Not good for People applying for passports in Canada. Article from Slashdot.org: Privacy Breach In Canadian Passport Application Site Posted by kdawson on Wednesday December 05, @05:26AM from the didn’t-need-that-old-identity-anyhow dept. Joanna Karczmarek sends us news of a massive privacy breach in the Government of Canada passport website. “A security flaw in Passport Canada’s website…

This is sad and getting sadder by the moment. article from Slashdot.org: Microsoft Fueling HD Wars For Own Benefit? Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday December 05, @09:23AM from the well-they-ain’t-running-a-charity-over-there dept. DaveyJJ writes “According to Transformers’ director Michael Bay, in a story over on Electronista, Microsoft is deliberately feeding into the HD disc format wars…

Wow American congress does not want to fund people to go to Mars. Article from slashdot.org: How To Beat Congress’s Ban Of Humans On Mars Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday December 05, @11:00AM from the or-just-stop-spending-on-wars dept. An anonymous reader writes “Earlier this year, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban humans…

Microsoft will be withdrawing its anti-piracy tool, named “kill switch”, which disables Vista if it is believed to be an illegal copy. This decision was a result from an outcry of complainants. The tool has suffered from glitches since it was introduced with some users claiming that their legal copies of Vista had been disabled.…

Here is a question for all those people who need an opensource calendar. Quality Open Source Calendaring / Scheduling? Posted by kdawson on Thursday November 29, @12:30PM from the date-for-a-date dept. Jim R. Wilson writes “In past jobs, I’ve used Microsoft Outlook/Exchange, Novell Groupwise, and Google Calendar for handling business appointments. I’m sorry to say…

Linux Mint Pioneer Linux KDE 4 RC live CD (OpenSuSE) Vector Linux 5.9 RC and last but not least: Pardus

article from slashdot.org. What to Protect in Open Source Software Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday November 21, @04:15PM from the what’s-in-a-name dept.   eldavojohn writes “I found a brief blog by Marc Fleury on something that seems to almost be an oxymoron — what you need to legally protect in Open Source Software. The short…

I am sorry but the OpenSuSE 10.2 is delayed. I will hopefully have the review out by Monday the 19th of November.

I have decided to go and review OpenSuSE 10.2 because Mandriva 2008 has not fully downloaded yet. After I write the review of OpenSuSE 10.2 I will move on to Mandriva 2008. Thank you for your patience, as I may not get another post out for a while, Ryan Orser