Feds Want to Crack Your Blackberry
If you’re wondering why Research In Motion (RIM), maker of the Blackberry, was loathe to cooperate with the authorities in Dubai and India when they demanded access to encrypted Blackberry calls, it’s...
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RMS Inducted, Nook Tablet RIP & More…
Friday FOSS Week in Review Texas stands up for email rights Texas? Did you really say Texas? The state that leads the world in the number of executions–that Texas? Well, la-di-da, who would’ve ever...
View ArticleOur Email, Down for 18 Hours, Now Back Up
About 8 pm last night the email accounts we use here at FOSS Force went down. The problem was a server located at a datacenter in Pennsylvania that suddenly disappeared from the Internet. The server...
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Newbies Guide to Debian 7 – Part Three
Getting started with applications on your new Debian system So here you are with your new Debian system. Now you might be wondering, “Which programs do I use?” First you might want to get the...
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WordPress Becomes Big Brother & More…
FOSS Week in Review Is Netflix coming soon to a Linux near you? Saurav Modak at Muktware was observant enough to note last week that Netflix is now offering-up programming with a choice heretofore...
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WordPress Jetpack Sharing Plugin Exploited by Spammers
The sharing feature of the Jetpack plugin for WordPress is currently being exploited for the purpose of sending spam and possibly for DDOS attacks. FOSS Force became aware of this after we began...
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How Do FOSSers Use Email?
The FOSS Force Readers’ Poll How do you receive and send your email? Inquiring minds want to know. Last week’s article about Mozilla thinking of kicking Thunderbird out of the house to stay with...
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Gmail and a Can of Spam
The Heart of Linux “You’ve got mail compromised mail!” The emails started coming in slowly at first. Friends and colleagues were telling me that my Gmail address was pushing out spam. “Spam? Really?”...
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The Man Who Didn’t Invent Email Attacks Free Speech
The man whose much disputed claim to have invented email when he was a 14-year-old is taking legal actions, or threatening such, against anyone who publicly disagrees with his version of history. Shiva...
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Mozilla Relents, Thunderbird Can Stay
After nearly a year and a half with an uncertain future, Mozilla tells Thunderbird it can stay and that its future is now certain — in a most uncertain way. This is complicated. Mommy Mozilla has eased...
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