Fedora 16, Codenamed "Verne" Released

Fedora 16, codenamed "Verne", is due to be released today. Fedora has decome the "poster child" for the Gnome 3 desktop, since being the first of the major distributions to use it (in their Fedora 15 release). So there are a lot of high hopes associated with this release, people are really anxious to see if the Fedora/Gnome 3 desktop is improving as it matures. As expected, the Fedora Project developers unleashed a few minutes ago, November 8th, the immediate availability for download and testing of the final and stable version of the Fedora 16 operating system, dubbed Verne.
Fedora 16 (Verne) is powered by the newly released Linux kernel 3.1, it features the GNOME 3.2.1 desktop environment with the GNOME Shell interface and the KDE Software Compilation 4.7.2 environment. Fedora 16 includes OpenStack, lots of SELinux enhancements, updated Haskell, Perl and Ada environments, Blender 2.5, Boost 1.47, TigerVNC 1.1, and much more. 

Over View of Fedora 16:-

• Linux kernel 3.1.0;

• GNOME 3.2.1 desktop environment (with GNOME Shell);

• KDE Software Compilation 4.7.2;

• GRUB2;

• Systemd services management;

• SELinux improvements;

• 1000 System accounts;

• Added Chrony NTP client;

• Removed HAL;

• Removed ConsoleKit;

• Automatic Multi-seat support;

• Support for cloud computing;

• Restored support for Xen;

• Enhanced Spice 0.10 app to manage virtual machines;

• Many improvements for developers;

• Aeolus Conductor;

• Blender 2.5;

• Boost 1.47;

• Glasgow Haskell Compiler 7.0.4;

• Haskell Platform 2011.2.0.1;

• GNOME Input integration;

• libvirt networking support improvements;

• New mkdumprd for kdump;

• Perl 5.14;

• Static analysis of CPython extensions;

• Sugar 0.94;

• TigerVNC 1.1;

• USB Network Redirection and so on.

To download Fedora 16 (Verne) Click Here

#Op Justice El Salvador By Anonymous

Online "hacktivist" group Anonymous has attacked the websites of El Salvador's presidency and government ministries, forcing several to be shut down, officials said Sunday. The group's "Operation Justice El Salvador" has "tried to attack our website to publicize the private information of internal and external users," the economy ministry said in a statement on the hours-long attack on Saturday.
Presidential spokesman David Rivas told reporters that Anonymous threatened several government websites two weeks ago, including that of the presidency, which on Saturday received at least 30 million hits, saturating the system. The site was temporarily "suspended" to stop the cyber attack, Rivas said.
Websites for the legislative assembly, the National Civil Police and the ministries of justice and labor were also targeted. Anonymous has been involved in scores of hacking exploits, including the recent defacing of a website of Syria's Ministry of Defense to protest a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters.

Hacktivist group ‘Anonymous’ cancelled their Nov. 5th Operation against the Zeta Cartel, but their attacks on Latin American Governments, Police institutions and Ministries persist. Famous Internet hackers group ‘Anonymous’ cancelled their weekend plans to attack Facebook, and expose the government and police who have links of the Zetas cartel, according to statements published in the “Anonymous Iberoamérica” blog.

Adidas, German Sportswear Under Cyber Attack

Adidas, the German sportswear and equipment manufacturer was forced to take its website offline after facing a 'sophisticated and criminal' cyber assault. The company has revealed that it had no confirmations that its users' data had been violated, but said that the affected sites was being taken down in order to safeguard visitors. In addition, it has been revealed according to a recent statement by Adidas that the hacking incident was first spotted on November 3.
The company further stated that ever since the breaching activity was first tracked, the company has reinforced data security measures and has started relaunching the content of its websites. The statement released by the company stated, "Nothing is more important to us than the privacy and security of our consumers' personal data. "We appreciate your understanding and patience during this time", the statement further stressed.

The recent cyber assault is the latest to the chain of various high-profile attacks which took place in recent past are targeted websites of many high-profile organizations like Sega, and Nintendo. Assuring its users regarding no loss of personal information and other data, the German multinational stressed on the fact that the company values the privacy of its users beyond anything else and due to this very reason, the decision has been made to keep the site offline for a while. The recent cyber attack, which will soon be monitored by forensic experts, has narrowly follows a recent report by security officials wherein they claimed that nearly 29 chemicals companies have been targeted for a sequence of cyber-invasions less than a week ago.