05.13.08
Links 13/05/2008: Military Fighting Botnets with Botnets
Security
- USAF Colonel goes on the offensive with botnet destroyer plan
- Hackers create their own social network
- The best desktop OS is…
- Hackers hijack a half-million sites in latest attack
Microsoft Pains
- Microsoft loses another ad executive
- PC gamers shun Vista, sticking with XP
- XP Update Ushers In Fresh Round of Bugaboos
Web Pressures Microsoft
GNU/Linux Misc.
- Linux PCs still available at Wal-Mart: Just not the one down the road
- Shuttle KPC K-4500 [Linux PC Reviews]
- Ubuntu and Windows compared SIDE BY SIDE , literally
- Best Computing Solutions: Windows vs. Linux - Part I
- Linux Mint 5.0 is coming May 12, 2008
- Video Editing on Linux :: It can be a real joy!
- Embedded Linux has more friends than you may know
GNU/Linux Laptops
- Asus targets niche market for new Eee PC
- First look at Asus Eee PC 900
- Asus Eee PC 900 set to square off against HP Mini-Note PC
Java
- JavaFX, Java On Linux & Oracle JSF
- Sun to Clarify JavaFX Open-source Plan Later This Year
- Java in 2008
FOSS
- Is Cisco vulnerable to open source?
- A mixed quarter
- Cost savings prompt more companies to consider investing in open source software
Highlight: Novell was the first to acknowledge that Microsoft FUD tactics had substance. Novell then used anti-Linux FUD to market itself. 
Highlight: Xandros let Microsoft make patent claims and brag about (paid-for) OOXML support. 
Highlight: Linspire's CEO not only fell into Microsoft arms, but he also assisted the company's attack on GNU/Linux. 
Highlight: Microsoft craves pseudo (proprietary) standards and gets its way using proxies and influence which it buys. 
Highlight: The invasion into the open source world is intended to leave Linux companies neglected, due to financial incentives from Microsoft. 
Analysis: Xen, an open source hypervisor, possibly fell victim to Microsoft's aggressive (and stealthy) acquisition-by-proxy strategy.