The MeeGo Lifebook Fujitsu MH330 has landed

MeeGo is an emerging open source operating system for Web-centric mobile devices that now cover netbooks, slates and smartphones.

Similar to the iPhone OS and Android OS, the Linux-based MeeGo is a light and fast operating system that enables rich user experience via graphics enhanced widgets or apps that hook users instantly to social networking sites and multimedia content online.

Recently, Fujitsu launched its Lifebook MH330—the first MeeGo netbook based on the Intel Atom processor.

The installed MeeGo OS on Lifebook MH330 isn’t the stock, or the pure, version that can be downloaded on the MeeGo website. Fujitsu has made a lot of customization on the platform to make it feature Fujitsu’s trademark.

hping

hping is a command-line oriented TCP/IP packet assembler/analyzer.The interface is inspired to the ping(8) unix command, but hping isn't only able to send ICMP echo requests. It supports TCP, UDP, ICMP and RAW-IP protocols, has a traceroute mode, the ability to send files between a covered channel, and many other features. 

WhisperCore brings device-level encryption to Android

Whisper Systems, the developers of the RedPhone voice encryption and TextSecure SMS encryption systems for Android phones, has now released WhisperCore. The software is a device-level encryption system that is intended to protect all the data on a user's Android phone.

Whisper Systems CTO and co-founder, Moxie Marlinspike, told CNET that WhisperCore "uses AES with 256-bit keys in XTS mode, the same disk encryption protocol that's proven itself in the PC space with tools like TrueCrypt or LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup)".

This first release is an early beta labelled version 0.1 and is described as a tech-demo. This release is only currently available for Nexus S phones but is expected to expand to other devices soon. WhisperCore will be available for free for individual use with pricing for commercial use dependent on deployment size.

The web site currently available states that the system integrates with the Android operating system and protects all the data and programs on the phone. It includes full-disk encryption and can be set so as to also protect data held on the phone's SD card.

The WhisperCore Beta is available to download on the Whisper Systems web site. Three installers are available, for 64-bit Linux, Mac OS X and 64-bit Windows. As a beta it should not be used where security or stability is important.

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PHP 5.3.6 Released!

The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.3.6. This release focuses on improving the stability of the PHP 5.3.x branch with over 60 bug fixes, some of which are security related.

All PHP users should note that the PHP 5.2 series is NOT supported anymore. All users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.3.6.

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