Google Source Code Stolen: "From the Gaia dept.:
Ever since Google disclosed in January that Internet intruders had stolen information from its computers, the exact nature and extent of the theft has been a closely guarded company secret. But a person with direct knowledge of the investigation now says that the losses included one of Google’s crown jewels, a password system that controls access by millions of users worldwide to almost all of the company’s Web services, including e-mail and business applications.
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The program, code named Gaia for the Greek goddess of the earth, was attacked in a lightning raid taking less than two days last December, the person said. Described publicly only once at a technical conference four years ago, the software is intended to enable users and employees to sign in with their password just once to operate a range of services."
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Released
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Released: "From the NUbuntus dept.:
Canonical today announced the upcoming release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server (and Desktop -Ed.) Edition which includes extended security and maintenance updates free of charge to all users for five years (versus 18 months for a standard release). The third and latest LTS version of the popular Linux server distribution, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, delivers on the standing commitment to release a long term support version of Ubuntu every two years and builds on the success of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, which has been a hugely popular deployment platform with Ubuntu enterprise users. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS will be available for free download on Thursday 29 April.
In addition to the stability of long-term support, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS extends the cloud-computing capability of Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud, powered by Eucalyptus - a technology that is becoming widely used as a basis for building private and hybrid clouds. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS also includes many major applications and packagesadded or updated since the previous LTS release, giving new and upgrading users an extended range of applications that can be easily installed at launch."
Canonical today announced the upcoming release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server (and Desktop -Ed.) Edition which includes extended security and maintenance updates free of charge to all users for five years (versus 18 months for a standard release). The third and latest LTS version of the popular Linux server distribution, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, delivers on the standing commitment to release a long term support version of Ubuntu every two years and builds on the success of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, which has been a hugely popular deployment platform with Ubuntu enterprise users. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS will be available for free download on Thursday 29 April.
In addition to the stability of long-term support, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS extends the cloud-computing capability of Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud, powered by Eucalyptus - a technology that is becoming widely used as a basis for building private and hybrid clouds. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS also includes many major applications and packagesadded or updated since the previous LTS release, giving new and upgrading users an extended range of applications that can be easily installed at launch."
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