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Keep Internet Out of UN Control, Says US

Thom Holwerda 2005-10-19 Internet 538 Comments

A new resolution introduced in the US Senate offers political backing to the Bush administration by slamming a United Nations effort to exert more influence over the Internet. At the heart of this international political spat is the unique influence that the US federal government enjoys over Internet addresses and the master database of top-level domain names - a legacy of the Internet's origins years ago. The Bush administration recently raised objections to the proposed addition of .xxx as a red-light district for pornographers, for instance, a veto power that no other government is able to wield.

Internet, Blogging Predicted by 19th Century Russian Prince

Thom Holwerda 2005-10-19 Internet 58 Comments

"Ask a Russian where television, fashion shows, hip-hop or hieroglyphs were invented and you will no doubt hear - in Russia. Believing in the Russian genius is an essential feature of the Russian mentality. That is why no Russian was surprised when we found out with the help of Lenta.ru the Internet in general, and blogging in particular, was, if not invented, at least predicted by a Russian back in 1837."

GPRS Calls Through Infrared Under Linux

Eugenia Loli 2005-10-16 Internet 15 Comments

A few days ago I wrote a tutorial on how to connect your Mac to a GPRS service via Bluetooth and a Bluetooth-enabled phone. However, not everyone owns a Mac or a higher-end phone. And so here is a quick tutorial on how to connect your Linux laptop to a GPRS service using an infrared-enabled phone. For this article we used a Sony Ericsson K700i phone, a Sony Vaio N505VX laptop (which has an onboard IrDA) running the latest Arch Linux and Cingular's GPRS. In the following weeks I will also be publishing two more tutorials showing how to do the same thing under Linux but via Bluetooth and the USB port.

HowTo: Motorola Linux Smartphones, Mac OS X and Cingular GPRS

Eugenia Loli 2005-10-13 Internet 17 Comments

We will try to get a GPRS internet connection using Linux-based phones as modems and route the connection to Mac OS X via Bluetooth. This guide is for Mac OS X, the US Cingular GPRS service only (other providers might work out of the box with the phone, others might not at all -- you never know with GPRS) and any of the Linux-based Motorola smartphones like the A760, A780, E680/i etc (they are all identical regarding their 'modem' functionality).

Mobile Email Client for USB Devices

Submitted by Shane Coughlan 2005-10-05 Internet 9 Comments

At the core of Mobility Email is Mozilla Thunderbird, the wildly popular open source email client. The best thing about Mobility Email is that it's totally mobile. You can take it anywhere with you on an iPod Shuffle (or any other USB device). Simply plug your USB key into any Windows computer in the world and boom. There's all your email and all your contacts.

The Arrival of NX, Part 5: Using NX

Eugenia Loli 2005-10-05 Internet No Comments

Here's the 5th installment of LinuxJournal's NX series. This time out, learn how to navigate with hands-on exercises that demonstrate all NX can do.

Netscape Lands Browser Distribution Deal with HP

Thom Holwerda 2005-10-04 Internet 22 Comments

In a potential blow to Microsoft, Netscape's Internet browser will be included inside every new Hewlett-Packard and Compaq computer sold starting early next year, Netscape said Monday. The arrangement allows for those buying new HP or Compaq personal computers to choose Netscape as their default Web browser and to start the Web browser using icons on the desktop or Start menu.

OpenSUSE and SpreadFirefox Cracked

Submitted by LogError 2005-10-04 Internet 35 Comments

Schools are apparantly closed for 12 year olds this week, since two large websites got cracked. Earlier this week, the OpenSUSE website got cracked by political activists, and today, the SpreadFirefox website was the target (again).

170Mbps Through an Electrical Socket Demoed

Andrew Youll 2005-10-01 Internet 11 Comments

Matsushita showed off an exceptionally high-speed Internet through an ordinary electrical socket at a Japanese trade-fair. Matsushita Electronics has claimed a breakthrough in powerline broadband by running an Internet connection through an ordinary electrical socket, using a new chip. At a tradeshow in Japan on Thursday the company demonstrated a network capable of running at 170Mbps over the electrical network.

EU Deal Threatens End to US Dominance of Internet

Thom Holwerda 2005-09-30 Internet 247 Comments

At PrepCom3, a dramatic last-minute deal drawn up by the EU may mark the end of the US government's control of the internet. In essence, a new version of the current overseeing body ICANN and an end to the US government's overall control of the DNS. The US was scathing about the proposals, within minutes telling delegates that it "can't in any way allow any changes" that would prevent it from having overall control of the internet. Other countries, like Brazil, China, Iran and Cuba support the proposal. Brazil's ambassador outlined: "It is not a question of being anti-ICANN, it's about having a very clear and open and democratic and inclusive mechanism of overview of certain functions that today are performed by ICANN with no kind of supervision."

Ajax Paves the Way for Better Web Applications

Eugenia Loli 2005-09-22 Internet 25 Comments

This article gives you a good understanding of the fundamental principles of Ajax and a nuts-and-bolts knowledge of the client and server side components that participate in an Ajax interaction. These are the building blocks of a Java-based Ajax Web application. In addition, you will be shown some of the high-level design issues that come with the Ajax approach.

Submitted by j-s-h 2005-09-18 Internet 70 Comments

A recent blog post on ZDNet contends that Firefox is not as secure as promised by counting exploits. Joseph Huang contends that severity and the number of unpatched vulnerabilites matters, not just the number of exploits discovered.

Web Design and Administration with WordPress

Thom Holwerda 2005-09-13 Internet 6 Comments

"WordPress is a powerful tool, and in many ways exemplifies open source at its best. It gives any user an array of features with minimal technical effort, and its extensibility and versatility are displayed by the large pool of user-designed plugins. This power and versatility extends beyond WordPress's traditional use of blogging."

Localhost: an Internet-Wide Decentralized Filesystem

Submitted by Tom Jacobs 2005-09-03 Internet 16 Comments

"Localhost is a program that lets you access a shared, world-wide file system through your web browser. This file system is maintained in a fully decentralized way by all of the computers running Localhost. The program uses BitTorrent technology, and new distributed hashtable technology called Kademlia. Every user accesses the system from the same root folder. You can change any folder (including the root folder) by adding files and/or folders to it."

Submitted by skx2 2005-08-28 Internet 3 Comments

The Debian administration website has a nice introduction to using CFEngine for managing a whole LAN in three parts. The first part introduces the engine, the second part explains what you can do using CFEngine, and the final part describes how to setup a client-server setup to allow a whole LAN to be managed centrally.

Discussion: Which is Your Favorite Browser Extension?

Adam Scheinberg 2005-08-23 Internet 150 Comments

The last few years have seen the introduction of the concept of "extensions" in most popular web browsers. While Mozilla natively supports extensions, Opera and Safari come feature-packed and can be easily hacked via config files, and a market has cropped up around the IE engine which supports adding new functionality to your browser. In the interest of sharing a good thing, which are your favorite browser extensions?

Rational ClearCase MultiSite and SAMBA 3.0

Submitted by anonymous 2005-08-23 Internet 1 Comment

This article will show you how to configure and use the new net command in SAMBA 3.0. The command provides group mapping functionality that maps UNIX groups with Windows SIDs, allowing you to improve Rational ClearCase MultiSite functionality by identifying user privileges.

Free mDNS/DNS-SD Framework Released

Submitted by anonymous 2005-08-22 Internet 27 Comments

Linux finally has a free mDNS/DNS-SD implementation (Apple Rendezvous/Bonjour, Zeroconf). Avahi 0.1 has been released yesterday and provides a LGPL'd embeddable mDNS core. See the homepage for more details.

Unattended, Encrypted, Incremental Network Backups

Submitted by Steve Kemp 2005-08-12 Internet 5 Comments

Kellen wrote a nice introduction to incremental encrypted backups which might be useful to Linux users who've never setup anything similar. Often Encryption isn't given a lot of focus when creating remote backups; but if you don't trust the remote host it is essential.

Roll Your Own App Server with Apache GBeans

Submitted by anonymous 2005-08-05 Internet No Comments

Geronimo provides integration with third-party components through its unique GBeans feature. Apache Geronimo team member and committer, Jeff Genender, demonstrates this feature by showing you how to build and configure a third-party open source project with a GBean that integrates the OpenSymphony Quartz scheduler into Geronimo.