“It is unclear whether LiveJournal has managed to close the security holes that the hackers claim to have used. The company says it has, but the hackers insist there are still at least 16 other similar Javascript flaws on the LiveJournal site that could be used conduct the same attack.
Group members said they plan to turn their attention to looking for similar flaws at another large social-networking site.”
Author: Jani
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LiveJournal still vulnerable?
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LJ Changes to User Subdomains
“Starting tonight, you can now reach your journal and community at a new, shorter user subdomain. […]
All journals will now be located at http://username.livejournal.com.
All communities will now be located at http://community.livejournal.com/username. -
The Google Robot FAQ
“Last update: November 1st, 2030
What are Google Robots?
Google Robots are our human-like machines that walk the earth to record information. They do no harm, and they do not invade your privacy.”
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Blogsome's Downtime Continues
“We made a decision to do the transfer while leaving access to blogs (i.e. not turning off the site altogether). It now seems that this has made the switchover go more slowly than we had planned. […] It looks like we will not be able to restore access to admin functions until 9am UTC Thursday.”
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Blogsome is being improved
“Blogsome is currently being moved […] in order to add additional servers to our network. The outcome should be a much faster blogging service. The work will take a number of hours. Your blog will be viewable to the public during this time.”
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Strong Winds of Change For Linux… Or Just Hype?
“In about 72 hours, a project will be announced that could have a mighty impact on Desktop Linux and the Community At-Large. […]
If it takes off, then this day may very well be the day that Microsoft never wanted to see. The impact could be that great. Again, it comes back to comminity involvement and just how bad we want to see Linux on the desktop.”
Blog of Helios via Juha
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Project Silver Rogue Server
“I had this dead ups lying around and didn’t know what to do with it. So we threw some ideas back and forth and the one that stuck was a hidden rogue server. […] Just think of the possibilities. A hidden file archive, hook it up to your hacked tivo, mess with the RIAA when the come search your house…”
Inventgeek.com via Juha
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Cuba switches to Linux
“According to the government daily, Juventud Rebelde, Roberto del Puerto, director of the state office of information technology, said his office was working on a legal framework that would allow the replacement of Windows through-out Cuba.”
The Inquirer via Juha
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Tekijänoikeuskaappausten valvontakeskus
“Tekijänoikeuskaappaus tarkoittaa sitä, että joku yrittää omia itselleen oikeuksia, jotka eivät hänelle kuulu. Tekijänoikeuskaappari väittää tai antaa ymmärtää tekijänoikeuslain antavan hänelle jossakin asiassa määräysvaltaa tai muita oikeuksia, joita hänellä ei todellisuudessa ole. […]
11.1.2006 perustettu Tekijänoikeuskaappausten valvontakeskus (TKVK, entinen Tekijänoikeusvarkauksien valvontakeskus ja Tekijänoikeuden luvattoman käyttöönoton valvontakeskus) valvoo tekijänoikeuskaappauksia.”