitive processes; sandbox policies for Safari, Mail.app, and third-party applications (akin to what Chrome has); and Mandatory code signing for kernel extensions. Apple's Mac OS X security page makes reference to offering sandboxing, Library Randomization, and Execute Disable, but there are no details. An Apple... (CBS News -- Sci/Tech)
KDE's Expanded Desktop vs. Online Apps Aug 26, 2009
By that, I do not mean that freely available source code is in any danger of disappearing ... Nor do most online applications make source code available, any more than proprietary desktop applications do. (Datamation)
EB, Elektrobit Corporation, Joins the Symbian Foundation Aug 24, 2009
EB will also have a seat on the Release Council, which coordinates the integration of contributions to the Symbian source code into stable and timely platform and tools releases ... Portions of the source code are already being moved to open source, under the Eclipse Public License ... Portions of the platform's source code have already been moved to open source, under the Eclipse Public License. (PR Newswire)
Tips and Tools for Web Designers an... Aug 24, 2009
Firstly, the Web Developer Toolbar for Firefox allows developers to quickly and easily view source code, css stylesheets and disable various functions of any site for fast debugging and development. Also available for Firefox is an add-on called , which allows for inspection of the various elements on any site so that designers and developers can check the CSS and HTML of their site on the fly. (Suite101.com)
Let Us Consider Electronic Voting Aug 23, 2009
The source code necessary to access the machines is split into four equal parts, which are then divided among stakeholders, including a representative from the CNE, opposition parties, pro-government coalitions and international observers. In order for any change to the coding of the computers to be implemented, each of these parties must be present and access the machines simultaneously. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Unix uniqueness Aug 21, 2009
BCPL was largely intended for writing operating systems and compilers for other languages (a compiler is a utility that takes the source code of a program and turns it into the binary commands a specific computer can execute) ... Unix always encouraged tinkering, innovation and experimentation, and in order to do that effectively you need to look under the bonnet and read the source code - something that remains central to the free software philosophy. (BBC News -- Technology)
* Wikipedia launches iPhone application, has high hopes Aug 21, 2009
Our intention is to house the source code and continue to update the application through Apple channels with subsequent releases, Walsh said. Then, obviously, take it to other platforms like Palm and Android. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
DISA releases open-source administration app Aug 20, 2009
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is releasing as open source code a suite of internally developed administration applications, named the Open Source Corporate Management System (OSCMIS), in hopes that other agencies and industry will reuse and further develop the application. The agency will run a demonstration of OSCMIS next month. (FCW.com)
Computer Scientists Take Over Electronic Voting Machine Aug 13, 2009
The computer scientists had no access to the machines source codeor any other proprietary informationwhen designing the demonstration attack ... But before they could find a flaw in the software, they had to reverse engineer the machines software and its hardwarewithout the benefit of source code. (Newsmax)
FalconView goes open source for corporate, environmental, government and other users Aug 13, 2009
In the past, the U.S. Department of Defense typically funded companies to develop software and these companies rarely shared the source code, which led to "knowledge monopolies" because there were usually not mechanisms for secondary vendors to make improvements to the software, Bailey said. Open-source practices allow third parties to freely use source code and provide formal mechanisms to submit improvements or patches back to the main source code repository. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Computer Scientists Take Over Electronic Voting Machine With New Programming Technique Aug 12, 2009
The computer scientists had no access to the machine s source code or any other proprietary information when designing the demonstration attack ... But before they could find a flaw in the software, they had to reverse engineer the machine s software and its hardware without the benefit of source code. (Science Daily)
Does GPL still matter? Aug 12, 2009
GPL changes would hinder commercial cloud-based apps To force the free distribution of source code, the GPL requires publishers to place the source code on the disk they distribute their applications on. Under GPL, "you've got to give it away for free, and you've got to give the source code away for free as well," says analyst Kiewe ... That means there's no need to distribute the source code for GPL cloud applications. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Social Media Takes a Hit, Microsoft Fears Linux Aug 11, 2009
On Monday MIPS Technologies released Android source code that allows people to create Android applications for devices that use the company's processors. MIPS technology is found in assorted home entertainment devices such as Sony DVD players and Linksys broadband routers. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Top 25 PC Games of All Time Aug 8, 2009
The eventual release of the source code eventually let fans to modify and refine the game even further, delivering visual updates as well as whole new campaigns. It's a difficult game to learn, let alone master, but if you do it's safe to say that this is the closest that you'll probably get to experiencing life as an F-16 pilot. (IGN PC Games)
Navigating in the ocean of molecules Aug 8, 2009
The source code can also be obtained: advanced users can thus adapt the program to their requirements and embark on more targeted explorations of the chemical space. . (EurekAlert!)
The best free open source software for Windows Aug 8, 2009
Originally released as a completely open source project, its developers were forced to scale back to a more restrictive Creative Commons License (still freely available, but without source code) after unscrupulous parties decided to rename the original and try to resell it for profit. As currently constituted, Paint. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
George Sodini Aug 7, 2009
In a written but unpublished post , the 48-year-old gunman wrote that if a particular woman he admired from afar would be his girlfriend, he would "cancel this plan or put [it] on hold, at least for a while," ABC News has learned through an analysis of his blog's hidden source code. Related "At the gym I saw a woman I like. I see her at the park and ride sometimes, so she isn't a stranger. Occationaly [sic] she makes good eye contact and smiles, etc. She is maybe 40ish, and attractive to me,"... (ABC News)
Avoiding Linux Bug Exploits: One Example Aug 5, 2009
Coverity is set to release a new version of its full Scan report later this year which will detail the overall progress and trends they've seen in open source code. Additional defects pile up. (Datamation)
3Court Battle May Disconnect Internet Phone System Skype for Good» Aug 4, 2009
"In particular, Joltid has alleged that Skype should not possess, use or modify certain software source code and that, by doing so, and by disclosing such code in certain U.S. patent cases pursuant to orders from U.S. courts, Skype has breached the license agreement," eBay said in the filing. Joltid brought a counterclaim, reiterating that it held the rights to the peer-to-peer technology and that Skype was in violation of the original agreement. (Fox News)
Nasdaq ends 12-day run of gains; Dow, S&P 500 rise Aug 2, 2009
Host your own CRM changes to VoodooCRM source code at no cost. Make $223/hr Trading Stocks. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
Sony Pictures Imageworks Launches Open Source Program Jul 31, 2009
It is designed to allow multiple developers working on a project with a database backend to design schema modifications independently, apply the migrations to their local database for debugging and when complete, check them into a source control system to manage as one manages normal source code ... Additionally, the source code can be easily customized to allow for renderer-specific extensions or alterations, or custom back-ends to translate to GPUs or other special hardware. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Legal Spat Pushes Ebay to Develop New Base for Skype Jul 31, 2009
"In particular, Joltid has alleged that Skype should not possess, use or modify certain software source code and that, by doing so, and by disclosing such code in certain U.S. patent cases pursuant to orders from U.S. courts, Skype has breached the license agreement," Ebay said in the. A counterclaim to Skype followed, pushing Skype to ask the English court to find that it was not in breach of the license and that Joltid's termination is invalid. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Google Touts Open Source Growth Jul 25, 2009
-- Google isn't only crawling your Web site, it's looking at your source code as well ... 5 billion lines of open source code spread across 30 million unique files that the search giant's identified via its code search crawl. (Datamation)
Microsoft's Stunner, Zer01 Questions Jul 25, 2009
Microsoft kicked off the week of news with the surprising revelation that it had submitted source code for the Linux kernel ... Microsoft submitted driver source code for the Linux kernel under the GPLv2 license in a move that, as the headline says, stunned the open-source community ... and : Three days after Microsoft released that driver source code for the Linux kernel, an open-source engineer said that the code was in violation of the GPL, and he offered details in a blog for how the... (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Man Who Spurred Gibbons Probe Facing Casino Debt Jul 24, 2009
The allegations emerged after Montgomery left the company and he and Trepp sued each other over ownership of computer source code and hard drives. That lawsuit was settled in September 2008 under terms that were not disclosed. (KLAS-TV)
DHS defends sole-source software buy Jul 21, 2009
SEMS Technologies LLC is the sole author and owner of the source code for the SEMS Tool. As the source code is proprietary software, the enhancements and upgrades can only be completed by the owner of the software, the justification document states. (FCW.com)
