Fedora 9 is a significant upgrade and packs in a number of new features. Perhaps the best part of Fedora 9 is the new live USB options. After playing with the release candidate for a week or so Im happy to report that Fedora 9 has made some significant strides and gives Ubuntu a serious run for its money when it comes ot user-friendliness.

Fedora is also free. “Run for it's money is just a saying”. However, Fedora is a fast paced rpm based distribution. If you've ever gone through dependancy hell, you've probably quit using Fedora several releases ago. Every 6…

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A new SQL injection attack aimed at Microsoft IIS web servers has hit some 500,000 websites, including the United Nations, UK Government sites and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. While the attack is not necessarily Microsoft's fault, it is unique to the company's IIS server.

The NoScript add-in for Firefox isn't going to help you if you've added a compromised site to your trusted list. Thats teh point of this attack - it compromised trusted sites to in turn install malicious software on an end…

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Was Pidgin no longer fun?

I would like to see you explain how it's 'pointless' to the many linux users who are using FunPidgin over Pidgin. Pidgin has been slowly decaying into crap every since 1.5 to 2.0 transition. Good features are either dumped, or…

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There’s a new beta version of Google Earth available which features revamped navigation controls and some slick new layers like 3-D photo-realistic buildings in major cities and time-lapse views of sunsets and sunrises.

Google Earth 4.3 is still a beta and certain features appear to be missing (the old streaming? message that would let you know when the app was loading data doesnt appear to be in the new version, which makes it difficult to tell…

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Mozilla officially announces when Firefox 3 will be out.

Right now, the latest Firefox 3 release is beta version 4. The Firefox 3 betas have about 700,000 users right now — a small but dedicated chunk of Firefox's entire user base of 160 million people. The public release of Beta 5 will be…

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