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ZDNet has this coverage of the second year anniversary of the mobile phone virus. It is interesting to note that mobile phone manufacturers and operating system makers are taking this threat seriously. In 1988, when the PC virus first appeared, operating system vendors did not give it much thought. Look what mess we have today.
On […]

I have hearing a lot of nice things about a fairly new Linux distribution called Ubuntu. Ubuntu according to its official website is:
Ubuntu is a complete Linux-based operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. It is developed by a large community and we invite you to participate too!
The Ubuntu community is built […]

Due to the recent re-proliferation of SMS SPAM on Philippine mobile networks, the NTC is mulling the introduction of a Do-Not-Text (DNT) list. This list will contain the mobile phone numbers that do not want to receive SMS marketing messages.

PHILIPPINE mobile phone users harassed by unwanted promotional text messages may soon able to register with […]

Here is a ZDNet article on U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller requesting US Network Operators to retain customer data for a particular period of time. This annoucement was made during a private meeting with network operators and major industry players.

In a private meeting with industry representatives, Gonzales, Mueller and other […]

New York mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing that all US workers submit their DNA to build a DNA database. This database would be used to uniquely identify workers in the US. ABC News has this story.
The mayor, a billionaire former CEO of a worldwide financial information company, said a worker ID database would “uniquely identify […]

A lot of people use Secure Shell (SSH) as the remote administration tool of choice. In this day of Internet worms and zero-day vulnerabilities, it is important to get every bit of security one can possibly get their hands on. One of the most important security systems administration tools is SSH. Recently, an Informit Article […]

I have been having yum troubles for about a month now. I am unable to install or update packages using yum. This is pretty annoying as I am now totally dependent on yum auto-dependency checking features and third party repositories like livna, dag and atrpms. So, for the past month, I have been installing and […]

Here is the pre-final grades for CS 159.5: Basic Systems Adminstration. Please note that you will know which one is your grades by looking at the results of the Quizzes, Assignments and Homeworks. Some have ID numbers registered to make it easier for them. For the rest, just make your best guess.

Q1
E1
A1
E2
Q3
Q4
A2
A3
Q5
Q6
Q7
Q8
Q9
%Q
%RT
%CH
%PE
F

40231
10
5
10
9
6
7
10
7
3
8
8
5
5
15.50
30.00
27.00
7.50
80

8
7
10
9
5
7
10
7
5
9
9
7
8
16.83
28.00
25.50
8.50
79

8
5
10
10
5
8
10

2
7
8
5
7
14.17
33.60
22.80
8.00
79

43553
9
5
10
9
4
7
10
7
3
7
7
4
5
14.50
28.00
25.50
8.00
76

40846
9
7

9
6
7
10
8
5
11
7
5
6
15.00
33.20
28.50
8.50
86

8
7

9
5
10
10
7
6
11
8
5
8
15.67
33.20
28.50
8.50
86

41442
8

10
9
4
6
10
7
6
11
5
6
8
15.00
35.60
24.30
10.00
85

8
9
10
10
6
6
10
2
2
6
7
4
5
14.17
36.00
27.00
8.00
86

42073
10
5
10
10
5
8
10
2
3
6
7
4
7
14.50
34.40
24.30
7.50
81

8
9
10
10
5
8
10
9
3
9
7

6
15.67
36.00
27.00
8.00
87

42140
8
7
10
9
5
8
10
7
7
7
6
7
6
16.17
28.00
25.50
8.50
79

42712
10
5
10
9
4
9
10
7
5
6
5
8
5
15.50
30.00
27.00
7.50
80

10
5
10
10
6
5
10
2
4
12
7
6
10
16.17
34.40
24.30
7.50
83

42891
7
5
10
9
4
9

2
4
8
6
8
5
12.83
35.20
22.80
8.00
79

10
7
10
10
5
9
10
8
4
8
7
7
6
16.83
36.00
24.30
10.50
88

10
5
10
9
5
4

5
3
4
4
7
6
12.00
35.20
25.50
8.00
81

7
5
10
9
7
6
10
7
4
8
7
5
6
15.17
28.00
22.80
8.00
74

43160
8
5
10
9
4
8
10
7
4
7
9
3
4
14.67
35.60
24.30
10.00
85

10
7
10
10
9
10
10
8
5
12
7
7
7
18.67
36.00
24.30
10.50
90

These grades already include […]

The telecommunications sector has been bombarded with customer complaints on security lately. There is this issue about Smart Wifi and other Cable DSL services being insecure in the last mine. Now, there is this Inq7 article that describes another spin on the story of Telco security.
“A lot of telecommunications companies don’t take responsibility when it […]

Nokia has formally released its Series 60 Web Browser as open source in this year’s World Wide Web Conference in Edinburg reports MobileMonday. The Nokia S60 Webkit is now officially part of the Webkit Open Source Project which also covers the Safari Browser used in MacOSX.

Nokia today announced at the World Wide Web Conference 2006 […]