| Linux Today News 5 OF THE BEST FREE LINUX PORT SCANNERS
"Linux has a good range of port scanners that help administrators identify and rectify weaknesses in a system. To provide an insight into the software that is available, we have compiled a list of 5 of our favorite port scanners." LIBREOFFICE RAISES 10000 EUROS FOR FOUNDATION IN ONE DAY
"The Document Foundation announced their intention of becoming a legal non-profit foundation to allow it to accept donations and financial assistance as well as pay employees and rent without having to suffer the tax liabilities levied upon businesses." NYSE, DEUTSCHE BORSE MERGER PLACES LINUX ON THE FRONT LINE
"The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE Euronext) and Deutsche Borse yesterday confirmed they will merge, with the aim of become the world's largest trading venue and dramatically advancing their technological offerings." HELIOS ROCKS AT ROCK A CHARITY
"It started with an email inviting us to take part in a Facebook competition." GEOHOT ASKS FOR DONATIONS TO FIGHT SONY?S PS3 HACKING LAWSUIT
"PlayStation 3 jailbreaker George Hotz, also known as GeoHot, is asking for donations to help pay for legal defense fees in his fight against Sony. He specifically calls the electronic giant a bully and then outlines why he needs financial help:" 20 NEW USER MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT LINUX
"1) Linux will behave like Windows." BANSHEE, CANONICAL AND HOW TO EARN AN HONEST LIVING IN OPEN SOURCE
"openSUSE community manager, Jos Poortvliet, discusses Canonical?s heavy handed tactics over Banshee referrals, and wonders how an openSUSE Foundation might make an honest living in open source" TELSTRA FREES T-HUB OPEN SOURCE CODE (FINALLY COMPLIES WITH LICENSES)
"The nation?s biggest telco Telstra has made the open source software components used to build its T-Hub next-generation home telephone system publicly available, after it was criticised for keeping them private by an Australian software developer last year." MOZILLA DELAYS FINAL FIREFOX BETA
"It's looking increasingly unlikely that Mozilla will ship Firefox 4 this month. On Thursday, Christian Legnitto, who oversees Firefox releases, said that Beta 12 would probably not ship for several days." WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASS ACTION AGAINST SONY ABOUT REMOVING OTHEROS?
" I thought you'd be interested to know what's been happening in the litigation against Sony filed by customers upset that Sony took away the OtherOS capability on their PlayStation3's. Sony Computer Entertainment America, or SCEA, filed a motion to dismiss [PDF] the lawsuit." RIPLINUX 11.4 READY
"Recovery Is Possible (RIP) Linux 11.4 is a boot, rescue, backup, maintenance, as well as general purpose system on CD or USB." BLACK OPS: HOW HBGARY WROTE BACKDOORS FOR THE GOVERNMENT
"On November 16, 2009, Greg Hoglund, a cofounder of computer security firm HBGary, sent an e-mail to two colleagues. The message came with an attachment, a Microsoft Word file called AL_QAEDA.doc, which had been further compressed and password protected for safety. Its contents were dangerous" 10 ANDROID APPS FOR LINUX SERVER ADMINS
"The Linux server admin on the go needs a good remote administration toolkit. Here are 10 useful remote administration apps for Android devices." HOW TO CHANGE THE GRUB 2 SETTINGS WITH GRUB CUSTOMIZER 2.0 IN UBUNTU 10.10
"Grub Customizer is a graphical interface to configure the grub2. The application allows the user to add, remove, freeze, rename and reorder boot menu items" WE WANT MORE LINUX PRESENTATIONS INSIDE SHOPPING CENTERS!
"Last october I wrote about the first Italian presentation of Free Software inside a supermarket chain because it looked to me, and still looks, a wonderful idea that should find many followers worldwide, since it proves that Free Software isn?t a boring topic best left to software professionals." EXERCISE 5: MANAGING THE STRUCTURE OF THE AWK FILE
"The awk file can have three parts which allow you to perform various tasks and enhance your script and it?s usability. The three sections are; BEGIN, BODY and END." UK GOVERNMENT GETS REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT OPEN SOURCE
"Monday 21st February 2011 saw the first 'Open Source System Integrators Forum' held by the Cabinet Office and I'd like to share a few modest bits of news with you all" VIEWSONIC VIEWPAD 7 REVIEW -- THE PERFECT COMPROMISE ON PRICE & PERFORMANCE?
"Can ViewSonic upset the establishment with an affordable tablet inspired by Apple?s iPhone 4? Russell Barnes puts the 7″ Android-powered ViewPad 7 through its paces in an effort to find out" SNOW SABRE, UNI - TWO ELEGANT MAC ICON THEMES PORTED TO GNOME
"Here are two new Mac themes inspired icon themes for GNOME that demands your attention. Snow Sabre icon theme has a light and black variant and both of them looks very neat and simple while Uni icon theme for GNOME looks quiet good too." FBI: WEB-BASED SERVICES HURTING WIRETAPPING EFFORTS
"Web-based e-mail, social-networking and peer-to-peer services are frustrating law enforcement wiretapping efforts, a lawyer for the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation told lawmakers Thursday, but she did not offer concrete ideas on how to fix the problem." NOVELL'S STOCKHOLDERS APPROVE ATTACHMATE BUYOUT BUT THE DEAL'S FAR FROM DONE
"Last week, Novell announced that its stockholders have voted to adopt the previously announced merger with Attachmate and Longview Software Acquisition Corp., a special purpose vehicle formed by Attachmate designed to acquire all of Novell?s stock." REVIEW: HANDS ON WITH THE BOXEE BOX
"Everywhere you look these days, there is a new device for sale designed to get music, movies, and entertainment to your TV without the hassle of old-fashioned delivery systems like cable or satellite." | 
