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Thursday 04 November 2004

Security

• Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerable to buffer overflow via FRAME and IFRAME elements
• Gmail Bugs List via Research Buzz
• Review: Anti-Spyware Programs Clean But Don't Disinfect
• Aluria's Deal with Adware Vendor Sparks Debate
• Scripting Security Descriptors in Windows
• Bypassing client application protection techniques via Donna
• Internet Explorer IFRAME Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
• How Spyware And The Weapons Against It Are Evolving
• Microsoft denies spoofing is a security flaw
• Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification via Susan Bradley

Web Development

• sorttable: Make all your tables sortable via The Farm
• Tuning up your Skills in the Web Search Garage
• Amazon's A9 Search Engine Toolbar Now Available for Firefox
• CSS: Uncollapsing Margins
• A review of CSS Cookbook (it's on my wishlist provided the second edition is better) via Lockergnome
• Google Personalized Search via Ed Bott
• Content Negotiation via 456 Berea Street

Commentaries

• Ubiquity in the Internet Age
• Novell's Response to Steve Ballmer's letter to customers on Linux via Microsoft Monitor
• Schneier on Security: Computer Security and Liability
• Security Liability Laws are NOT the Answer
• User Education Is Not the Answer to Security Problems via Simon Willison
• Thoughts on Designing for Data

Tips

• encrypted file system recovery via Root Secure

Utilities

• Fdate is a utility for doing date formatting and date arithmetic in MS-DOS batch files via Gadgetopia

Programming

• Introduction to Unicode
• Object Orientation Tips via Forever Geek
• Using Unicode in Linux
• Introduction to Microsoft Shell (MSH)
• Perl 6 grammars and regular expressions via alpha geek
• Building Custom Error Pages with PHP and Apache via Chris Shiflett
• A Development Infrastructure for PHP via Harry Fuecks

Culture

• Classifieds via Anne Van Kesteren
• Electing to Leave: A reader's guide to expatriating on November 3 via Andy Baio
• Sun Policy on Public Discourse via Jeremy Zawodny's linkblog