Friday, December 10, 2004


BlogMatrix Sparks! 1.6.25-beta. BlogMatrix Sparks! is a streaming Internet radio program recorder and podcast receiver. Downloaded programs are converted (via Mplayer and LAME) into MP3s and stored in your media player (iTunes or Windows Media Player). It uses an interactive directory of thousands of radio stations and podcasts to help you find content. It runs on Windows, Macintosh OS 10.3, and Linux. [freshmeat.net]
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Today's conference is being webcast. [Scripting News]

Harvard's Internet + Society 2004 conference being webcast.  Something to do on a Friday afternoon.


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School's out to shun IE | Tech News on ZDNet

School's out to shun IE | Tech News on ZDNet - "Citing security risks, a state university is urging students to drop Internet Explorer in favor of alternative Web browsers such as Firefox and Safari.
In a notice sent to students on Wednesday, Pennsylvania State University's
Information Technology Services department recommended that students download other browsers to reduce attacks through vulnerabilities in the Microsoft software."

Are you or your school recommending that students use an alternative browser?  If so, which one, if not, why not?


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Microsoft Preps Five Windows Patches
Microsoft Preps Five Windows Patches - "Microsoft's monthly patch day for December will produce security updates for five vulnerabilities affecting Windows users, the company said Thursday.
In an
advance notice, the software giant said the maximum severity rating for the five updates is "important." Some of the security updates may require a restart.
The prerelease of basic information ahead of the scheduled patch day is a new policy adopted by Redmond's security division to
help customers plan for the deployment of updates.
The next batch of patches is due Tuesday, Dec. 14." -
[Eweek]
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OpenReports Overview - Open Source Software Solutions
OpenReports Overview - Open Source Software Solutions - "OpenReports is a web based reporting application that allow users to generate dynamic reports in a browser and view them as PDF, XLS, or CSV files. The goal of OpenReports is to provide a web based reporting solution built upon open source technologies that will compete against
complex and expensive reporting tools such as Crystal Reports and Cognos.
OpenReports uses JasperReports, an excellent full featured open source reporting engine, and was developed using leading open source components including as WebWork, Velocity, and Hibernate.
"
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A child-safe SMTP whitelist with Postfix and MySQL. Worried about your children receiving adult-oriented spam while on the Internet? I was. Here's how I solved the problem by protecting their email addresses using Postfix and MySQL. [NewsForge]
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