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Kayodeok's Headlines for August 2004

Monday 30 August 2004

Security

• The (In)securities of SSL
• 2004's Most Popular Viruses, and Hacking Tools
• Guide to Spybot Search & Destroy 1.3: Downloading, Installing, and Using Spybot via Ed Bott
• An illustrated guide to cryptographic hashes via Jeremy Zawodny

Web Development

• Has Google Blundered with the Gmail Beta?
• Fifteen steps to install and upgrade Firefox so it "feels" like IE via Research Buzz
• GmailFS provides a mountable Linux filesystem which uses your Gmail account as its storage medium via Jeremy Zawodny
• css directory is a collection of links to CSS resources via 456 Berea Street
• Web Turns 35, but Still Work in Progress
• Making Firefox look like IE
• How to get out of Internet Explorer after using the IEView Extenstion for Firefox to view broken pages in IE

Windows News

• Windows XP SP2 vs. Intel Prescott Processors

Commentaries

• The blogosphere's reaction to Longhorn news
• What is Longhorn? "When you ask a Microsoft person to say what Longhorn is supposed to do, you get rambly hand-wavy words that mean nothing"
• "Microsoft is not the Borg collective. The Borg collective has got proper networking."

Open Source

• Knoppix 3.6 is Out

Programming

• An Introduction to PHP: How PHP 5 compares to PHP 4
• Creating an RSS feed of the books you have checked out of the library
• PHP Form Handling

Science

• Quantum Teleportation Breakthrough: Five photons linked via Smart Mobs

Thursday 26 August 2004

Security

• Analysis of Spyware: A User deliberately infects himself with Spyware in order to write this analysis - Part II

Web Development

• Microsoft Redesigns their Home Page via Photo Matt
• What's Wrong With: Feed Readers via Ben Hammersley
• Yahoo! Search blog Launched
• A Quick guide to XHTML
• Like an HTML virgin: Jeffery Zeldman recommends Elizabeth Castro's new book titled Creating a Web Page With HTML

Windows News

• Microsoft Outlook Express fails to satisfy some basic GNKSA requirement(s), hence does NOT qualify for the Good Net-Keeping Seal of Approval
• Windows XP Service Pack 2 Knowledge Base Articles

Tips

• Group policy registry entries for xp home
• Windows XP Security Console allows you to assign various restrictions to specific users, whether you're running XP Pro or XP Home
• Monitoring Registry Activity During the Boot Process
• Boot INI Options Reference
• How to use RAM as Swap via Forever Geek

Utilities

• Firewall Leak Tester

Culture

• Top 10 Science Fiction Films

Wednesday 25 August 2004

Security

• Windows XP SP2 features security crater

Web Development

• How to write a good "about" page
• Cheah Chu Yeow (Redemption in blog) Switches From MovableType to WordPress
• Businesses Agree to Make Websites Accessible
• FrontPage 2003 Horror: Create a structured page layout by using layout tables and cells via Web Graphics

Open Source

• User Guide to Using the Linux Desktop via Slashdot
• Technical Writing Using OpenOffice Writer

Programming

• A roundup of links on Java Versus the World
• MSDN: Stop SQL Injection Attacks Before They Stop You
• Some comments on Perl versus PHP 5
• CobolScripts: The Evil That Simply Refuses to Die

Culture

• The death of DVD via Rafe Colburn
• The First Rule Of The Olympics: You Can't Talk About The Olympics
• Olympic Blogs Banned
• Business Lessons from The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition via Kottke's Remaindered Links
• Did you know the U.S. military has a policy offering free breast implants to female soldiers? via Microsoft Community Blog Posts

Sunday 15 August 2004

Security

• Ways For Microsoft To Spend $60 Billion via Gervase Markham
• Stealing Passwords Via Browser Refresh attacks are very simple to execute and require medium level of skills (pdf) via Root Secure
• How Secure is Windows Firewall?

Web Development

• A web standards checklist via Web Graphics
• User Authentication on the World Wide Web via Anne Van Kesteren
• SEO and Your Web Site via 456 Berea Street
• A little 404 Error Document Magic
• StopIE is a site that explains how you can do your part to rid the web of IE via Asa Dotzler

Programming

• Using Perl to read MS Word Documents
• Perl Command-Line Options
• Perl as a command-line utility via Delicious
• PHP on the Command Line - Part 2
• Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide via Delicious
• To read: Linux.com's CLI for Noobies series
• PHP, Gzip and htaccess via Delicious
• PHP Debugging Basics

Tuesday 10 August 2004

Security

• How much do you know about computer security?
• Analysis of Spyware: A User deliberately infects himself with Spyware in order to write this analysis via Slashdot
• A blog about Spyware and the Law via Spyware Warrior
• The Antivirus Defense-in-Depth Guide
• Troubleshooting Windows Firewall settings in Windows XP Service Pack 2
• Understanding Windows Firewall in Windows XP Service Pack 2
• Manually Configuring Windows Firewall in Windows XP Service Pack 2

Web Development

• How to Tweak Firefox with CSS
• A first look at the MSN Blogs

Windows News

• Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
• Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) with Advanced Security Technologies FAQ
• List of fixes included in Windows XP Service Pack 2

Tips

• Neowin Guide : Slipstream Windows XP Service Pack 2
• MSFN: Universal Windows Slipstreaming and Bootable CD Guide

Programming

• C Programming FAQ
• Hierarchical SQL via Keith Devens

Saturday 07 August 2004

Security

• Troubleshooting Windows Firewall in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2

Web Development

• The Perfect Weblog System?
• Customizing Web Forms via dwh
• A Guide to XHTML 1.1 via dwh
• Seven Deadly Markup Sins via Isolani
• Web site screenshots for your link log
• Virtual Hosts for Dummies
• Designing a CSS based template - part V via CSS Vault

Windows News

• Microsoft Releases Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies to Computer Manufacturers
• Release notes for Windows XP Service Pack 2
• Windows XP SP2: Features and Functionality

Open Source

• Introduction to Linux for Non-Geeks via Forever Geek

Utilities

• Taskbar Sorter Utility via Scripty Goddess

Programming

• HTML Syntax Checker in PHP via Mezzoblue
• UTF-8 to Code Point Array Converter in PHP via Mezzoblue
• Simplify Business Logic with PHP DataObjects
• Reflection API (Zend Engine 2 only)
• Another way to easily switch between PHP 4 and PHP 5 on Windows via The Farm
• Perl Special Variables via Photo Matt
• Programming Languages Cheat Sheets
• Perl Phrase Book via Delicious

Culture

• Do You IMDB?

Tuesday 03 August 2004

Security

• Mozilla Security Bugs Bounty Program Launched
• Threats and Countermeasures: Security Settings in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP
• How to Bypass Most Firewall Restrictions and Access the Internet Privately aka The Surf At Work Page
• Windows XP Security Guide
• Punching holes into firewalls via Delicious

Web Development

• The Great Custom 404 Page Adventure
• HTTP Caching & Cache-Busting for Content Publishers via Delicious
• MIME types matter; DOCTYPEs don't
• Prepare for the transition from HTML forms to XForms via Isolani
• Securing Your Apache 2 Server with SSL

Utilities

• Hijack This Log Analysis
• UnixKit for Windows
• PortQryUI - User Interface for the PortQry Command Line Port Scanner

Programming

• Beginning Perl
• Source Code for TheyWorkForYou.com via Simon Willison's Blogmarks
• Getting Started with PHP's HTML_QuickForm
• Fundamentals of Perl
• Switching Easily Between PHP 4 and PHP 5 on Your Windows Development Box
• Access 2 MySQL: Access 2 MySQL is a small program that will convert Microsoft Access Databases to MySQL via Jeremy Zawodny
• PHP 5 InfoCenter: Absolute Beginners Page
• Error Handling With PHP 5
• Working with Class Types: Abstract Classes and Interfaces
• PHP 5 New Functions
• The Perl Email Project