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An updated variant of a malicious bot program is spreading via a flaw in Symantec’s antivirus software as well as through several holes in Microsoft code.

Link here.

We’ve received word that a respected member of our tech community, James Kim (whom many of you may know as CNET’s senior editor of digital audio), and his family have gone missing. As we understand it, last weekend James, his wife Kati (above right), and his very young girls Penelope (left) and Sabine (baby), drove from their home in the SF Bay Are

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Ever want to alert your users to a really important message? Ever care to have some effect that looked like dasboard?

dbachrach.com/blog/2006/10/a-cool-css-effect-dashboard/

Add downtown Albany to the list of places where you can surf the Web wireless for free — but only for an hour a day.

Albany FreeNet, which was quietly launched about a month ago, got its first public exposure Wednesday morning when Mayor Jerry Jennings and Tech Valley Communications CEO Kevin O’Connor announced the new service.

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Automatix is a graphical interface for automating the installation of the most commonly requested applications in Debian based Linux operating systems.

www.debianadmin.com/install-automatix2-in-ubuntukubuntuxubuntu.html

KDE is a powerful graphical desktop environment for Unix workstations. It combines ease of use, contemporary functionality and outstanding graphical design with the technological superiority of the Unix operating system. KDE is a completely new desktop, incorporating a large suite of applications for Unix workstations. While KDE includes a window manager, file manager, panel, control center and many other components that one would expect to be part of a contemporary desktop environment, the true strength of this exceptional environment lies in the interoperability of its components.

www.debianadmin.com/install-kde-desktop-in-ubuntu.html

In order to fake a fingerprint, one needs an original first. Latent fingerprints are nothing but fat and sweat on touched items. Thus to retrieve someone elses fingerprint (in this case the fingerprint you want to forge) one should rely on well tested forensic research methods. Which is what’s to be explained here. (Figure 1).

www.ccc.de/biometrie/fingerabdruck_kopieren.xml?language=en

This is probably the best How To out there for installing MythTv on Edgy Ubuntu 6.10

tvease.net/support/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5

This tutorial is about wardriving using GPS. It explains how to install Garmin Etrex on Ubuntu and how to configure it. It also shows how to use Garmin with GPSDrive and how to convert the data to an xml file which can be imported by Google Earth.

www.howtoforge.com/wardriving_garmin_kismet_gpsdrive_ubuntu

We at nUbuntu are proud to announce the release of our x86 version nUbuntu built on Ubuntu ‘Edgy Eft’ 6.10. You can download it from our mirrors, and a torrent will be available shortly. You will find MD5 and SHA1 hashes on the download page.

nubuntu.org/