TOR got compromised !!! Finally Onion got pealed off..

Tor anonymizing network Compromised by French researchers French researchers from ESIEA, a French engineering school, have found and exploited some serious vulnerabilities in the TOR network. They performed an inventory of the network, finding 6,000 machines, many of whose IPs are accessible publicly and directly with the system’s source code. They demonstrated that it is possible to take control of the network and read all the messages that circulate. But there are also hidden nodes, the Tor Bridges, which are provided by the system that in some cases. Researchers have developed a script that, once again, to identify them. They found 181. "We now have a complete picture of the topography of Tor," said Eric Filiol. The specific...

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Dennis Ritchie co-creator of C and Unix dies at 70

Dennis Ritchie known as the co-creator of C and Unix has died at the age of 70 . Having created arguably the best OS which has spawned better clones like BSD and GNU/Linux and a language truly designed for programming, he will be missed by all who use products of his legacy . RIP Dennis...

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Nokia's gamble with Linux

After failing to capture the hearts or rather the pockets of people with the S40 and facing severe attrition , Nokia is reintroducing Linux(not again) into its line of mobile phones operating systems.Nokia has announced that it will be developing a new linux based operating system called meltemi which will run on its low end phones that will replace the current crop of S40 based feature phones.Linkhttp://www.bgr.com/2011/09/29/nokia-to-turn-mobile-landscape-on-its-head-with-meltemi-smartphone-os/http://www.itworld.com/hardware/208803/nokia-readies-linux-os-low-end-smartphonesAnother key factor in mellemi is the development of applications . Apps will be developed using the Qt Toolkit which was acquired by Nokia from Trolltech and since then...

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