Gentoo-based Sabayon Linux 8 available for download.

The Sabayon development team announced the availability of version 8 this week, acknowledging the challenge to allow “the bleeding edge and reliability to coexist.” Gentoo-based Sabayon touts its variety of packages and installations to choose from, and even though their FAQ mentions its appropriateness for new Linux users, it’s aimed at more experienced users who want to customize to their hearts’ content.

Here is what’s available:

• Sabayon GNOME
• KDE
• Xfce
• SpinBase (bare-metal flavour for building your own ISO images)
• ServerBase (same but with server-optimized kernel)
• CoreCDX, for those liking Fluxbox 

Some of the new features included are:

• The first Extreme-Rolling Release distribution, with automated repository package version bumping, thanks to Entropy Matter ebuild tracker
• Always up-to-date Linux Kernel 3.2 (and experimental “Fusion” Kernels available in repositories)
• Providing extra Server-oriented Linux kernels (OpenVZ, Vserver, Generic Server)
• GNOME 3.2.2 Visual Environment
• KDE 4.7.4 Desktop Environment (4.8.0 available in a few days)
• Improved Xfce 4.8 out-of-the-box experience (for those missing GNOME2)
• Improved LibreOffice integration, updated to 3.4.4
• Cinnamon and Razor Qt available in repositories

To download, check out the Mirror List here.

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How To Increase Your You Tube Streaming.

Do you feel that your youtube streaming is very slow even the connection speed is good? This might be the problem due to cache. Don’t worry we can increase that speed. Just follow the below steps that it, you are done.

Step 1
Open any of your favorite video on youtube and right click on the video. Click on the Setting Tab as shown in the below screenshot.




Click on Settings  

Step 2
After clicking on the video you will get small tiny box which specifies as Adobe Flash Player Settings. Here you need to click on the Local Storage link and drag the slider to the end as shown in the below screenshot.




Youtube f=Flash Player Settings

That’s it…!!! Now your videos will stream very fast.

Note: This is only a small tip to improve the performance. There are other various factors that can influence speed.

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Microsoft Share Point Service.

Windows SharePoint Services is a versatile technology that organizations and business units of all sizes can use to increase the efficiency of business processes and improve team productivity. With tools for collaboration that help people stay connected across organizational and geographic boundaries, Windows SharePoint Services gives people access to information they need.


Built on Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Windows SharePoint Services also provides a foundation platform for building Web-based business applications that can flex and scale easily to meet the changing and growing needs of your business. Robust administrative controls for managing storage and Web infrastructure give IT departments a cost-effective way to implement and manage a high-performance collaboration environment. With a familiar, Web-based interface and close integration with everyday tools including the 2007 Microsoft Office system, Windows SharePoint Server is easy to use and can be deployed rapidly.
                                 
Installation over Windows Small Business Server: If you intend to install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on a server that is running Windows Small Business Server 2003, please read “Installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on a Server Running Windows Small Business Server 2003”. This white paper contains important installation steps and procedures that you must perform to ensure a successful deployment. Caution: If you do not follow the instructions in this white paper, your configuration of Windows Small Business Server 2003 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 may not function properly or might not be supported.

Search Server 2008 Express: If you’re using Windows SharePoint Services, you can easily add search capabilities to your collaboration environment across SharePoint sites, file shares, web sites, Exchange Public Folders, and third party repositories using Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express. Click here to download.

System requirements

Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
Minimum hardware requirements:

Server with a processor speed of at least 2.5 GHz
1 GB RAM
The following is also required:

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0
For further deployment and information and requirements, consult the Deployment for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 technology site.


Take Tour of Windows Share Point:http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-sharepoint-services-help/demo-tour-a-windows-sharepoint-services-3-0-site-HA010205563.aspx
 

Download:http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=14117

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Finally Microsoft unveil Windows 8 on Feb 29.

BANGALORE, INDIA: It seems Microsoft was waiting for a perfect date to launch its upcoming operating system code named Windows 8.
So, a consumer preview of the Windows 8 operating system has been scheduled on February 29 in Barcelona, Spain, at a mobile industry show.

Also read: How to develop metro apps for Windows 8

Inviting journalists for the big event, Redmond-based company Microsoft plans to give an update about the latest operating system during the two-hour session.
Windows 8 operating system comes with a new user interface (UI), which Microsoft calls as "Metro" and the new UI is compatible for three screens- smartphones, tablet PCs, and laptops/desktop PCs.

Also read: A review on Windows 8 developer preview

However, the company has declined to say when Windows 8 will be officially released.
It may be noted that last year in October Micorost had given an opportunity for the developer community to preview the latest operating system to download and develop application based on it.
Some of the features of Windows 8 include:
* 360 degrees change in the Start
* Control panel in Metro interface
* Includes Internet Explorer 10
* Metro style apps which are tablet specific, like PaintPlay and Ink Pad.

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Satellite phones vulnerable to eavesdropping.

Security researchers in Germany cracked two encryption standards used for protecting satellite phone signals, giving the ability to eavesdrop on calls over an entire continent.

Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany cracked the encryption algorithms , known as GMR-1 and GMR-2, are standards used across satellite phone operators, including Thuraya, a leading providers. Their technology is widely used in the Middle East and Africa, including in some military applications.

"We were able to completely reverse engineer the encryption algorithms employed," The Daily Telegraph quoted Benedikt Driessen and Ralf Hund of the university as saying, "Don't Trust Satellite Phones".

According to the Telegraph report, the equipment and software needed to intercept and decrypt satellite phone calls from hundreds of thousands of users would cost as little as $2,000.

The demo takes up to half-an-hour to decipher a call, but a more powerful computer would allow eavesdropping in real time, Mr Driessen said.

The Ministry of Defence has said the crack of the A5-GMR-1 and A5-GMR-2 encryption algorithms will not affect military operations.

"All military users of mobile satellite communication systems are aware of the potential threats to such systems and are briefed explicitly that they are only authorised to pass unclassified information (both voice and data) over these systems," an MoD spokeswoman said in an email statement. "Protected information is never sent over an unclassified system, unless it is being employed in conjunction with an accredited secure device."

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Man In The Middle (MITM) Attack.

Man in the middle attack is a type of attack in which the attacker intercept into the existing connection and breaks it in two different connections, one between the client and the attacker and the other between the attacker and the server. Now all the data would go through the attacker and he would be able to read, modify and insert data in the communication. Man in the middle attacks are sometimes known as fire brigade attacks.
This attack is very effective on http protocol because data is seny on plain text form. It is possible to capture session cookies by header and also possible to change.


                               MITM Attack tools:
There are several tools to perform a MITM attack.

1. PacketCreator
2. Ettercap
3. Dsniff
4. AirJack
5. Cain e Abel

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University of Washington Vulnerable and Database Leaked by Hacker.

University of Washington Vulnerable and Database Leaked by Hacker

A few days back, a Team INTRA member hacked into the University of Washington database and released much data. Today, N0B0DY and N0LIFE hacked into it again, releasing the most recent passwords on Pastebin.

The root MySQL password was also released, as well as many other MySQL users. The information_schema database was accessed, and they released the COLUMNS table completely, having 6363 records. Hackers also expose the vulnerable links in Pastebin note.

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