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- firefox feature introduces danger
- Firefox feature introduces dangerOh Oh, I know the answer to this one...Install the [url=http://noscript.net/]NoScript plug-in[/url] and put a 'check mark' on 'Forbid Java' in 'Options'.How many public sites uses Java nowadays?That [i]should take care of it![/i] ;)Non issueI myself have yet to see a jar: link, sure doesn't seem like...
- Tags: Programming languages, Web browsers, Java, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox feature, JavaScript, Greasemonkey
- Discussion threads 2007-11-09
- firefox feature introduces danger
- Software engineers at Mozilla are working on a fix for another protocol handing issue affecting the company's flagship Firefox browser. The flaw, originally reported in February 2007 and independently discovered by Petko D. Petkov, turns a little-used Firefox feature into a security risk that could lead...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, XSS, Bug, Secunia, Firefox Feature, Cross-site Scripting Attack, Web Browsers, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-11-09
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- Mashups turn into an industry as offerings mature
- There were a great many product announcements at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last month, but it was the number of announcements around Web-based mashups in particular that received a large share of attendee and media attention. By my count there were at least nine significant announcements in...
- Tags: Web, Industry, Mashup, JackBe, Lotus Mashups, MashupHub, Mindtouch, Itasca, Serena, Mashup Exchange, SnapLogic, Dion Hinchcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Microsoft cuts backup from Windows Home Server PowerPack
- Microsoft won't be delivering database backup as one of the new features promised for the first "PowerPack" update for Windows Home Server when it ships later this year. The independent "We Got Served" Home Server blog acknowledged the feature cut in a May 9 entry. According to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Home Server, Server, Microsoft Corp., Backups, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Microsoft delivers another update to Office Live Workspace
- Microsoft rolled out quietly on May 15 its 1.1 update to its Office Live Workspace service, which is currently in beta test. The 1.1 bits are available from the Microsoft Downloads site. adds performance updates, making Office Live Workspace run faster with Microsoft Office programs, plus the...
- Tags: Microsoft Office Live Workspace, Microsoft Office Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- DIY phishing kits introducing new features
- What are some of the main factors for the increase of phishing attacks, and their maturity from passive emails to blended threats attempting to not just steal personal information, but also infect with malware by embedding client-side vulnerabilities at the pages? It's all a matter of perspective, which in this...
- Tags: Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Safari "Carpet Bomb" attack information released
- Nitesh Dhanjani released information about some of his newest research on the Safari web browser this morning, and interestingly enough, Apple has decided NOT to fix some of the issues he presented. Dhanjani reported three issues, as follows below from his blog: 1. Safari Carpet Bomb.It...
- Tags: HTML, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Issue, Safari Carpet Bomb.It, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- VIA reveals world's lowest-power x86 processor on world's smallest board
- Since nothing gets Toybox readers going quite like processor wars -- I mean, hey, it's the Crusades of computing -- I thought I'd throw this little morsel into the ring. Arriving in the Toybox inbox this morning from Taipei is news that VIA Technologies has announced their...
- Tags: Board, X86 Processor, Corporate Governance, Processors, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- What's wrong at OpenSolaris
- The OpenSolaris community just released the first complete "Project Indiana" edition of the OS - and in that process demonstrated why community enthusiasm for the product seems to have weakened recently. It's a great product -everything from ZFS to a new package management system...
- Tags: OpenSolaris, Intel X86, Developer Argument, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Aviv Raff drops an 0-day for IE 7.0 and 8.0b on XP
- I've been busy all day and just haven't been able to get to it until now, but Aviv Raff is a seriously bad man. I follow his blog religiously as he always has some cool stuff going on and a lot of it tends to be thought provoking for other...
- Tags: HTML, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Blog, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Aviv Raff, Blogging, Web Browsers, Internet, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- WWDC08: Tickets sold out
- According to Macworld Apple today confirmed that its Worldwide Developer Conference WWDC, held 9-13 June 2008 in San Francisco, has sold out for the first time in the history of the event. "Response to this year's WWDC has been off the charts and we are delighted with the show...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, SDK, Conference, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Linux's biggest victory so far - Splashtop to ship on ASUS motherboards
- In what I think is the biggest victory for Linux so far, DeviceVM's Splashtop Linux desktop will ship across the entire P5Q range of motherboards, with more to follow by the end of the year. DeviceVM, the award-winning developer of Splashtop™, today announced the proliferation of their innovative software...
- Tags: ASUS, Motherboard, Model, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- First public release of Silverlight for Linux is out
- The first public release of Moonlight -- the Silverlight on Linux project from open-source leader Miguel de Icaza and his band of coders -- is out. De Icaza, Novell Vice President for Developer Technologies, noted the release in a blog post dated May 13. De Icaza noted...
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Windows XP Service Pack 3 adds support for WPA2
- If you're running Windows XP and haven't yet installed Service Pack 3, Microsoft has included a few incentives that might interest networkers. First, XP Service Pack 3 provides support for Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2), the most recent security standard derived from the...
- Tags: Router, Network, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack, Windows XP Service Pack 3, Microsoft Windows XP, Routers & Switches, Networking, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Rik Fairlie
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Fedora 9 ships, openSuse 11 due June 19
- Red Hat's Fedora project yesterday quietly released version 9, an upgrade of its open source Linux operating system with support for live USB bootup, OpenJDK6 , KDE 4 and the ext4 file system. Fedora 9, code-named Sulphur, was developed by more than 2,000 volunteer developers, said Paul...
- Tags: Fedora Project, KDE, Fedora 9, KDE 4, Open Source, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Google about to launch Flash API for Maps
- Google just published a page detailing how Flash developers can now use the Google Maps ActionScript API. Unfortunately, as of right now all the samples still don't work, but based on the documentation from a guy who has never made anything in Flash, it looks pretty easy to use....
- Tags: Developer, Google Inc., API, Google Maps, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Latest Flock Beta delivers Digg, Pownce and AOL Mail support
- Having launched in late 2005 amidst a tsunami of web 2.0 hype, it was always going to be difficult for social web browser Flock to keep up with expectations. But after getting through what seemed like an unhealthy period of stagnation, update by update the software is really starting to...
- Tags: Digg, America Online Inc., Twitter, E-mail, Web 2.0, Online Communications, Internet, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Frequent open source miles
- Matt Asay's piece on "open source free- riders" got my goat this morning because we're on opposite sides of the market. Matt's a vendor, a high-ranking executive with Alfresco who by his own testimony spends a heavy chunk of his life in hotels and airports. ...
- Tags: Matt, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Google accidentally enables ratings on some Blogger accounts
- Some blogger users may have noticed their blog suddenly started showing star ratings -- a feature that appears to be in the works, and according to Blogger, was given by accident to some unsuspecting bloggers. The feature hasn't been released yet, and they have "fixed" the problem. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Blog, Feature, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Content Protection madness on Vista
- [UPDATE: For more on this issue, check out this post.] I'm a firm believer in the idea that if you pay for hardware, you should be able to make full use of it. However, DRM and content protection mechanisms are increasingly making this difficult for people. ...
- Tags: Screen, Microsoft Windows Vista, Cintiq, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital Rights Management (DRM), Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
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