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  • The H Week - Tablets, Ubuntu 10.10, Chrome 6, & QuickTime vulnerabilities
    Canonical released a beta for Ubuntu 10.10, version 3.0 of Ruby on Rails arrived, Google released Chrome 6 and a number of companies released open source-based tablets aimed at competing with Apple's iPad. India gave RIM two more months, IBM revised its X-Force security report and the source code for hacking PS3 game consoles arrived online




  • Microsoft hardening tool with graphical user interface
    The tool allows users and IT professionals to harden existing software against known attacks - without the need to recompile




  • Google Chrome turns version 6 on its second birthday
    On the second anniversary of the release of the first version of Chrome, Google has released version 6 of its Chrome web browser into the stable and beta channels which also closes critical holes




  • PS3 hack source code published
    Source code which can be used on programmable developer boards to circumvent the Playstation 3's security systems, analogous to a PS3 Jailbreak, has been released under the name PSGroove




  • Wireshark 1.4.0 drops Windows 2000 support
    The Wireshark project has released version 1.4.0 of its open source, cross-platform network protocol analyser, adding and updating a number of new features and dropping support for Windows 2000 systems