Finux Tech Weekly Show Notes
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Episode Three - Take the next right!

Released on the 27th of January 2010

News - Tom Mackenzie

Guest - Gary Short

Host - Arron Finnon

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This weeks intro music its called "Wired But Disconnected" by ducket;

http://ccmixter.org/files/duckett/17456 

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Google swaps old CEO Schmidt for older CEO Page

Google's chief executive Eric Schmidt is getting bumped aside after 10 years in charge and will hand back power to original CEO, and co-founder, Larry Page.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/20/google_schmidt_bumped_up/

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US Wikileaks investigators can't link Assange to Manning

American media are reporting that investigators are unable to prove that WikiLeaks and its colourful figurehead Julian Assange obtained classified US files from jailed soldier Bradley Manning, allegedly the source of most of WikiLeaks' significant material. If true, this is likely to present serious obstacles to US-based criminal proceedings against Assange – though not against Manning.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/25/assange_cant_be_tied_to_manning_says_report/

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Phone-hacking: Review to consider new claims

The Crown Prosecution Service says it will expand its review of phone-hacking allegations to include any fresh claims made by potential new victims.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12271690

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Fedora servers breached after external compromise

Servers belonging to the Fedora Project were breached over the weekend by an unknown hacker who gained access though a team member's account.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/25/fedora_server_compromised/

Summary: Fedora infrastructure intrusion but no impact on product integrity

http://numberedhumanindustries.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/security-incident-on-fedora-infrastructure-on-23-jan-2011-dont-panic/

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Law firm ACS: Law stops 'chasing illegal file-sharers'

A lawyer has dramatically withdrawn from pursuing alleged illegal file-sharers in the middle of a court case he brought.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12253746

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Couple crash into church, curse satnav

Two Britons landed themselves in a German hospital after they allegedly followed satnav instructions - and drove straight into a church.

http://www.reghardware.com/2011/01/25/satnav_directs_couple_into_church/

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This weeks leak

UK police 'developed' evidence against McCanns

In a article published by The Guardian on Monday the 12th of December it was reported that;

British ambassador's reported comments to their US counterpart offer some interesting and truly shocking if true, insight into role of UK police service in 2007 investigation

Its alleged in these cables that; 

British police helped to "develop evidence" against Madeleine McCann's parents as they were investigated by Portuguese police as formal suspects in the disappearance of their daughter, the US ambassador to Portugal was told by his British counterpart in September 2007.

The meeting between US ambassador Al Hoffman and the British ambassador, Alexander Ellis, took place a fortnight after Kate and Gerry McCann were formally declared suspects, by Portuguese police. 

The McCanns have said that there was "absolutely no evidence to implicate them in Madeleine's disappearance whatsoever."

In a diplomatic cable marked confidential, the US ambassador reported: "Without delving into the details of the case, Ellis admitted that the British police had developed the current evidence against the McCann parents, and he stressed that authorities from both countries were working co-operatively."

The comments attributed to the ambassador appear to contradict the widespread perception at the time that Portuguese investigators were the driving force behind the treatment of the McCanns as suspects in the case.

In one of two cables referring to the McCann case, the US ambassador notes: "Madeleine McCann's disappearance in the south of Portugal in May 2007 has generated international media attention with controversy surrounding the Portuguese-led police investigation and the actions of Madeleine's parents."

He reported that his British counterpart thought "that the media frenzy was to be expected and was acceptable as long as government officials keep their comments behind closed doors".

It was not until 21 July 2008 that the Portuguese authorities shelved their investigation and lifted the suspect status of the McCanns.

Responding to the contents of the cable, a spokesman for the McCanns told the Guardian: 

"This is an entirely historic note that is more than three years old. Subsequently, Kate and Gerry had their arguido status lifted, with the Portuguese authorities making it perfectly clear that there was absolutely no evidence to implicate them in Madeleine's disappearance whatsoever.

"To this day, they continue to work tirelessly on the search for their daughter, co-operating when appropriate with both the Portuguese and British authorities."

In 2008, when a dossier detailing investigations by Portuguese police was made public, it emerged British scientists had warned that DNA tests on a sample from the McCanns' holiday hire car were inconclusive days before they were made suspects. It is known that the Forensic Science Service analysed material sent to Britain by Portuguese police. A spokesman for Leicestershire police said their involvement in the investigation was limited to co-ordinating UK-based inquiries on behalf of the Portuguese authorities.

The links to these stories will be available in our show notes, as with links to everything else we talk about.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/dec/13/wikileaks-madeleine-mccann-british-police?cat=uk&type=article


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For the Win Linux Tip of The week i'm looking at;

If you are running Ubuntu or another Debian like ditribution and want to take a copy of what packages you have installed then this simple command can be a life saver.  Its also handy if you want to build a particular machine for a certain job and recreate it somewhere else;

dpkg --get-selections > packagelist.txt

This will put the entire list in packagelist.txt. You could then install the same packages on a different computer with:

dpkg --set-selections < debianlist.txt

You should bear in mind that you would also need to copy over configuration files from /etc when copying your system to a new computer.

To actually install the selections, use:

apt-get -u dselect-upgrade.

http://www.tuxradar.com/content/linux-tips-every-geek-should-know

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