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OMG Ponies!!! (Aka Humanity: Epic Fail) - Jon Skeet: Coding Blog
How the simple things (like time zones, daylight savings, culture and unicode) manage to make the job of a software developer painful.
Miranda TabSrmm Development - 3.0 Known Issues
This page should help people who are using current Miranda 9.0 development builds...
Q&A with Pwn2Own hacker Charlie Miller - ZDNet.com
This guy really makes it sound like Mac's are dead easy to hack via the browsers -- why isn't it happening more in the wild, are they really THAT small a target?
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It’s really simple. Safari on the Mac is easier to exploit. The things that Windows do to make it harder (for an exploit to work), Macs don’t do. Hacking into Macs is so much easier. You don’t have to jump through hoops and deal with all the anti-exploit mitigations you’d find in Windows.
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Add Sticky NoteFor all the browsers on operating systems, the hardest target is Firefox on Windows. With Firefox on Mac OS X, you can do whatever you want. There’s nothing in the Mac operating system that will stop you.
- You'd think this guy was getting paid by the number of times he disses Mac and pimps Firefox on Windows... - on 2009-03-20
The Moment (Obama's Inauguration Photosynth) - CNN.com
A PhotoSynth of the 44th Presidential inauguration ...
The Bumper List of Windows 7 Secrets - Tim Sneath
Cool Windows 7 features that might not be obvious
What's Next for Computer Interfaces? - Technology Review
Essentially: "the future of computer interfaces ... will likely revolve around touch" ... this article reviews a couple of future updates to touch interfaces, including tiny devices with touch-sensitivity on the BACK (so you can still see the screen), and pressure-sensitive displays from Jeff Han
ACLU: 2/3 of US population lives in "Constitution-free" zone
The ACLU says that 2/3 of Americans live in Constitution-Free zones where the "US Border Patrol" can set up checkpoints anywhere and question and search you (and your laptop) just like they would at an airport.
Announcing Gallio and MbUnit v3.0.4 - Bits in Motion
This is the new release notes for MbUnit 3.0.4
The Connector - Hello My Name is E
Connector allows you to add somebody to E, and all integrated services, in one simple gesture: Press two Connectors together ...
Google vs Xerox on R&D | Computerworld Blogs
Google does R&D but has no dedicated researchers or formal lab organization. Every engineer is considered part of the virtual R&D team and is expected to donate 20% of his time – about one day a week – to research.
Xerox takes the traditional approach, investing in a separate R&D function that includes basic research ... what makes each approach successful?
Wal*Mart shutting down DRM server, nuking your music collection - Boing Boing
This is why any encryption system which depends on phoning home should not be an option when you're considering where to spend your money. Buy CDs, or DRM-Free tracks (which is all that Wal-Mart sells, now).
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Unless you go through a bunch of hoops (that you may never find out about, if you've changed email addresses or if you're not a very technical person), your music will no longer be playable after October 9th.
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we strongly recommend that you back up your songs by burning them to a recordable audio CD
PDC2008 Unveiling Windows 7 to the World
PDC keynote attendees will be among the first to receive the pre-beta build of Windows 7... I'm jealous, really want to go.
Software + Services PDC, Plus a Hard Drive Chock Full o’Bits
All PDC attendees will receive: a 160GB external USB2 hard drive with all of the bits
15th Anniversary: Hooking Google to the Evil Meter
Google company policies apply only within the continental US?
Xerox software offers 3-D print preview
A team of Xerox Corp. researchers, led by a scientist at its Webster research center, is creating software that gives a 3-D simulation of the layout of a document before it actually goes to a printer.
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Spin doesn't belong in the news. It's like putting motor oil in the mojito...
SpinSpotter helps you expose spin and bias, misuse of sources, and suspect facts ...
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