We have discussed the problem of older operating systems and security here many times, now it’s great to see that Microsoft has released two critical updates for Windows 98 and WinMe users. You can learn more about the patches at…
Linuxense.com has started a new server break-in challenge to begin tomorrow, March 9th. If you can keep a server up for 48 hours without interruption, you win an active shell account to play with. No big bucks, or prizes, just a simple…
Microsoft announced last year that there were four major parts of Longhorn that will make it worth the upgrade, since Longhorn will not be released for at another year or two, Microsoft thought it better make as many of these available…
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Not long ago we had a spirited discussion here on GeekNewsCentral about the fact that everyone was running WinXP and they all should be updated to the latest security patches. Well now I have some figures to show you just…
Apache server software has been steadily increasing in popularity this year. When you hear someone talk about Apache, you assume they have a Unix-flavored server, but as of late, many folks are using Apache on their Windows machines instead of IIS.…
I upgraded one of my network file servers, yesterday. I replaced a hard disk that was setting off occasional error notices, and, while while I was at it, I replaced the current operating system (Mandrake Community 10.1) with Knoppix 3.7. Knoppix is the Linux distribution that I use in class to demonstrate how simple Linux is to use, because Knoppix is a fully-functional operating system with common applications that can boot from a single CD. So, with the bootable CD, I can quickly convert any computer to Linux without the risk of deleting any existing files from the Windows operating system.