14 things to do if you are laid off from a tech job

		October 25, 2008

	14 things to do if you are laid off from a tech job I saw a great piece of advice in a recent story on U.S. News & World Report called "10 things to do the day after you're laid off": "Write a thank-you note to your former boss." I like that. It can't hurt, and if your boss hears of openings elsewhere, you're now that much more likely to get the referral. Geeks and other tech employees are a little different from the vanilla workforce, though, so I wanted to put together a list of specific things that people in our part of the economy might want to consider if they're let go. Here's the rundown...  Sad: The layoff scorecard  Happy: Who's hiring! Rafe Needleman Editor, Webware.com New on Webware.com Comcast launches faster Internet plans, but usage cap remains Posted by Josh Lowensohn Comcast has announced two new tiers of service for heavy residential downloaders, along with speed upgrades for subscribers of its existing services. The two new plans, dubbed "Extreme" and "Ultra" clock in at 50Mbps and 22Mbps of downstream, respectively. You're still capped to 250GB a month, though.  Read more  How to have 3 default browsers at once Posted by Josh Lowensohn A system plug-in called Choosy is trying to change the way people are opening links on their computer. This small Mac OS X application gives you the option to choose which browser you'd like to open up any link with sans having to ever set a "default" browser.  Read more  Six social secretaries for Twitter Posted by Rafe Needleman Maintaining healthy Twitter relationships takes a bit of work. In polite Twitter society, it is important that you spend the time performing upkeep on your social register of those you are following, since there are many people who may take offense if they follow you, and you do not follow them back. Here are a few tools that help you keep your social Twitter register up to snuff.  Read more  Uncool: Oregon Trail Facebook app to be replaced with dating service Posted by Josh Lowensohn SpeedDate.com, the purveyor of the Web video-based online dating service, has snatched up the rights to the Oregon Trail Facebook application, which will soon be replaced with the service's existing speed-dating application.That's right--instead of trying to cross 15-foot wide rivers and avoid dysentery, you'll be looking for love with your Webcam.  Read more  Gmail gets emoticons :-) Posted by Don Reisinger Emoticons have been available on Google Chat for quite some time, but this is the first time they've made an appearance on Gmail. Besides obvious gestures like smiling or winking, the new emoticons will enable users to input images of hugs and kisses instead of "XOXO" and pictures of drinks, cake, or exclamation points to help them get their points across better.  Read more  More new GMail tricks Google launches Gmail for Mobile 2.0 Posted by Don Reisinger Second version of Google's e-mail application for handsets addresses some of the issues found in the first, and provides a more reliable experience.  Read more  Gmail gets auto-replies Posted by Rafe Needleman Here's a useful new feature if you deal with a lot of the same messages.  Read more    Related Newsletters Stay informed on the tech topics that matter to you most CNET offers a wide variety of newsletters on everything from tech industry news to the latest games and gear. Browse the entire list now. Manage newsletters More Webware  Webware RSS feed  The Webware 100  About Webware.com Sponsored Links
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Re: Interview with Dustin Kirkland on Encrypted Private Directories

James Westby wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-10-24 at 00:32 -0400, Nick Ali wrote:
> That suits me fine.
>
> Do you need any help preparing this article for publication?

James, since you will be posting to the Fridge often, you are going to
be the guinea pig for some Fridge changes. Go ahead and join
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-fridge. Once one of the administrators
approves you, you will have the ability to log into the Fridge (there is
a login button on the front page).

After logging in, go to Contribute -> Story. Fill out the page with the
interview, preview, and submit.

Let us know when thats done. One of the admins can then post it to the
front page.

nick

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heise online news 25/10/2008

heise online news 25/10/2008 www.heise-online.co.uk Overview of the news from the past 24 hours heise online news Gutenprint 5.2.1 drivers for Linux and Mac OS X improve printer support The new version of the Gutenprint collection of printer drivers includes a new PostScript driver and also improves the support of various modern Canon and Epson ink jet printers › Read article     Samsung backs away from SanDisk As the Californian memory specialist slips further into the red, the Korean electronics giant and world Flash RAM market leader withdraws its takeover bid › Read article     BBC keeps detector vans secure through obscurity The BBC doesn't want you to know how TV detector vans work, and the Information Commissioner's Office has agreed to let them keep that information secret › Read article     Microsoft patches critical hole in its RPC service The hole is already being exploited in well-directed attacks. Microsoft is expressly stating that the hole displays potential for a worm. All Windows versions from 2000 to Server 2008, are affected › Read article     Kernel Log: New Atheros WLAN drivers and stable kernels, radeon vs. radeonhd Atheros has released the Otus driver for USB Wi-Fi hardware under an open source licence; new kernel versions fix bugs and security holes; X.org developers remove radeonhd from the list of official X.org modules › Read article     Cisco removes vulnerabilities in ASA and PIX In certain circumstances, attackers were able to trick the authentication mechanism and cause the appliances to crash or reboot › Read article     This newsletter is sent to in a multipart format. If you want to read it as plain text, you will have to change the display mode of your e-mail program. You are receiving heise online news because you subscribed at our website. If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter, you can cancel your subscription at http://www.heise-online.co.uk/newsletter/manage/news. For more news from the world of technology, subscribe to our other newsletters: Newsletter heise open source: All the latest about Free and Open Source software from heise online, including news, features, analysis and case studies. www.heise-online.co.uk/newsletter/manage/open Newsletter heise Security: IT security news and alerts to keep your systems secure, with features giving an in-depth look at the world of IT security. www.heise-online.co.uk/newsletter/manage/security Newsletter heise networks features: In-depth articles, tools and techniques for networking and communications. www.heise-online.co.uk/newsletter/manage/networks Legal notice Publishers: Christian Heise, Ansgar Heise, Christian Persson Editor-in-chief: Jonathan Bennett All rights reserved. Any copies or dissemination on any medium, either in part of whole, requires the written consent of the publisher. Copyright (c) 2008 Heise Media UK Ltd.

[CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0897 Moderate CentOS 4 s390(x) ruby - security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2008:0897

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0897.html

The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently
syncing to the mirrors:

s390:
updates/s390/RPMS/irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390.rpm
updates/s390/RPMS/ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390.rpm
updates/s390/RPMS/ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390.rpm
updates/s390/RPMS/ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390.rpm
updates/s390/RPMS/ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390.rpm
updates/s390/RPMS/ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390.rpm
updates/s390/RPMS/ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390.rpm

s390x:
updates/s390x/RPMS/irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm
updates/s390x/RPMS/ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm
updates/s390x/RPMS/ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm
updates/s390x/RPMS/ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm
updates/s390x/RPMS/ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm
updates/s390x/RPMS/ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm
updates/s390x/RPMS/ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm

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[CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0946 Moderate CentOS 4 s390(x) ed - security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2008:0946

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0946.html

The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently
syncing to the mirrors:

s390:
updates/s390/RPMS/ed-0.2-36.c4.1.s390.rpm

s390x:
updates/s390x/RPMS/ed-0.2-36.c4.1.s390x.rpm

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[CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0896 Moderate CentOS 3 s390(x) ruby - security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2008:0896

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0896.html

The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently
syncing to the mirrors:

s390:
updates/s390/RPMS/irb-1.6.8-13.el3.s390.rpm
updates/s390/RPMS/ruby-1.6.8-13.el3.s390.rpm
updates/s390/RPMS/ruby-devel-1.6.8-13.el3.s390.rpm
updates/s390/RPMS/ruby-docs-1.6.8-13.el3.s390.rpm
updates/s390/RPMS/ruby-libs-1.6.8-13.el3.s390.rpm
updates/s390/RPMS/ruby-mode-1.6.8-13.el3.s390.rpm
updates/s390/RPMS/ruby-tcltk-1.6.8-13.el3.s390.rpm

s390x:
updates/s390x/RPMS/irb-1.6.8-13.el3.s390x.rpm
updates/s390x/RPMS/ruby-1.6.8-13.el3.s390x.rpm
updates/s390x/RPMS/ruby-devel-1.6.8-13.el3.s390x.rpm
updates/s390x/RPMS/ruby-docs-1.6.8-13.el3.s390x.rpm
updates/s390x/RPMS/ruby-libs-1.6.8-13.el3.s390x.rpm
updates/s390x/RPMS/ruby-mode-1.6.8-13.el3.s390x.rpm
updates/s390x/RPMS/ruby-tcltk-1.6.8-13.el3.s390x.rpm

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[CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0946 Moderate CentOS 3 s390(x) ed - security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2008:0946

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0946.html

The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently
syncing to the mirrors:

s390:
updates/s390/RPMS/ed-0.2-33.30E.1.s390.rpm

s390x:
updates/s390x/RPMS/ed-0.2-33.30E.1.s390x.rpm

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[CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0897 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 ruby - security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2008:0897

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0897.html

The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently
syncing to the mirrors:

ia64:
updates/ia64/RPMS/irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm
updates/ia64/RPMS/ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm
updates/ia64/RPMS/ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm
updates/ia64/RPMS/ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm
updates/ia64/RPMS/ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm
updates/ia64/RPMS/ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm
updates/ia64/RPMS/ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm

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[CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0946 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 ed - security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2008:0946

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0946.html

The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently
syncing to the mirrors:

ia64:
updates/ia64/RPMS/ed-0.2-36.c4.1.ia64.rpm

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[CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0896 Moderate CentOS 3 ia64 ruby - security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2008:0896

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0896.html

The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently
syncing to the mirrors:

ia64:
updates/ia64/RPMS/irb-1.6.8-13.el3.ia64.rpm
updates/ia64/RPMS/ruby-1.6.8-13.el3.ia64.rpm
updates/ia64/RPMS/ruby-devel-1.6.8-13.el3.ia64.rpm
updates/ia64/RPMS/ruby-docs-1.6.8-13.el3.ia64.rpm
updates/ia64/RPMS/ruby-libs-1.6.8-13.el3.ia64.rpm
updates/ia64/RPMS/ruby-mode-1.6.8-13.el3.ia64.rpm
updates/ia64/RPMS/ruby-tcltk-1.6.8-13.el3.ia64.rpm

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[CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0946 Moderate CentOS 3 ia64 ed - security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2008:0946

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0946.html

The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently
syncing to the mirrors:

ia64:
updates/ia64/RPMS/ed-0.2-33.30E.1.ia64.rpm

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Re: wiki.ubuntu.com license

Nick Ali wrote:
> Matthew East wrote:
>
>> What I'd suggest is that the UWN (subject to the consent of its
>> authors) puts CC-BY-SA 3.0 license terms on it (but not the whole
>> wiki), and the same for the Fridge.
>
> Sounds good to me.
>
> John and Craig?
>
> nick
>
This seems like the best way to go as far as I'm concerned.

John

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