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31Mar/060

Introduction to Kismet

A nice introduction to Kismet. Kismet can sniff for available wireless networks, troubleshoot wireless networks, optimize signal strength for access points and clients, and detect network intrusions.

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25Mar/060

Why every city council needs at least one geek =]

Great read describing the recent threats toward CentOS "hacking" an Oklahoma city webserver.. And by hacking I mean apache wasn't configured properly :)

Enjoy!

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21Mar/060

Nagios on Steroids

Bixdata is a free tool for managing servers and clusters that is easy to install and use. It is an excellent cross-platform enterprise network,
application, and performance monitoring system.

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21Mar/060

Pac-Man: Restored and Reloaded!

How to take a 1981 Pac-Man arcade machine and totally break it down, rewire and restore it to perfect working order. The most fun you'll ever have!

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21Mar/060

Starforce Can Reboot Your Computer If You Do Something It Doesn’t Like

cdfreaks.com has reported that Futuremark have uncovered that Starforce "...installs a driver that runs at the highest level of access on the system� This driver runs regardless of whether the game runs;... If something suspicious is detected, it forces the PC to make an immediate reboot..." Read cdfreaks.com for more information.

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21Mar/060

Microsoft released MechCommander 2 source code

Microsoft released the Microsoft MechCommander 2 Shared Source, offering everything needed to compile a working version of the 2001 strategy game. It is about 1 GB. See http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11830312 for reasons.

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4Mar/060

Free Tools to Recover lost data

5 free applications that will save you from a data loss disaster.

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