The diaspora* blog: diaspora* version 0.5.6.0 released
Due to the delays in freezing this version, our latest minor release is being released slightly later than scheduled. Over the past six weeks, we have managed to collect 62 commits made by 11...
View ArticleAWS Official Blog: CloudFront Update – HTTPS & TLS v1.1/v1.2 to the Origin,...
can be used to deliver static and dynamic content using a global network of edge locations. You can set it up in minutes and give your customers the benefit of fast, low-latency access to your web...
View ArticleLWN.net: [$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for January 14, 2016
The LWN.net Weekly Edition for January 14, 2016 is available.
View ArticleAWS Official Blog: They’re Here – Longer EC2 Resource IDs Now Available
Last November I gave you a heads-up that we planned to increase the length of the resource IDs for EC2 instances, reservations, volumes, and snapshots in early 2016. We are now entering a transition...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Public Rejects 10 Year Prison Term for Online Piracy
The UK Government has published a summary of a recent public consultation into a planned prison term extension for online copyright infringement. The overwhelming majority of the public, 98 percent,...
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Медийно право : Върховенството, чие върховенство
Две новини от вчерашния ден, засягащи независимостта на медиите, заслужават отбелязване. 1 На заседание на Европейската комисия на 13 януари 2016 г. беше активиран механизмът за защита на...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi: Join us at Picademy @ Google Manchester and become a Certified...
Teachers! Become the envy of your maker friends and colleagues by signing up to Picademy@Google Manchester, our free, two-day, professional development experience for professional educators. We will...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: Sean Penn’s Opsec
This article talks about the opsec used by Sean Penn surrounding his meeting with El Chapo. Security experts say there aren't enough public details to fully analyze Penn's operational security (opsec)....
View ArticleLWN.net: de Raadt: Important SSH patch coming soon
Theo de Raadt suggests that a significant OpenSSH security issue is about to be exposed; the message reads, in full: "Important SSH patch coming soon. For now, every on all operating systems, please...
View ArticleLWN.net: De Raadt: Important SSH patch coming soon
Theo de Raadt suggests that a significant OpenSSH security issue is about to be exposed; the message reads, in full: "Important SSH patch coming soon. For now, every on all operating systems, please...
View ArticleLWN.net: Security advisories for Thursday
Debian has updated libpng (two vulnerabilities), pygments (code execution), and wordpress (cross-site scripting). Debian-LTS has updated cacti (SQL injection) and inspircd (denial of service and...
View ArticleKrebs on Security: Ransomware a Threat to Cloud Services, Too
Ransomware -- malicious software that encrypts the victim's files and holds them hostage unless and until the victim pays a ransom in Bitcoin -- has emerged as a potent and increasingly common threat...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Registry Suspends Pirate Bay’s ‘New’ .MS Domain Name
Domain name troubles continue for The Pirate Bay this week. Just a few days after the site switched on its new .ms domain name, it's already been suspended by the Montserratian .MS registry. The...
View ArticleLWN.net: 2016 Linux Plumbers Conference Call for Microconferences
The 2016 Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC) has announced its Call for Microconferences. LPC will be held in Santa Fe, NM, USA on November 2-4, co-located with the Kernel Summit. "A microconference is a...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: Fighting DRM in the W3C
Cory Doctorow has a good post on the EFF website about how they're trying to fight digital rights management software in the World Wide Web Consortium. So we came back with a new proposal: the W3C...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Netflix Announces Crackdown on VPN and Proxy Pirates
For those utilizing VPNs, proxies and unblocking tools to access geo-restricted content on Netflix, the party may soon be over. According to an announcement by the company's Vice President of Content...
View ArticleAWS Official Blog: New CloudWatch Events – Track and Respond to Changes to...
When you pull the curtain back on an AWS-powered application, you’ll find that a lot is happening behind the scenes. EC2 instances are launched and terminated by Auto Scaling policies in response to...
View ArticleLauren Weinstein's Blog: How Accessibility Standards Enable Poor User Interfaces
I've been spending a lot of time recently on issues related to the accessibility of websites. This continues to be at or near the the top of queries I get regarding the Internet in general, and of...
View ArticleLWN.net: Linux Foundation and Goodwill team up to provide free Linux training...
The Linux Foundation and Goodwill are working together to bring free Linux training and certification to adult students in Texas. "The scholarship program will begin with The Goodwill Excel Center and...
View ArticleLWN.net: How conference organizers can create better attendee experiences...
Over at Opensource.com, VM (Vicky) Brasseur and Josh Berkus give advice to conference organizers on how they can improve their conferences for attendees. There are ten different areas they address,...
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