An interactive process viewer: htop htop. Most Linux users, when they first wanted to find out what was eating all their CPU time, were taught about top. Top tells you what processes are running and how many resources they’re using … in just about the most unfriendly way possible. Htop does exactly the same thing … [Read more…]
MySpace can be unfamiliar ground to busy parents, and not everything is as it seems on the site. So Wired News addresses some of the most pressing questions parents might have if they explore their teenager’s relationship with MySpace. This FAQ relies heavily on an interview with UC Berkeley researcher Danah Boyd, who studied teens’ … [Read more…]
Ne’er-do-wells have created a Trojan that can infect mobiles phones running Java applications. RedBrowser-A infects not only smart phones, but any mobile phone capable of running Java (J2ME) applications, according to Russian anti-virus firm Kaspersky Lab. The mobile malware poses as a program called RedBrowser that supposedly allows surfers to visit WAP sites without using … [Read more…]
The Burnout team swap cars for Kalashnikovs in a first-person blast that is big, dumb and full of guns and probably the last great shooter for the PlayStation 2 generation. There is a reason the developers describe Black as “gun porn”. In this four-course feast for the explosion-starved, players fill the hobnails of Jack Kellar, … [Read more…]
Computer viruses are the single biggest cause of security problems for UK businesses, a survey by the Department of Trade and Industry shows. The study found almost 50% of the biggest security breaches suffered by companies in the last two years were due to infection by malicious programs. In some cases viruses crippled key systems … [Read more…]
As rumors unfurl about a new gadget upcoming from Microsoft, the company’s Origami Project is starting to take shape as a very small tablet computer, one perhaps affordable enough to appeal to mainstream consumers. The concept, which Microsoft plans to detail next month, is built on top of the Windows XP operating system but aims … [Read more…]
Yahoo has filed a lawsuit against wireless content company MForma, charging the San Francisco-based company and a group of ex-Yahoo employees there with theft of trade secrets. According to the lawsuit, which was filed Monday in a Santa Clara County state court, the group of seven former Yahoo employees copied large amounts of confidential business … [Read more…]
Electronic Arts is giving away a secret code to people who pre-order their game, “Black”. The code will unlock a hidden BFG gun that lets you blow up virtually anything. Someone decompiled their flash web site and found the url that their restricted access login points to! The unlock code: 5SQQ-STHA-ZFFV-7XEV read more | digg story
Kernel development is not an easy task. This is a testament to your programming expertise: To develop a kernel is to say that you understand how to create software that interfaces with and manages the hardware. A kernel is designed to be a central core to the operating system – the logic that manages the … [Read more…]
Great regex tutorials, resources, quick starts, etc. A whole site just about regex! read more | digg story