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Kayodeok's Headlines for October 2004

Sunday 31 October 2004

Security

• WhenU (a known distributor of Adware) Enters the Anti-Spyware Market via Spyware Warrior
• Google plugs hole exposing Gmail mail-boxes
• Bagle-AU worm disables Windows XP SP2 firewall, reports Sophos via Donna
• New Internet Explorer Flaw Spoofs URLs
• Spyware: Users Say Yes to It
• Impressions of Google Desktop Search from a security point of view
• PC Pitstop: Top 25 Spyware and Adware via Spyware Warrior

Web Development

• An opinion on scalable Inman Flash Replacement (sIFR)
• A few Tips for Using Lynx via Kathleen Anderson
• S⁵: A Simple Standards-Based Slide Show System
• S⁵ Validity
• Forcing ASP.Net towards standards

Windows News

• Customer Focus: Comparing Windows with Linux and UNIX

Commentaries

• If you're in information technology, please get out via Read/Write Web

Open Source

• SuSE Linux 9.2 Live KDE Screenshot Tour (52 Slides)
• SuSE Linux 9.2 Live Gnome Screenshot Tour (79 Slides)

Tips

• Windows Process Library via Internet Storm Center: Handler's Diary October 25th 2004

Utilities

• Twenty Third Party Gnome Apps you Can't Live Without
• Desktop Sidebar: Information at your fingertips via delicious

Programming

• BASH Reference Manual via delicious
• Introduction to BASH Programming via delicious
• Optimize Perl: Squeeze the most from your code via The Farm
• MySQL: The Full-Text Stuff Left Out Of The Manual via The Farm

Gadgets

• Biometric Cell Phones Coming - But US Will Be Last
• Memory stick turns fingerprints into passwords

Culture

• The Positively True Adventures of the Counterfeit Diary of Nick Nolte via Andy Baio

Friday 29 October 2004

Security

• How A Criminal Might Infiltrate Your Network via Dana Epp
• Cash machine networks could soon be more susceptible to computer viruses because many banks are starting to use the Windows operating system in machines
• ATMs Susceptible to Windows Viruses (slashdot comments)
• New URL Spoofing Flaw Found in Internet Explorer
• Another Caller ID Spoofing Operation Opens Its Doors
• Biometric passports win EU approval

Web Development

• Accessible Forms via webgraphics
• PDF and Accessibility via webgraphics
• Foxylicious is a Mozilla Firefox extension that integrates your del.icio.us bookmarks into your browser bookmarks via scripty goddess
• Full CSS Property Compatibility Chart via Nick Bradbury
• View Page Structure: Fetch a page from a web server and output the tags within the page in a nested list via Nick Bradbury
• Why Accessibility Guidelines can be harmful
• Pure CSS Scrollable Table with Fixed Header via 456 Berea Street

Windows News

• Ballmer cites 'facts' in Microsoft's battle against Linux

Commentary

• how to be creative
• Schneier on the US Constitution: The Security of Checks and Balances
• The wonders of "format c:" via OS News
• The Timing behind Steve Ballmer's Linux-bashing Memo

Tips

• How to debug Windows services
• How to create an unattended Windows XP CD (which automatically puts in your name, product key, timezone and regional settings, silently installs all your favourite applications, Windows Updates, Registry Tweaks etc) via Office Weblog
• Google Desktop Search Tips and Tricks via delicious

Programming

• Using Design by Contract in C
• Chris' essential VIM help via delicious
• Max Table size in MySQL via Jeremy Zawodny

Gadgets

• Microsoft Research has developed a simple interface which lets you zoom in on a portion of the screen with a single pen stroke

Wednesday 27 October 2004

Security

• A Technical RFID Primer via Slashdot
• Internet users at home are not nearly as safe online as they believe, according to a nationwide inspection by researchers
• New Google Desktop Exploit Discovered
• RealPlayer/RealOne "DUNZIP32.dll" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Web Development

• Google Cheat Sheet via Google Blog
• Google buys map provider Keyhole
• How "well designed, popular and accessible" is your website?
• Designing Accessible Tables
• What is a web standard?
• A quick and dirty introduction to accessibility via webgraphics
• A visual model of the CSS Zen Garden via Molly Holzschlag
• Fagan's "Switch Bookmarklets" allows you to "quickly switch from search results from one tool to those from another" via Search Engine Watch Blog

Commentaries

• Why bloggers aren't (yet) journalists via Hotlinks
• Microsoft's Worst Nightmare via Slashdot
• Google's Increasing Windows-Centric Stance

Tips

• HijackThis Log Tutorial
• Cooking With Access

Utilities

• Tweakomatic Utility for Internet Explorer Settings

Programming

• Server Side Coding : PHP & MySQL Tutorials via delicious

Science

• Tiny new species of human unearthed

Culture

• George Bush official re-election website blocked outside US

Monday 25 October 2004

Security

• JPEGScan: A Free Detection & Repair Scanner for Exploit.MS04-028 (GDIPlus JPEG Vulnerability)
• How to Break Windows XP SP2 (Drag and Drop media files)
• How to Break Windows XP SP2 (Drag and Drop Media Files) - Proof of Concept
• MPs and security experts are attacking the government for its decision to use Windows 2000 on its submarines
• Bogus Online Anti-Spyware Scanner
• Mozilla / Firefox / Thunderbird Downloaded File Content Disclosure Vulnerability
• Netcaptor Tabbed Browsing Vulnerabilities
• Microsoft Outlook may display images even when configured to view messages in plain text

Web Development

• IEholics Anonymous: "Hi, My name's Andy and I'm a recovering InternetExplororholic. But I've been free of the burden of Microsoft now for close to a month" via Asa Dotzler
• Firefox aims for 10 percent of Web surfers
• The Google Desktop Proxy allows you or anyone else to use Google Desktop Search to search your machine from anywhere via Remaindered Links
• Gmail Tools & Plugins via Forever Geek

Windows News

• Windows XP is three years old today
• Funny Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles via delicious

Tips

• DLL Help Database: This database contains information about DLL files that are included with selected Microsoft products via delicious
• Desktop namespace shortcut for Firefox (will provide a context menu with Profile Manager, Safe Mode, Options etc) via Chu Yeow
• 200 ways to revive a hard drive (pdf file)
• Default settings for Windows XP Services via Internet Storm Center - Handler's Diary October 24th 2004

Programming

• linuxcommand.org: Learning the Shell

Science

• As Einstein Predicted, Earth Distorts Time, Space
• Slashdot: What is your favorite equation?

Gadgets

• Oh Lord, won't You buy me a Treo 650
• Even more Treo 650 pics
• X-Ray Cameraphone Sees Through Clothes More: Peeping Tom filter lets phones see through bikinis
• AMD's Personal Internet Communicator brings the Internet to the people

Tuesday 19 October 2004

Security

• InterMute Acquires CWShredder
• Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall Bypass Weakness
• Internet Explorer Shines on Broken Code
• GMail Drive Discloses Gmail Users Account Name and Lets Local Users Access the Gmail Account
• American security firm iDEFENSE has discovered a loophole in most popular antivirus software that would let viruses in cleverly written ZIP files slip under their radar

Web Development

• Global White Space Reset (a follow-up to CSS Negotiation and a Sanity Saving Shortcut) via 456 Berea Street
• Thunderbird 1.0: What to expect (58 screenshots)

Commentary

• Dana Epp's TabletPC Shopping Experience in LA
• The revolution will be commercialized: Out of Technorati's top 100 most-linked weblogs, only 16 don't feature advertising or are otherwise noncommercial

Tips

• Shell Basics: Extending the Shell via delicious
• Boot KNOPPIX from an USB Memory Stick via delicious
• Beginners Guides: 99 Performance Tips for Windows XP via Forever Geek
• Does Service Pack 2 slow you down? via OS News

Programming

• Hallmarks of a Great Developer via The Farm
• Linux Shell Scripting Tutorial: A Beginner's handbook via delicious

Culture

• Unknown Soars Into Superman Role: the new face of the Man of Steel will be... via Whedonesque
• TV-B-Gone says goodbye to your TV, like it or not
• Linux PDA pulled from shelves

Monday 18 October 2004

Security

• Manager's Briefing for Microsoft Security Bulletins (PowerPoint File)
• Every 5th Call At Dell Is Spyware-Related

Web Development

• More Google Desktop Privacy Worries & A Microsofty's Fear
• New Deep Link Ratio Tool
• CSS Negotiation and a Sanity Saving Shortcut via 456 Berea Street
• Star html Selector Bug: CSS Selectors Recognized Only by IE/Win Browsers via Left Justified
• Gmail-like Labels Coming to Thunderbird
• Validation is a must-have

Open Source

• Debian installation guide and tips via osdir.com

Tips

• Undocumented /Bootlogo Boot.ini switch
• How to configure an AOL e-mail account in Outlook Express
• Best practices for the Encrypting File System

Utilities

• Qmail - a small, portable e-mail client that fits onto a USB Thumb Drive (send only)
• Tiny Internet Applications via The Office Weblog

Programming

• Slashdot: The Extinction of the Programming Species
• Critique of Where Perl 6 is Heading via OS News
• The Parrot Primer via Isolani Linkblog

Culture

• Deaf Benefit Greatly from SMS
• Exit Strategies: A "peacenik" and a "mercenary" offer scenarios on how America can gracefully exit Iraq via A Side of Links
• Nick Nolte's Diary via waxy.org

Friday 15 October 2004

Security

• Is Google Desktop Search a Security Threat?
• Is Google Desktop Search a Security Threat? (More Commentary)
• FullDisclosure: Bypass of Antivirus software with GDI+ bug exploit Mutations
• 8 Ways to Protect USB Usage via Lockergnome
• IE Holes Not Microsoft's Fault, Says Bill
• FDA Says Docs Can Chip Patients
• Why implanted ID chips are bad for privacy
• Revenge of the pop-ups

Web Development

• (To Read): Authoring Techniques for XHTML & HTML Internationalization: Specifying the language of content 1.0 (Working Draft)
• Search Keys Firefox extension for the accessibility and the keyboard-loving
• Writing Lean CSS via Andy Budd
• A Practical Start to Web Standards via Andy Budd
• How to get Google Desktop Search to index Firefox's cache

Commentaries

• Setting Up A New Computer: Observations

Open Source

• A Linux firewall primer
• Tell me a little about Linux
• System recovery with Knoppix: What to do when good disks go bad via osdir.com
• Screenshots of various Linux Distros

Utilities

• Hyper Dictionary

Culture

• Humour: Is Your Son a Computer Hacker?

Tuesday 12 October 2004

Security

• Writing Trojans that bypass Windows XP Service Pack 2 Firewall
• NIST details recommended Security Controls for Federal Information systems via Root Secure
• Handler's Diary October 11th 2004: Web based GDI Vulnerability Scanner; Yet even more fun with bots; Spybot.Worm and Gaobot; MSN Chat access troubles
• Tales of spyware
• The Internet is a dangerous place, and it's not getting any better via Root Secure
• Microsoft Security Development Center: All About GDI+
• Microsoft Security Development Center: GDI+ 1.0 Security Update Overview

Web Development

• How to Hide Text Ads from GMail with userContent.css
• All That Glitters: The redesigned ABC News site does not validate

Programming

• Clientcopia: At some point in your career, your patience will be tested with a stupid client who is so clueless that you'll question your sanity, career choice, and the future of mankind via Andy Budd

Monday 11 October 2004

Security

• "Grokster and Claria Take Licenses to New Lows, and Congress Lets Them Do It" via Castle Cops
• Microsoft Internet Explorer Disclosure of Sensitive XML Information
• Story of a user victimized by anti-spyware software

Web Development

• Pushing your limits (and other secrets of designing with CSS) via 456 Berea Street
• Google May Get 'Gmail' in Spite of Trademark
• ABC News Redesigns via waxy
• Stealth Surfer: Another USB drive browser option
• Page loading issues with Bloglines due to too many feeds: (I have 375 feeds and bloglines is slow here too)
• Where Opera Is Out-Browsing Internet Explorer

Open Source

• Ubuntu Linux 4.10 Screenshots (79 Slides)
• A review of Gnome and KDE via Slashdot

Tips

• The command line way to burn CDs in Windows
• How to partition your hard drive using Bootit Next Generation
• Planning Your Partitions

Programming

• Advancing in the Bash Shell via Keith Devens
• Advancing in the Bash Shell Part 2 via Keith Devens
• Linux Commandline Tricks via Photo Matt

Culture

• Moscow children to wear dog tags
• Has living in London corrupted you? via Going Underground's Blog
• SpinVox automatically converts voicemail to text and sends it to you as an SMS: (may be useful for the deaf)

Friday 08 October 2004

Security

• sans.org: The Twenty Most Critical Internet Security Vulnerabilities via SANS Handler Diary: October 7th 2004
• Downloader.Lunii is a Trojan horse program that attempts to download remote files, terminate adware products, and delete files via SANS Handler Diary: October 5th 2004
• Handler's Diary October 6th 2004: Microsoft ASP.NET vulnerability, URL obfuscation, more MD5
• Microsoft Word Document Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
• MS Word multiple exceptions, at least one exploitable
• Microsoft releases fix for Windows XP SP2-adware (TV Media) clash
• Rather than just stealing the identity of random people, organized crime groups are stealing the identity of companies

Web Development

• Trends at the Web 2.0 Conference via Jeremy Zawodny
• Cybersquatting? Domain owners are protesting a move by eNom to register the .info equivalents of nearly a million .com domains owned by its customers
• WordPress 1.2.1 released
• GMail Drive shell extension via Delicious
• AOL Readies Standalone Browser

Windows News

• United State Patent 6,802,061: The USPTO granted Microsoft a broadened patent on "automatic software downloading from a computer network" (which is similar to the Eolas Patent)

Open Source

• Mandrakesoft releases Move - Linux has never been more ready for the desktop
• Linux Hardware Knowledge Base Launched

Utilities

• NirSoft has a collection of very useful freeware utilities
• SpoofGuard is a tool for Internet Explorer to help prevent a form of malicious attack called "web spoofing" or "phishing." via Compendium

Programming

• PHP Switch() Statement: Ignorance is bliss, defaults are worse

Tuesday 05 October 2004

Security

• Bruce Schneier has a weblog via Rafe Colburn
• RealNetworks Fixes Security Holes
• Symantec Wants To Be Security's Microsoft via Tom's Hardware Guide
• Avinti's iSolation Server detects viruses by executing code in virtual machine environment before a virus can attack a user's computer
• Intel Ships "Execute Disable" Pentium 4's: Execute Disable Bit allows the processor to classify areas in memory by where application code can execute and where it cannot. When a malicious worm attempts to insert code in the buffer, the processor disables code execution, preventing damage or worm propagation.

Web Development

• My Yahoo Search and Yahoo Next are Launched
• Explorer's Guide to the Semantic Web

Windows News

• Is AT&T moving its 70,000 PCs over to Linux? AT&T says the reports are "Fiction. Out of context"
• What does uncovering the secret language of DNA have in common with reverse-engineering Microsoft software?

Open Source

• A quick guide for repairing your kernel from a live CD
• Screenshots on How to Install Debian (94 Slides) via osdir.com

Utilities

• MD5 Checksum Tools for Windows
• ComputraceComplete is a software which is programmed to follow trails left by computer thieves

Programming

• Free text editors for the rest of us via Forever Geek
• Software Companies Fight Back: Bad Software Isn't About The Code
• Slashdot Comments: Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Software

Science

• Welcome to the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (for example, what's next in sequence: 10, 9, 60, 90, 70, 66?) via MetaFilter
• As if there aren't already enough nasty military weapons in the world, the U.S. Air Force is looking into the possibility of making matter-antimatter weapons

Saturday 02 October 2004

Security

• silentrunners.org: An analysis of why CoolWebSearch is so difficult to remove
• PivX Improves Security For 300 Million Non-XP Users
• A software slipup in RealNetworks' music player means that Windows, Mac and Linux computers could be compromised by a fake movie file
• Gates: Microsoft to offer anti-spyware
• These spyware and adware mischief-makers have taken root on more than their share of hard disks
• (To Read): PDF file on "Hidden Data in Electronic Documents"
• Are hackers using your PC to spew spam and steal?
• A critique of port knocking

Web Development

• Memoirs From the Browser Wars
• The Beauty and Business of CSS (Douglas Bowman's presentation at Web Essentials 2004) via 456 Berea Street
• Tabbed browsing gets even better in Firefox

Commentaries

• On Being a "Resource"
• Are you a resource?

Utilities

• Use ToolbarCop to remove the unwanted Toolbands, Toolbar icons and Browser Helper Objects from Internet Explorer

Programming

• (To Read): A Programmer's Guide to the Mind
• (To Read): Unicode for Programmers (draft)
• PHP and Unicode (PHP still doesn't have native unicode support)

Culture

• Google Challenge: How to keep soon-to-be wealthy workers from cashing out and moving on (around 60 percent of Google employees hold stock options worth at least $1 million) via Jeremy Zawodny