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Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in the current versions of Adobe Flash Player (v9.0.159.0 and v10.0.22.87) for Windows, Macintosh and Linux operating systems, and the authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat v9.x for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX operating systems. These vulnerabilities could cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Link: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.htmlLabels: flash, security
A quick overview before we dive into code, in today's tutorial we will go over two slightly different methods of creating pretty URLs using HTACCESS. The difference between the methods is whether Apache or PHP is doing the heavy lifting to break the URL apart for parsing. I want to point out that mod_rewrite tutorials are almost as old as the internet itself and this is not the first. At the end I will use one of the methods to create a simple application to show how these solutions would look in a real-live website (well not 100% production quality). Link: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/...Labels: development, linux, php
 Microsoft's Bing team puts the amount of web pages at "over 1 trillion". And Google has already indexed more than one trillion discreet web addresses. Link: http://www.news.com.au/technology/...Labels: fun, internet
Even though it's been In the hands of OEMs for barely a week and has not even made it to general availability yet, Windows 7 has already been cracked. The crack can reportedly be built on Lenovo's Windows 7 Ultimate OEM DVD .ISO that was leaked to a Chinese forum. Using the leaked .ISO, the OEM-SLP product key and activation certificates can be obtained through the boot.wim. Link: http://www.betanews.com/article/...Labels: 7, microsoft, security, windows
 Today we will learn a fascinating little feature in excel called “goal seek”. But what good is a feature if we cant find a use for it? So we will build a simple retirement calculator using excel. Before plunging in to the complex retirement calculations, let us spend a bunch of words understanding what this goal seek is all about. Link: http://chandoo.org/wp/2009/07/29/excel-goal-seek-tutorial/Labels: excel, microsoft, money
Regular expressions are a very useful tool for developers. They allow to find, identify or replace text, words or any kind of characters. In this article, I have compiled 15+ extremely useful regular expressions that any web developer should have in his toolkit. Link: http://www.catswhocode.com/...Labels: development, php
 Did you know that any website you visit can determine your browsing history? A new site, Web2.0collage.com , shows how easy it is for strangers to determine your browser history. By constructing a collage of the sites that you've visited, Web2.0collage.com mixes art and technology to raise privacy awareness.Many of us consider our browser history to be private, but that is no longer the case. Any website you visit can determine your browser history by exploiting the very features designed to enhance your internet experience, a fact many people are not aware of. Link: http://web2.0collage.com/Labels: security, website
Finally, the remake of Tron is coming! Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6jfm0hq0bkLabels: videos
 After a complete overhaul, the PAD Database manager makes it even easier to interface with the PAD Database. Still haven't released this to the wild. If I get enough interest I may consider releasing it. Labels: software, veign
Give away is now closed - the winner has been selected (Jeff)
 Whether you're an expert or just getting started, building standards-based Web sites is faster and easier with Microsoft® Expression® Web 3. Expression Web contains flexible support for a wide range of essential technologies: PHP, HTML/XHTML, XML/XSLT, CSS, JavaScript, ASP.NET and ASP.NET AJAX, Silverlight, Flash, Photoshop files, and video/audio for webcasting. This is a great opportunity to get a free license for an up-coming-player in the web design application market. EW is hot the heals of Dreamweaver and is already converting many users. I have been using and testing EW since the first releases and each one moves it closer to a serious player in the web design game - still needs better support for PHP for my liking but I'm sure that's coming. Just download the trial to check it out. To enter leave a comment that either contains your email address or a link to your profile which contains your email address and say something that lets me know you want it. Thats it. Winner will be choosen at random in 24 hours. Link to Expression Web: http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/Web_Overview.aspxGive away is now closed - the winner has been selected (Jeff)
(disclosure: Microsoft has not requested or asked me to do this. I contacted them to see if I could give a license away)
Labels: design, free, veign
Take Intel's venerable 8086 for example -- you might know it better as "x86". Released in 1979, just a decade after Apollo 11's trip to the Moon, the 8086's cousin, the 8088, formed the basis for the IBM PC we all know and love. When the IBM PC "XT" was released in 1981, the lowest end configuration had 8 times more memory than Apollo's Guidance Computer -- 16k, vs the Apollo's 2k. The read-only storage of the AGC was 32k,
The IBM PC XT also ran at a dizzying clock speed of 4.077MHz. That's 0.004077 GHz. The Apollo's Guidance Computer was a snail-like 1.024 MHz in comparison, and it's external signaling was half that -- actually measured in Hz (1/1000th of 1 MHz, much as 1 MHz is 1/1000 of 1 GHz). Link: http://www.downloadsquad.com/...Labels: hardware
We have heard a lot of feedback from beta testers and enthusiasts over the last 3 years that we need a better solution for homes with multiple PCs. I’m happy to confirm that we will indeed be offering a family pack of Windows 7 Home Premium (in select markets) which will allow installation on up to 3 PCs. As I’ve said before, stay tuned to our blog for more information on this and any other potential offers. Link: http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/...Labels: 7, microsoft, windows
 Whether you work on a Mac, a PC, or both - the way your workstation is set up reveals a lot about your sense of style and work attitude. Have a comfortable place where you can do your work can lead to increased creativity and productivity. This collection presents some excellent examples of elegant, beautiful, cozy, and well-designed workspaces so that you might get some ideas and inspiration from them. Link: http://sixrevisions.com/...Labels: fun, hardware
Mozilla just wrapped up the Firefox 3.5 release a few weeks ago, but they are already going to town on what they can do for future improvements. When they redesigned Firefox 3.0 I thought the new designs were okay, but they weren’t anything that seemed to be revolutionary.
What’s neat about Mozilla, however, is that they’re not afraid to show the world what they’re thinking about doing months or even years ahead of time. They aren’t afraid of the competition coming along and outdoing them, and as a result they can get a lot of quality feedback so that they can fine tune the various aspects of the browser before it gets shipped out to the world. Link: http://cybernetnews.com/...Labels: firefox
All P2P networks must go "establishment" someday, and today another formerly popular P2P service rended by courtroom battles announced it has turned around. Like P2P pioneer Napster did six years ago, this morning, Kazaa (now with just one capital letter) has come back as www.kazaa.com, a subscription-based music service with all of the "big four" major labels in its corner. I would NEVER trust Kazaa no matter what they did. There application was such a piece of garbage that destroyed systems to earn them revenue that this company should be avoided at all costs. Link: http://www.betanews.com/article/...Labels: website
 Drag’n drop generally looks hard-to-apply but it is definitely not by using JavaScript frameworks. Here is, how it is done by using jQuery & jQuery UI Too easy! Link: http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/...Labels: development, javascript, jquery, php
Typically, there are two main ways of debugging server-side code: you can utilize an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) with a built-in debugger or log and perform your debugging processes in a web browser.
This article shares an elegant, simple, and more maintainable way of debugging Ajax apps via the web browser (more specifically for the Mozilla Firefox browser). You’ll learn the basics of leveraging Firefox in conjunction with Firebug and FirePHP to implement FirePHP libraries on web apps and logging messages in the Firebug console. Link: http://sixrevisions.com/web-development/...Labels: development, firefox, php
It's unclear whether they brought the requested "boatloads of money," but several top Microsoft executives are in Silicon Valley to try to finalize a search deal with Yahoo, according to an All Things Digital report late on Thursday. Link: http://news.cnet.com/...Labels: microsoft, news, yahoo
 Features: - Second, retractable screen
- Precise Pantone color matching with the Integrated color calibration
- Palm-rest digitizer and pen
Link: http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/...Labels: hardware
 Visa Buxx is not a credit card. It’s a prepaid card that enables you to load the card online or over the phone and monitor spending, so you can work with your teen to review their spending habits. Basically, your kids use it but you control it. Great idea if you're going to give you kids a credit card which IMO teaches them poor money management. Link: http://usa.visa.com/personal/cards/prepaid/visa_buxx.html
 Follow the historical moon mission from start to finish through the We Choose The Moon interactive site. At the time of this posting there is 23 hours until the launch. Link: http://wechoosethemoon.org/Labels: science
Just read this: It’s all too common to drown in email every day. Luckily, Microsoft® Outlook® 2010 gives you tools you need to stay on top of practically everything. Save valuable inbox space with improved email conversation tracking and management. Compress long e-mail threads into a few conversations that can be categorized, filed, ignored, or cleaned up with a few clicks. From advanced email organization and search to a completely redesigned look, Outlook 2010 provides you with a world-class experience to stay productive and stay in touch with all of your networks. That makes me interested. Might just get me to upgrade. Labels: microsoft, office
I don’t know what timezone Microsoft’s web servers are running on, but it’s revealed the much anticipated Office 2010 release in great detail way ahead of the expected official announcement at the Microsoft Worldwide Partners Conference 2009. Will you upgrade? Any point upgrading to a new version of Office? Is there anything new in Office that makes it worth upgrading? I'm still on Office 2003 and have never had that "I wish this application did this" moment so I'm not sure I need to upgrade. Add to that my dislike for 'ribbons'. Videos: http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090713/...The videos are being re-uploaded so some videos on the page may be down. Labels: microsoft, office, videos
 Veign releases a CSS3 reference guide. The CSS3 reference guide is meant to compliment the HTML5 reference guide that I just released. This gives you a quick and handy reference on the standards that will be the foundation for all websites. Enjoy! Link: http://www.veign.com/reference/css3-guide.phpLabels: css, free, veign
 The Dude network monitor is a new application by MikroTik which can dramatically improve the way you manage your network environment. It will automatically scan all devices within specified subnets, draw and layout a map of your networks, monitor services of your devices and alert you in case some service has problems. Link: http://www.mikrotik.com/thedude.phpLabels: software
 Internet Explorer 8 Demo Site - This site gives you the opportunity to test some of the new security, interoperability and advanced AJAX features in IE8 without having to search for sites or visit potentially dangerous sites. Not like I would switch as a long time, and very happy, Firefox user. Link: http://www.ie8demos.com/tryit/Labels: browsers, ie, microsoft
Microsoft is investigating a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Video ActiveX Control. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the local user. When using Internet Explorer, code execution is remote and may not require any user intervention.
Link: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/972890Labels: ie, microsoft, security
As smart and popular as Google may be, the success of Chrome OS is not a fait accompli. Sometimes the smartest and most popular kid at school simply falls on his face. Google Chrome OS could very well turn out to be that kid.
Will Chrome OS be the promising upstart that fails to thrive in the real world? It's much too early to tell, but here are five reasons that Chrome OS could fail Link: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/...Labels: google, open source
Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. Because we're already talking to partners about the project, and we'll soon be working with the open source community, we wanted to share our vision now so everyone understands what we are trying to achieve. Did you ever doubt that Google would someday release an Operating System? I didn't. Link: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/...Labels: google, open source
Google finally removes the beta from Gmail and many other Google Apps: Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Talk Just thought this was news worthy since its been in beta for years. Labels: google
 I know some people will download non-official copies of Windows 7 when it becomes available. Some of you will also have a brand new operating system infected with malware and spyware because some of these copies will be pre-infected. If you want to make sure the copy of Windows 7 that you downloaded has not been tampered with then check out the Windows 7 ISO Verifier. Link: http://www.istartedsomething.com/...Labels: 7, microsoft, security, windows
HTML email inline styler will convert a webpage with CSS rules to a webpage using inline styles. This inline style format is what is required for sending email newsletters and this online tool can save you the headaches of manually converting. Link: http://inlinestyler.torchboxapps.com/Labels: css, design, development, website
A little piece of Internet history has now been laid to rest, as CompuServe was shut down for good just before this Fourth of July weekend. After some 30 years of service, CompuServe's new owner has finally pulled the plug, leaving us to reminisce about the days when the Internet was young and we were still using modems whose speed was measured in baud. Link: http://arstechnica.com/telecom/...Labels: technology, website
 Veign's HTML5 reference Guide was featured on Smashing Magazine today. The guide is a work in progress (as the spec is changing) reference guide for the up-coming HTML 5 specification that someday will become the standard for the development of websites. Smashing Magazine is the top website design and development blog around and its a honor to have something of Veign's featured. Smashing Magazine: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/...HTML 5 Reference Guide: http://www.veign.com/reference/html5-guide.phpLabels: bigtime, design, development, veign
Today the Director announces that when the XHTML 2 Working Group charter expires as scheduled at the end of 2009, the charter will not be renewed. By doing so, and by increasing resources in the HTML Working Group, W3C hopes to accelerate the progress of HTML 5 and clarify W3C's position regarding the future of HTML. A FAQ answers questions about the future of deliverables of the XHTML 2 Working Group, and the status of various discussions related to HTML. Learn more about the HTML Activity. Link: http://www.w3.org/News/2009#item119Labels: design, development
Every once in a while we like to focus on different design elements and how to use javascript and ajax to make them more interactive and more flexible to the user. In this article we’d like to present a list of over 30 hand-picked Sliders, Scrollers and scrollbar techniques you can use to achieve some special visual effects in your designs. Link: http://www.noupe.com/javascript/...Labels: design, development, javascript, jquery
 Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer. It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development, and education. Not sure I have a need for this but it good to know its around. Link: http://www.wireshark.org/Labels: hacking, hardware, security, software
You already know that if you want to lock down your Wi-Fi network, you should opt for WPA encryption because WEP is easy to crack. But did you know how easy? Take a look.
Today we're going to run down, step-by-step, how to crack a Wi-Fi network with WEP security turned on. But first, a word: Knowledge is power, but power doesn't mean you should be a jerk, or do anything illegal. Knowing how to pick a lock doesn't make you a thief. Consider this post educational, or a proof-of-concept intellectual exercise. What type of protection do you have on your home network? Link: http://lifehacker.com/5305094/...Labels: hardware, security
DVD Flick aims to be a simple but at the same time powerful DVD Authoring tool. It can take a number of video files stored on your computer and turn them into a DVD that will play back on your DVD player, Media Center or Home Cinema Set. You can add additional custom audio tracks, subtitles as well as a menu for easier navigation. Link: http://www.dvdflick.netLabels: multimedia
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