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Kayodeok's Headlines for Friday 03 September 2004

Friday 03 September 2004

Security

• WinXP SP2 = security placebo?
• U.S. Defense, Senate Computers are Zombie Spammers
• Cryptanalysis of MD5 and SHA: Time for a new standard
• SHA-0 Broken, MD5 Rumored Broken
• CERT Advisory: "Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) significantly improves your computer's defenses against attacks and vulnerabilities"

Web Development

• Ctrl + 0 resets Firefox text size back to default
• Helpful notes for those interested in working with liquid layouts via Web Graphics
• Ten CSS tricks you may not know via Nick Bradbury
• How to track an RSS feed
• Embittered Generals: Daniel Glazman on Innovation outside the W3C via Simon Willison
• WYSIWYG screenscraping: Imagining software which makes sense of HTML
• Screenscraping the Senate: Paul Ford's plan to create an RDF description of the U.S. federal government
• Identifying Atom

Windows News

• Windows 1.0 to XP: Screenshots via delicious
• This video shows Steve Ballmer selling Windows 1.0 via Photo Matt
• Bruce Shneier talks about Windows XP SP2 at Neowin

Commentaries

• The emerging two cultures of the internet: There are two cultures growing - those who can filter, and those who can't

Tips

• The Whole Truth About Metadata in Office Documents via Ed Bott
• Windows XP Home Secrets

Utilities

• Advanced Security for Outlook: Get rid of the annoying security alerts in Outlook! via Slipstick

Programming

• In Search of the Ideal Programming Language

Culture

• We walk on the left hand side of a footpath. Our trains run on the left. We drive on the left. Why is it that on London escalators the rule is reversed: i.e. Keep right and allow any faster commuters to overtake on the left?