Joomla 2.5.8 has been released. Notable in this build is the inclusion of a security patch for a clickjacking vulnerability affecting versions 2.5.7 and earlier versions of 2.5. 6 items from the bug tracker were also addressed. Full details can be found in the official 2.5.8 release announcement at joomla.org Since this release improves security,

Vivek Gite wrote: Disk cloning is nothing but the process of copying the contents of one hard disk (or partition) to another disk or to an “image” file. I make backup regularly using rsnapshot tool, but I also clone my hard disk once or twice a month. This option allows me to restore my OS

Apache is the most widely used web server on the Inter­net. Know­ing how to get the most out of Apache is very impor­tant for a sys­tems admin­is­tra­tor. Opti­miz­ing Apache is always a bal­anc­ing act. It’s a case of sac­ri­fic­ing one resource in order to obtain sav­ings in another

DNSChanger is malicious software (malware) that may have been installed on your computer without your knowledge. Approximately 10,000 Australian internet users are currently infected with this malware. If your computer is infected with DNSChanger, you need to remove it by 9 July 2012, or you won’t be able to connect to the internet

Seems there is a bug with the default cPanel install script on fresh cPanel Servers and VPS. When running the normal sh latest the script, the cPanel installer automatically opts for the RELEASE tier and is failing . cPanel technicians carefully mentioned that there may currently be an issue with the installer which they are

Isn’t it beautiful and well-balanced? I know all you GNOME fans are tempted to switch now, I really do. Here’s a blurb from the KDE site: KDE is delighted to announce its latest set of releases, providing major updates to the KDE Plasma Workspaces, KDE Applications, and the KDE Platform that provides the foundation for

Peter Sayer writes for IDG News: Switzerland’s Anti-PowerPoint Party wants a referendum on banning the use of presentation software. Many people dislike PowerPoint, Microsoft’s ubiquitous application for creating business presentations, but few would take a political stand over it. However, that’s exactly what Switzerland’s Anti-PowerPoint Party (APPP) seeks to do — along with making a

Joab Jackson writes for Computerworld: Researchers at the PlanetLab global research network have developed a potential replacement for the widely used Unix sudo tool, called Vsys, that will offer administrators far greater control over what end users can and can’t access. “Vsys is a tool for restricting access to privileged operations,” said Princeton University’s PlanetLab

We may agree to disagree – alas, for most of us, it is a shame to see Ubuntu’s desktop edition entirely dropping GNOME. Despite being around since 2010, word about Unity has not been particuly well-spread as it was an interface predominantly targeting/optimized for the portable device as opposed to a multi-monitor desktop set-up. Invisible

Yeeha folks. It’s that time again – dates have been announced for New Zealand/Australia’s Roadshows. Check out the link after the break for more information!

The questions that divide us: cats vs dogs, this *nix vs that *nix, tea vs coffee…Ceylon vs Java? Now we are getting specific. Boasted with the gutsy description of the “Java Killer”, The Ceylon Project has been recently unveiled by Gavin King of Redhat as the latest language and SDK for enterprise level applications. To

The innocent looking green mascot of the open source mobile platform Android has been yearning to regain back lost power over developers. Google will be requiring a “non-fragmentation clause” to be abided by licensees to ensure better QC over modified Android releases. An inevietable move to ensure standards or a fundamental swing of ideals, the

On your keyboard, just hold down the “Ctrl” key (Command on Mac) & press the “F5? (function) key at the same time. While that works for 90%+ of users, it’s possible it won’t work for you (depending your computer and keyboard setup). Make sure your keyboard is set properly More and more keyboards are adding

The objective for this group is to share experiences on how fast Magento runs on your configuration and how to optimize it at different levels (hardware, mysql/php config tweaking, PHP accelerators) or even custom classes for Magento. http://www.magentocommerce.com/group/view

The Quality Assurance team of cPanel discovered a bug within the SpamAssassin ruleset that will mark messages sent in the year 2010 (that’s today) and beyond with a higher spam score than expected.     This bug can result in legitimate mail being flagged as spam

via Slashdot: “French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been caught violating someone’s copyright again. This time, presidential services made 400 unauthorized copies of a DVD when only 50 had been made by the publisher. Mr. Sarkozy, of course, is the one pushing the HADOPI law, which would disconnect the Internet service of an alleged pirate after

AUSWEB Web Hosting is an official cPanel authorized partner now http://www.cpanel.net//apps/partners/partner-info.cgi?cid

As its custom-built file system strains under the weight of an online empire it was never designed to support, Google is brewing a replacement. Apparently, this overhaul of the Google File System is already under test as part of the “Caffeine” infrastructure the company announced earlier this week. In an interview with the Association for

With this great little tool, now you can monitor your Linux based server easily on the go, right from your iPhone. Bjango software’s iStat application provides a tool to monitor both your local iPhone performance stats, including the ability to free memory, as well as monitor your remote servers(Mac or Linux based) vital statistics. You

After being in release candidate stage for several months now, the latest release version 3.5 of Firefox is finally available. Promising a host of improvements to speed and usability. Here’s a full list of what’s new in text or video rundowns to checkout while you download! Also worth a mention Mozilla Labs have also released