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Google confirms new browser initiative, probably not a good idea (3)
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Google has officially confirmed that it will be launching it’s new browser called “Chrome” that will take on Internet Explorer and Firefox. This is huge news, and for many people, it has been too long overdue. Rumors of the gBrowser have been floating around for years — maybe there is still hope for [...]Contribute comment -
Microsoft spends $486 million to compete with Google (7)
onToday we’re seeing headlines about Microsoft’s latest huge investment that is going to “accelerate pursuit of Google“. They purchased a company called Ciao that is said to be used by 26.5 million people a month to compare and review products. It might be a case of regional usage, but I’ve never heard of [...]
- Jrod said: way to burn half a billion, MSFT...
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Introducing the winners of the Android Developer Challenge I (19)
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Less than a year ago, we announced the Android Developer Challenge, a two-part contest for developers to design engaging, innovative mobile applications for Android to the tune of $10 million total in awards. Since the kickoff of the first part of the contest (ADC I) last November, we've been eagerly waiting to see what these brilliant minds would come up with. The first round of ADC I closed earlier this year, awarding the top 50 ...Shared by Alfonso Martinez (0) Aman (1) Angus (42) Antonio Ortiz (34) Atilano (0) Charles (0) Crutcher D (27) Daniel Langendorf (19) Dr. Ernie (49) Grandje5ter (20) graywolf (33) Imran Hussain (1) jmvidal (13) Martin (1) Michael (13) Miguel A. Arévalo (4) Quinny (17) Satej Sirur (5) vevck (2)- Charles said: I was one of the judges - congrats to the winners!
- Miguel A. Arévalo said: Show me the money, show me the code ... and show me the hardware!!
- jmvidal said: Looks like the iphone might have some competition after all.
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Protecting Your Cookies: HttpOnly (102)
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So I have this friend. I've told him time and time again how dangerous XSS vulnerabilities are, and how XSS is now the most common of all publicly reported security vulnerabilities -- dwarfing old standards like buffer overruns and SQL injection. But will he listen? No. He's hard headed. He had to go and write his own HTML sanitizer. Because, well, how difficult can it be? How dangerous could this silly little toy scripting language ...Shared by _dot_ (0) | Balu | (0) Adam (17) Alan (26) Alastair Binns (3) Alec Resnick (102) Alex (4) Alexandru Savu (33) alfred westerveld (24) Andy (10) Andy Davies (5) Anthony Bowyer-Lowe (5) Arik (10) Artem (49) atul (71) Aviv (0) Azeem (35) Barry Ferg (14) Brakara (3) Cade (4) CannonGod (199) Catto (4) chimeric (13) Chris (10) Chris Newman (0) cnu (1) Compuwizard123 (16) D. Hayes (2) D. Lambert (2) Daniel (7) Daryl Milne (2) David (2) dd (7) Denis Gobo (22) Dennis (16) Denny (3) Dominik (27) Drew (2) FX Poster (5) iamnoah (0) Ian (6) James Mead (0) James Smith (1) Jamie Eisenhart (2) Jason Cartwright (8) jerobins (14) Jeroen (4) Jim (4) jmserra (31) jmvidal (13) Joel (1) John (0) John Higley (0) Jorriss (9) Julien Tartarin (1) Justin Yost (48) Karol F (14) KC (0) kebernet (73) Kevin (14) LouCypher (34) Marcio (0) Masakuni Kato (8) mathowie (2) Matthew Schultz (5) Mike Aizatsky (0) Mike Stenhouse (6) MikeG (3) Mone (6) Morton Fox (46) mucit (5) Nikki (67) OJ (0) Otto R. Radke (2) Paul (6) Paul Greeve (4) ProfVegas (144) ritesh (10) rochoa (2) SamHyland (0) Santosh (5) Scott (0) Shaun (8) smerrell (2) smuggyuk (2) spoon16 (36) Srinvard (28) Takayuki (25) tig (27) Tim (27) Tim Disney (0) Tim Pickles (5) TiTi (80) Tom Drummond (4) Tony Ruscoe (13) Uri (8) vevck (2) William Spaetzel (44) Yaakov (10) Yuvi (26) zapnap (20) 狮子真好吃啊 (5)- Mone said: manca un punto, poter accedere ai cookie tramite javascript può servire a proteggersi da XSRF.HttpOnly cookies impediscono questa difesa ma non impediscono XSS, 'bloccano' (lui stesso parla dei buchi nelle attuali implementazioni) solo l'acceso a un'informazione delle tante disponibili a un javascript iniettato. Un esempio banale, il codice attaccante può sempre simulare una finestra di login falsa all'interno di una pagina valida...
- jmvidal said: Good tip.
- dd said: When you tag a cookie with the HttpOnly flag, it tells the browser that this particular cookie should only be accessed by the server. Any attempt to access the cookie from client script is strictly forbidden.
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Empowering users to map their worlds (30)
onIn countries like India, great maps and comprehensive local data are hard to come by. And traditional mapping approaches are stretched to the limit in such environments, where infrastructure and local businesses are evolving at a furious pace.This need inspired us in Google India to design and build Google Map Maker, which enables users everywhere over to create rich, deep maps and fresh local data. People can mark their favorite spots in their cities and ...Shared by abhi (1) Aneel (16) Angus (42) Antoine (27) Ben (5) Bhavesh (30) Bryan (2) chachra (4) David Poblador (16) Dr. Ernie (49) Duk (1) FVT or FVTer (21) Goulu (2) Harun (1) hyderabadblues (5) Iñaki Arrieta Baro (3) jccamus (15) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (30) Matthew (25) Morphyoss (0) Nishith Prabhakar (13) S Anand (5) Saurabh (1) spsneo (8) Suchita (1) TheDudeAbides (2) vevck (2) Vitor (13) Wratty (126) YuSuPh (1)
- Saurabh said: Finally, Google Mapmaker comes to India, couple of my IIT Bombay friends were working on this :)
- Bryan said: rather timely as I found map coverage in Crete to fall short of my needs.
- Angus said: wouldn't this be useful for landmarks anywhere, even in the USA? For example, all the campus buildings?
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First images of Google-powered HTC Dream (7)
onIt was rumored that the HTC G1 (Dream) would be the first Google powered phone on the market, and if everything pans out, those rumors will end up being true with a launch date sooner than later. Android Guys have the first mock-up drawings of the Dream, and it’s clearly Google powered — the [...]Shared by Amer (9) Archit T (8) Bobby (29) luigi.agosti (1) Peter C (3) vdanilov (Graf) (12) vevck (2)
- vdanilov (Graf) said: It'll be my new cellphone!!!
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Google Suggest goes live, will people like it? (2)
onGoogle Suggest is a feature that gives you automatic recommendations when you begin to search for something -- it's eluded the official Google homepage for several years, but today it has finally found it's way there. The question now, as Philipp Lenssen puts it, is weather it will be useful or annoying in the long run. I would suggest (no pun intended) that Google has probably done enough experimentation to determine that it will be ...Shared by Andrea (0) vevck (2)Contribute comment
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Adebayor - We can't think we are untouchable (1)
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Google finally ready to launch Jaiku on their platform (13)
onJaiku is down, and according to jaikuinvites, it’s because they have finally moved their system to the Google App Engine platform. There’s no official word from Google about what’s happening, but their website describes it as “server maintenance”. If you’re wondering what Jaiku is, you can basically think of it as Twitter, but owned and [...]Shared by (``-_-´´) (54) Archit T (8) Ciaran Rooney (2) cooperative (41) Harper (75) Moses (61) Peter C (3) Phreak 2.0 (48) ricardo (0) Todd Albertson (17) Ullash (0) vevck (2) Voyagerfan5761 (15)
- Harper said: its interesting that these things would go on app engine.
- Todd Albertson said: This could be a Twitter killer!
- Ciaran Rooney said: ZDnet too woo
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How to Write a Love Letter (1)
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Two fates await the written expression of love for the object of your undying affection. Your words will either be kept or burned (in this age of digital media - Deleted!). But will they be worth reading? Here are some words on the lost art of love letter composition. Write from the heart and with the utmost regard for perfection. It matters not whether you are an accomplished writer. If you are sincere, honest and ...Shared by vevck (2)Contribute comment -
Community-Driven Computer Animation Project Announced (1)
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- npike said: I think we've all been through this one at some point..
- kebernet said: The alt tag is great today.
- Ian said: so, so true.
- Aneel said: so precisely true
- LM said: Particularly apropos given my current apartment situation.
- Dimitri Glazkov said: This one is about me.
- Brandon said: This makes me want a Cantenna even more!
- Jessica said: Yeah, this is totally me in a couple weeks.
- Goyal said: Agreed :)
- deadlyicon said: heh yes! Fee Linksys day!
- Ashe said: So. True. Right, @mathiasx?
- Chris Schrier said: This is why I had internet at my apartment and house for a couple of weeks.
- тaмás said: There are few forces more powerful than geeks desperately trying to get internet in a new apartment.
- WindPower said: My thoughts exactly pendant les vacances
- Derick Valadao said: This brings back memories :)
- jschultz said: So true.
- Guttorm said: Cute
- Rob said: as someone currently using wireless named "linksys" from a neighbor, i applaud this comic
- Dustin Diaz said: "geeks desperately trying to get internet in a new apartment." Ha!
- Simon said: shared for the alt text
- James said: More times than I can count.
- Eric Atkins said: Pringles can = LOL
- tonyleachsf said: Ha, this is pretty close to my experience !
- Joshua said: bwahahaha ... when we moved last week, I had the DSL order, the backup cable order (they could give a more reliable-sounding install commit), and the netshare-on-3g-iphone plan 'c'. [DSL made the date, fortunately.]
- Steve said: soooooooooo true ;)
- Daniel said: I can relate to this :/
- Zaki said: I need to date the girl stick figure in xkcd cartoons
- Nick Campbell said: I agree with the comment on unsecured! Great!
- Alexandar said: gotta love the linksys people :D
- choffee said: Must have internet.
- Matt said: This seems familiar...
- Walter DeFoor said: agreed and a half.
- Zach said: OOh man, have I done this before >:D
- Ben said: Damn straight.
- Terrence said: I was just thinking about this when I move ...
- Bill said: Yeah, why weren't there any of those kind souls near my new place! (See mouse-over text)
- eric stimmel said: this could be us in a week and a half...
- FelipeC said: Hahaha, so true.
- mernisse said: How true... How True..
- Chris said: just like moving in to our apartments. number 1 priority = internet
- Josi said: i was using an open network i found in my building when i first moved in
- Randy said: Pretty relevant if you ask me
- Joe Smith said: Oh man. This was me all last week..
- Blaise said: This will be me on Monday. Heather, I really hope you've got the internet (and bears) sorted out in Nipissing.
- Matthew said: this is how its been for me for the last 4 days
- Sermed said: In memory of Adam's wifi attempts
- mac said: this is exactly my situation right now. Wish I bought that "Netshare" app for my iPhone that lets me share my EDGE connection with my laptop
- Jaemi kehoe said: Priceless
- Jakob said: I have actually done this with a cantenna before. Fortunately Brady lived in the dorm facing my apartment building, so I was able to get college internet access/network.
- cassio said: I have already tried that too :D still looking for internet...
- justin said: happy 'linksys' day!
- Murz said: Ooooh... how true.
- purplesque said: Afraid this is going to be me..
- Jon G. said: How ironically appropriate for my situation
- tom said: essid "linksys" - yeah!
- KeVroN said: fine I'll do share it too because I do it every day at bucketworks anyhoo
- Andrés David said: In a few weeks I'll remember what this feels like
- Steve M. said: the sad truth
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Google gains share again, should Microsoft give up? (6)
onGoogle has been gaining market share consistently since they day they opened up shop, and it doesn’t appear it will be slowing down any time soon — in July they were up to 62%. Yahoo and Microsoft have been trying their hardest, spending hundreds of millions of dollars each year to try and change [...]
