Fascinating Video about Operating Systems

Here's a video all about operating systems, what they are and what they do.  Everything from protecting the security of the computer to providing access to the available hardware to providing a rich Graphical interface for the user

Raspberry Pi

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If you don't want to use your main computer for learning to program, then there's the brilliant Raspberry Pi.  Its a small computer that only costs about £30 pounds and can be connected to a normal HDMI capable TV and a standard USB mouse and keyboard.  It runs linux from a memory card and uses Python as the default programming language.

Vulnerability Research into CVE2012-1852

I'm currently working on a project for my Msc in Computer Security to investigate CVE2012-1852, which is a vulnerability within Windows XP and the mechanism for discovering other computers located on the network.  It means that a Windows XP machine can be compromised just by opening a list of networked computers.