July 2007 Archives

Jul 29, 2007

Protect your data with LUKS

Posted by Michael Anckaert in Security 2 comments

LUKS, or Linux Unified Key Setup, is becoming the standard for Linux hard disk encryption. I probably don’t need to tell you about the benefits of hard disk encryption (there are plenty of reports on Slashdot about stolen laptops that contain sensitive data), but here is a good tutorial on how to use LUKS to [...]


Jul 27, 2007

Dell is playing it’s cards right

Posted by Michael Anckaert in Uncategorized No comments

The people at Dell have been playing their cards right. They are slowly but surely making their way into the hearts of Opensource enthusiasts everywhere. Not only did they start offering pre-installed Ubuntu on some of their consumer computers…


Jul 20, 2007

The iPhone: a crippled beauty

Posted by Michael Anckaert in Uncategorized No comments

It has been unleashed unto the world, well at least to the USA, the iPhone. It’s bound to be as successful as the iPod, this little wonder of technology. But the truth is that the iPhone is a seriously crippled device.
Many features that should have been there are missing: Java, decent Bluetooth support, and [...]