computerworld australia

June 27, 2008 Computerworld Australia is undertaking a series of investigations into the most widely used programming languages.

Computerworld Australia: "In this interview, we chat to Bjarne Stroustrup of C++ fame about the design and development of C++, garbage collection and the role of facial hair in successful programming languages..."

Computerworld Australia: "A team of experts and students from NICTA and the University of NSW have won first place in a major international technology competition for developing a robotically operated, computer-driven clarinet that runs on Linux..."

Computerworld Australia: "In the recently reported attack, H D Moore's Metasploit Project had all Internet traffic redirected to a defaced page, announcing that a group called sunwear had hacked the site for fun..."

Computerworld Australia: "The International Electrotechnical Commission, one of two standards bodies responsible for the committee that approved the standard, is applying a generous interpretation of its rules to accept appeals..."

Computerworld Australia: "Bash, or the Bourne-Again Shell is a Unix shell created in 1987 by Brian Fox. According to Wikipedia, the name is a pun on an earlier Unix shell by Stephen Bourne (called the Bourne shell), which was distributed with Version 7 Unix in 1978..."

Roundup: With the 18-month gap in OpenSSL publicly discovered, already tools built to exploit the not-so-random keys have surfaced.

Computerworld details the threat, and Computerworld Australia gives tips on defending against this and other brute-force attacks.

Computerworld Australia: "The proposed IEEE wireless LAN mesh specification is already getting some traction, though still over 18 months from final ratification, thanks to early experimentation by the One Laptop Per Child Foundation and a recently launched open source project..."

Computerworld Australia: "2008 Green 15: XO's innovative ecofriendly design raises the bar for green computing while opening new opportunities for underprivileged children..."