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Kayodeok's Headlines for Tuesday 30 November 2004

Tuesday 30 November 2004

Security

• Schneier on Security: Desktop Google Finds Holes
• How to help protect against a WINS security issue
• What You Should Know About Firewalls
• The Cost of Virus Protection Rises

Web Development

• Outsourced Netscape Merges Firefox, IE
• Netscape Browser Screenshots
• Review: Firing Up Mozilla's Firefox 1.0
• How Microsoft can support CSS2 without breaking the Web via Molly
• JavaScript: a free online quick reference by VisiBone via JavaScript Weblog
• Accessible & usable forms: Guidelines, examples and JavaScript tricks via 456 Berea Street

Tips

• Sample Hacks from Knoppix Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools
• Why doesn't the RunAs program accept a password on the command line?
• Anatomy of Credit Card Numbers
• Don't Write a Newsreader: Read This Before You Write a Newsreader, News Transport System, etc.
• Remaster Knoppix without Remastering

Utilities

• CPAU is a command line tool for starting process in alternate security context, basically this is a runas replacement
• PowerPoint Viewer 2003 lets you view full-featured presentations created in PowerPoint 97 and later versions

gadgets

• Scientists create smart phone that doubles as your nanny
• New, captioned telephone is making it easier for the deaf and hard-of-hearing to communicate

Culture

• Lying Makes Brain Work Harder
• Computer History Museum - Timeline