Friday, December 17, 2004

MS new desktop search tool is ... already installed?. John passes along a tip that could save you a lot of time if you ever use the built-in Windows search functionality. [O'Reilly Weblogs] 11:18:29 AM    comment []  trackback []

NewsForge | Feed your funny bone with open source comic strip aggregation software NewsForge | Feed your funny bone with open source comic strip aggregation software - "Sure, you could just pick up a newspaper or visit a Web site to read your favourite comic strips. But what if you paper doesn't carry all of your favorites? What if you're traveling and don't want to miss a day? In that case, you can turn to an open source application to collect and (re)post online comic strips. " 10:28:21 AM    comment []  trackback []

New IE Exploit Spoofs Web Sites. Security researchers have uncovered a spoofing flaw in Internet Explorer that could allow a scammer to display a fake Web site with all the attributes of a genuine, secure site. [eWEEK Technology News] This one is a little scary.  Of course if you use Firefox... 10:13:29 AM    comment []  trackback []

Yahoo Betas Video Search Feature Yahoo has rolled out a beta video search that finds just that video you were looking for.  The search page is http://video.search.yahoo.com/.  For something interesting, try searching for CALI conference video from 2001.  Pretty cool, except I broke the links yesterday when I moved the conference pages from one server to another:(  Well, at least I know what I'll be doing this morning... Update: I fixed the links for the time being.  Turns out that the links for 1999 are systemically broken anyway.  Anyway, the video that turns up on Yahoo! is now linked through. 9:07:39 AM    comment []  trackback []

Students uncover dozens of Unix software flaws | Tech News on ZDNet Students uncover dozens of Unix software flaws | Tech News on ZDNet - "Students of iconoclastic computer scientist Daniel Bernstein have found some 44 security flaws in various Unix applications, according to a list of advisories posted online. The flaws, which range from minor slipups in rarely used applications to more serious vulnerabilities in software that ships with most versions of the Linux operating system, were found as part of Bernstein's graduate-level course at the University of Illinois at Chicago. " 8:49:57 AM    comment []  trackback []

InfoWorld: W3C publishes Web architecture: December 16, 2004: By Paul Krill : APPLICATION_DEVELOPMENT : APPLICATIONS : WEB_SERVICES InfoWorld: W3C publishes Web architecture: December 16, 2004: - "The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) this week published a final version of its “Architecture of the World Wide Web, Volume 1” document, looking to set forth codified principles for the Web itself. " 8:41:07 AM    comment []  trackback []

Microsoft fixes 'critical' XP firewall issue. Microsoft has quietly released an update to Windows XP to fix a configuration problem in the firewall that ships as part of Windows XP SP2. Users who installed SP2 on their Windows XP machines and also have file and printer sharing enabled may have been sharing their files and printers with the entire Internet. [Computerworld News] 8:28:09 AM    comment []  trackback []