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Despotify was behind the Spotify hack


The open client "Despotify" gave access to sensitive information about Spotify users.
Daniel Ek, CEO at Spotify, says: "They have simply managed to build a client which can communicate with Spotify's servers".

It might be a good idea to change your Spotify password


Spotify has been attacked through a security vulnerability in the service. The vulnerability was discovered on December 19th, 2008. Now Spotify's technicans believe that the flaw is more critical than first feared and they found that the vulnerability has been used by a group of hackers. Passwords of user accounts created before December 19th might be in the wrong hands.

Debian 5.0 Released

Check out the official Debian site for more information!

http://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090214

Dont go there!

Cryptography (from the xkcd webcomic)

Visit the site for more laughter: http://xkcd.com

FreeBSD vs. Linux (SuSE)

A fun battle between FreeBSD and SuSE from techTV with Leo Laporte. Nerds only! :-)

A note on passwords

This cannot be repeated enough, hence this post.

Passwords are often considered an obstacle by many and a lot do not understand why they exist. The passwords are mostly controlled by a policy that require the user to change them regularly and the password must be this long and that complex. How do you create strong passwords without being a Memory Guru?

A presentation about the BSD history and future by Jason Dixon

Is BSD really dying?

Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote

Future games will be awesome!