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Here’s a link from Slashdot about Nvidia hindering and obstructing development of an open source driver for their graphics cards.

This is a really bad move on the part of Nvidia. They are a hardware company, they should focus on creating and selling really great hardware. Make the hardware an open platform so the community can develop and maintain and (most importantly) fix the software drivers.

This is why Linux is so much more stable than Windows, because the openness of the Linux platform allows for a distributed community of experts to fix any little quirks that arise.

At least you can buy other graphics cards that are Linux-friendly: http://free3d.org/

There’s an interesting article on BetaNews about man-in-the-middle attacks against SSL.

Security researchers make the accusation that rogue individuals within government agencies my be strong-arming certificate companies to give them the keys to your encrypted connections.  So is using SSL now pointless?  I don’t think so; it’s still useful for securing the online shopping experience from other eavesdroppers, but you should always check your monthly credit card statement!