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- Scores of books hawk advice on how to strike it rich. Somebody's making money here, but we suspect it's not the purchasers. Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00: |
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- Republicans appear to be assessing a new strategy to push for stronger counterterrorism laws and expand domestic surveillance. Meanwhile, Homeland Security chief Chertoff urged review of terror-suspect detention laws. Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00: |
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- "Al Gore's Penguin Army" is a two-minute video spoof playing on YouTube. As the public video-sharing site becomes more popular, political operatives, public relations experts and ad agencies are using it to sway opinions. Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00: |
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- So what's a browser shield? Well according to eWeek, it is something that Microsoft researchers feel would help to protect you while using Internet Explorer…. Links for 'Microsoft Research Builds 'BrowserShield'' Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00: |
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- Man, do I know the pain he went through to make this decision. It's very hard to watch something you really love and worked so hard to build continue without you, but when you are not an owner in some way, it's harder still to understand why someone else is taking all the profits, and control, while you do all the work. I know Danny is a very reasonable guy, and the fact that he could not get the new owners of SEW to cut him in on the fruits of all his hard work means the folks running his ex-company are really not paying attention to where value is created in the media world these days. Best of luck, Danny, I am certain you will do screamingly well in whatever you do next! Updated: |
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- A new report on consumer data breaches recorded over the past 16 months indicates that hacking remains the most frequent source of data theft and loss, with breaches reported by educational institutions making up 43 percent of all reported data thefts or losses. The study was conducted by the AARP (formerly the American Association of Retired Persons) using data from 244 breaches reported from Jan. 1, 2005, through May 26, 2006. The data was compiled from publicly disclosed security breaches involving information that collectively involved nearly 90 million people, as compiled by the Identity Theft Resource Center, a San Diego-based nonprofit organization. The study found that criminal hacking was responsible for one-third of all reported breaches, while physical theft of laptops and other data storage media accounted for 29 percent. |
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- There is an ongoing question that many website designers are simply not willing to tackle: who do they insist on ignoring disabled users when it comes to web design?… Links for 'The Need For Accessible Web Design' Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00: |
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- With the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaching, expect a procession of documentaries, policy reports and commemorative events to suffocate the coming week. Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00:03 +0300 |
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- Go back to Holland in the 1600s and you'll learn a lot about investing. Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00:03 +0300 |
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On Gbwatch (Apr 10 2008 23:00 GMT) - Multi-tasking explained in a more intricate way. Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00:03 +0300 |
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- By Richard Koman for SiliconValleyWatcher Apple will start selling feature-length movies on iTunes in mid-September, sources tell BusinessWeek. But only from one studio - Disney - where Steve Jobs just happens to be the largest shareholder after Disney's purchase of Pixar. Apple will charge $14.99 a flick, up from the $9.99 he wanted to charge. |
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- Do you know how to add an option to a SELECT element? Learn how to add new options to an existing list. Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00: |
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- Amid privacy concerns, a few new services are aiming to make existing email programs more secure, with features ranging from self-destructing messages to emails that can't be forwarded. Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00:03 +0300 |
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- Xeni Jardin: yodeling shoelaces see in the dark politically incorrect alphabet mp4 player birthdate $39 experiment indexed Web Zen Home, Store (Thanks Frank!) Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00: |
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- Xeni Jardin: Following up on yesterday's BB post about Current TV's television project at Burning Man 2006, ronjon reminds us: Current TV has the RVs and editing suites and satellite trucks here in Black Rock City, but John Graham and his team have been webcasting the burn for years on a shoestring budget. They're broadcasting live now and will be broadcasting the burn this Saturday night. Check it out. |
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- A majority of Americans are in favor of the widespread use of a new vaccine to prevent HPV, or human papillomavirus, a new poll shows. And 61% of parents said they would want their daughter to be vaccinated. Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00: |
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- Investing in your child's education as well as your real estate portfolio can really pay off. Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00:03 +0300 |
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- An item tucked in the estate tax-minimum wage bill gives tax relief to judges forced to sell stock to quell conflicts in cases before them. Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00:03 +0300 |
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- Cory Doctorow: Sony's forthcoming PS3 is touted as part of the next generation of high-definition consoles, but high-definition comes with a high price. In addition to charging 20 percent more for high-def support, Sony is also opting not to bundle the pricey high-def HDMI cables with the unit. The reason that HDMI is so expensive is that it has been designed to be that most proprietary of technologies, an anti-copying system. Sony customers are accustomed to paying giant premiums for consumables like cables and adapters and memory, thanks to Sony's addiction to deliberately introducing proprietary elements just to jack up prices (I learned this the hard way when I discovered that the power-brick for my $200 Sony speakers cost $150 to replace). |
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- In an effort to attract affluent clients by offering more specialty services, private banks and brokerage firms are beefing up in-house groups that help clients navigate the art market and manage their collections. Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00:03 +0300 |
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- I don't really believe that there is any question that javascript is a mixed bag. Handy for the web-dev, dangerous for the uninformed user…. Links for 'Malicious JavaScript: yet another reason for graceful degradation' Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02: |
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- Because of the holidays etc, there won't be a First Friday (of the month) with Foremski at the de Young museum this evening. However, don't let me stop you from going there anyway. It's a lovely way to start the weekend and it is open until 8.45pm. Updated: |
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- A complete list of the top brands in world. Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00:03 +0300 |
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Web Marker (Apr 10 2008 23:00 GMT) - Since this is "back to school" season, I figured I would find a Firefox extension that would fit in with that theme. The Web Marker extension reminds me of my days of school where I would read through books, and have to highlight certain parts of them. I don't really remember why we did it, I just remember the pretty colors…. Links for 'Web Marker' Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02: |
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- Keeping with the trend of web based services, Microsoft has decided to make parental controls a little more accessible to parents…. Links for 'MS provides parental control' Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00:03 +0300 |
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- Everybody loves Gmail, but some of us love it too much. Do you ever find youself switching between Gamil logins just to get all your E-mail checked? Moving the mouse around, logging in, logging out - it is all a lot of work. Why do all that work though, when there is an extension that will do all of that for you? Gmail Manager has come to your rescue! |
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- You are your inbox. The makeup and tidiness of your email is a reflection of your habits, your mental health and, yes, even the way Mom and Dad raised you, writes Jeffrey Zaslow. Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00: |
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- France's defense minister said an expanded French peacekeeping force will be on the ground in Lebanon within 20 days, as European countries pledged as many as 7,000 troops to help maintain the shaky Mideast cease-fire. Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00:03 +0300 |
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- British police detained a new suspect in the alleged airline bomb plot and raided Internet cafes in a London suburb. The probe shows the rising participation of women and middle-class men in such plots. Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00: |
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- David Pescovitz: Brian Easton commissioned his mom to make this beautiful Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker quilt. From his Free Play post about this textile masterpiece: The quilt took several months to finish and uses several different techniques. |
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- There is a new Contest in a Coolest Gadgets Forum where you have to make quality posts and get a chance to win some of those cool gadgets like the Alarm Spy , Mp3 Goggles: Total List of prices are : # Nexus 95mv Wicked Laser courtesy of Wicked Lasers # 2 x Beer Clips thanks to Beer Clip # Solar Powered mobile phone charger thanks to me not checking it was compatible with my phone # Wireless Keyboard thanks to Gizoo # Bluetooth Headphones and Audio Transmitter again thanks to Gizoo What you have to do is join the Coolest Gadgets Forum and start making quality posts. Just make 5 posts and you are into this contest. The contest is mainly based on the points system : |
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- The Pennsylvania Senate race underscores a key question this election year: Will public anger for Bush lead voters to toss out Republican incumbents? Or can they distance themselves enough from their party's leader to hang on? Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02: |
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- Nope. (hat tip to Tweney) Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00:03 +0300 |
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- Maybe we're better off not being sports fans. That's one columnist's lament after a survey of the crookedness and creepiness infesting sports today. The Fix offers that lament and three stories by way of counterweight. Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02: |
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- How many ways can you define an object's method? Learn about the regular explicit definition inside the constructor function. Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00: |
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- Walt and Katie test a digital toilet seat that warms, washes and dries the user. It aims to provide a more hygienic bathroom experience. But sometimes, the old ways work just fine. Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02: |
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- My red arrow points to it... Hat tip to Sheri Starko-Jones... If Google news can be hacked then spoof press reports could be inserted which could affect stock markets and other decisons... How can GOOG guarantee the integrity of Google News? If it is in beta, does that mean it doesn't have to secure it from outsiders? |
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- Boy, this is going to shake up the web conferencing software world for sure…. Links for 'DimDim launches FOSS challenge to WebEx' Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00:03 +0300 |
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- Failing to negotiate your salary could cost you more than $500,000 throughout your career. Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00:03 +0300 |
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- We are having a few problems with a database that runs our mail authentication for imap/pop/smtp services. This problem is being looked into and should be fixed asap. We apologize for the trouble . Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02: |
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- Security Fix is just now getting around to blogging about some of the other highlights from the Defcon hacker conference I attended this week in Las Vegas. (I had to recharge my batteries after sleeping fewer than four hours between Saturday and Monday.) I realized I never mentioned a Defcon talk from Friday given by Thomas X. Grasso, who's part of the FBI's National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance. Perhaps the funniest and most engaging speaker I've heard from the likes of the FBI, Grasso gave a fantastic talk about what law enforcement really means when it says most cyber criminals running spam, spyware and virus attacks on the Internet today are really just organized crime groups whose turf is the Internet. |
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- Cory Doctorow: Korean artist Hyungkoo Lee has devised a space-helmet with built-in adjustable lenses over his eyes and mouth that variably distort the size of each. Link (via We Make Money Not Art) Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00: |
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- Three-quarters of Americans see Israel as a close ally or friend, while a nearly equal percentage views Iran as an enemy, according to a Harris Interactive poll. Updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:00:03 +0300 |
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- Apple today issued two additional security patches for users who recently bought a new Mac Pro. On Aug. 1, Apple pushed out fixes to plug 26 security holes in different versions of the Mac OS X operating system. Turns out the new Mac Pro product ships with all but two of the patches included in last week's patch bundle, and Apple is re-releasing those updates for Mac Pro users to download and install. From the Apple advisory: |
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- Pressure to win can make grown men coaching young boys do strange things, such as instructing your hurler to throw wild pitches, and making a cancer survivor cry. Plus: The Royals face relegation to Little League; and A-Rod hating, explained. Updated: |
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