Sean Michael Kerner

Google is putting Linux front and center with its new, in-development operating system. But will the introduction of its Chrome OS create a new challenger to existing Linux distributions or will it play nice with the community and help grow Linux as a whole? That’s just one of the many questions sparked by Google’s formal […]

From the ‘the browser IS the OS‘ files: Google’s Android mobile OS is not the only OS up Google’s sleeve. Google announced late Tuesday that it is working on a Linux based Chrome OS as an operating system for the web. Don’t rush out to Google to download Chrome OS today – Google doesn’t expect […]

From the ‘there’s an app for that?‘ files: Most network security vendors have some kind of browser based interface by which admins can monitor networks. Web security vendor Cymphonix is going a step further and extending their interface to Apple’s iPhone as an app. That’s right – you can monitor and control your network from […]

While summer might be a slower time for much of the economy, malware doesn’t seem to be interested in taking a vacation. The Koobface worm, for example, which first made headlines last year as an attack against Facebook, grew by more than 300 percent last month. According to security vendor Kaspersky, there were 324 Koobface […]

From the ‘I’m not a lawyer and I don’t pretend to be one either‘ files: Microsoft is adjusting its licensing for two key standards that are critical to .NET and Novell’s Linux implementation of .NET, Mono. ECMA 334 which is a standard for C# and ECMA 335 which is a standard for .NET’s CLI (Common […]

What is the operating system of the cloud? Linux vendor Red Hat would like it to be Linux. But networking giant Cisco, despite working closely with Red Hat in a number of areas, may be going another direction entirely. Both Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) and Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) were busy last week with their own […]

From the ‘IE users beware!‘ files Microsoft has issued a new security advisory for a critical security issue that could potentially enable an attacker to take control of a users PC by way of Internet Explorer (IE). The flaw stems from an issue in the Microsoft Video ActiveX Control. Microsoft has noted in its advisory […]

From the ‘wasn’t he already doing that job?‘ files: ARIN  (American Registry for Internet Numbers) the organization that is tasked with allocating IP address in the US and Canada for both IPv4 and IPv6, is getting new leadership today. Well officially at least they are. ARIN has named John Curran as president and chief executive […]

From the ‘cutting the FAT‘ files: In 2007, Microsoft shook up the Linux community with claims that open source allegedly infringes on as many as 235 of Microsoft’s patents. Until this year, Microsoft had not actually filed any kind of legal suits on those patents – which changed with the TomTom case. With TomTom, Microsoft […]

From the ‘no lock is secure‘ files: The AES (Advance Encryption Standard) (Define:AES) is a standard encryption mechanism in use by the US Government and many others –  and it is now at risk from a very theoretical attack. The attack is what is described as a cryptanalytic attack, by the researcher who have proposed […]

Is there a silver lining in the cloud for Linux vendors? This week, two of the largest Linux vendors each announced new initiatives to provide commercial services for cloud customers. Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) is launching a new cloud certification program, while Canonical, the lead commercial vendor behind Ubuntu Linux, is launching paid support services […]

From the ‘but I just downloaded a new version…‘ files: Firefox 3.5 has been out for barely two days – but an update is already being planned for later this month. The Firefox 3.5.1 update will fix at least three key bugs that didn’t get fixed in time for the official Firefox 3.5 release. According […]