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Apple's Mac OS X gets kudos for its security. At this writing, there are no significant exploits for its security holes, and Apple has a good track record of patching vulnerabilities in a timely manner. via Houston Chronicle

OpenSSL is used, of course, for Secure Sockets Layer which provides authentication and encryption for web traffic, but it's also used for other cryptography functions. via ExtremeTech

Red Hat announced that announced that a European branch of the the New York Stock Exchange has implemented its Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Network. via DesktopLinux

"This is good momentum for LiMo, but its not devices. We have to see the devices in the market and they have to be open to developers. [LiMo and the OHA are] head-to-head in my mind, but LiMo seems to be making more serious progress."

The LiMo Foundation, a broad industry consortium of manufacturers, operators and software developers working to put Linux onto the mobile phone, is to launch a major enterprise push later this year. via BuilderAU.com.au

This vulnerability was caused by the removal of two lines of code from the original version of the OpenSSL. via Wilson's Almanac

Posted May 15th 2008 10:30AM by Christina Warren Filed under: Internet , Utilities , Adobe Adobe has just made the prerelease version of Flash Player 10 available for download. via Download Squad

"For us to launch the laptop, we had no choice but to use open source"

So, I guess this makes it Two Operating Systems Per Child. The One Laptop Per Child project and Microsoft announced Thursday that indeed the XO laptop will be available in both Linux and Windows varieties. via CNET News.com

"There's a lot of different areas that you're going to have to look, not just within Debian"

A recently-disclosed vulnerability in widely used Linux distributions can be exploited by attackers to guess cryptographic keys, possibly leading to the forgery of digital signatures and theft of confidential ... via ComputerWorld

Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu honcho, has a post on his blog discussing "The Art of Release." He applauds the team and community that got version 8.04 out the door precisely on schedule. via Wired News