Full Circle Magazine: Issue 41

"Issue #41 is out, and as usual, we’ve got lots of great stuff for you. We’ve got an overview of running Windows apps on Ubuntu, a feature on running a business with Ubuntu, more interviews, how-tos, and everything else in between!This month:- Command and Conquer. - How-To : Program in Python – Part 15, Virtualize Part 4 – FreeBSD, and Run A Business With Ubuntu. - Review – TuxGuitar. - Top 5 –

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Update: Network issues resolved

The new router sorted the problem out, so all sites are now functioning properly again. My apologies for the disruption folks.References:http://hphosts.blogspot.com/2010/09/hphosts-network-issue.html

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hpHosts network issue

An issue has been identified that's causing extreme slow connections to the hpHosts network, affecting;hosts-file.netforum.hosts-file.netverify.hosts-file.net*.mysteryfcm.co.ukfspamlist.comforum.abelhadigital.comAmongst others. I've ruled out the majority of the internal hardware, and suspect an external issue (will be speaking to the ISP once I've ruled out the rest of the hardware).Apologies

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Spambot Search Tool v0.50

There's a new release of the SBST (Spambot Search Tool) folks. This is a bug fix release to give me more time for the re-write and move to it's own dedicated domain (more on that in due course).Download:Homepage:

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hpHOSTS - UPDATED September 22nd, 2010

hpHOSTS - UPDATED September 22nd, 2010The hpHOSTS Hosts file has been updated. There is now a total of 125,866 listed hostsnames.If you are NOT using the installer, please read the included Readme.txt file for installation instructions. Enjoy! Latest Updated: 22/09/2010 19:30Last Verified: 22/09/2010 17:00Download hpHosts now!http://hosts-file.net/?s=Download

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William Hill: You've got some explaining to do ....

We all know that marketing depts will try almost every trick in the book to get people to take notice of their company and whatever products or services are on offer, but there are certain companies out there that need to get their acts together, as the type of marketing being used is highly misleading at best.Hot on the heels of CheckPoint's scareware, I came across an affiliate that was leading

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Filesonic.com + spam + porn = $$!

I received a rather strange e-mail earlier, quite obviously spam, but strange none the less.Why strange you ask?, well when an e-mail arrives and the subject contains the words "exclusive movies", it's usually going to be one of two things - fake meds, or malware. In this case however, there's a bunch of links to .rar files hosted at filesonic.com. The details of one of the e-mails (I've received

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