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  • Jul
  • 05
  • 2008

Tips for improving your Web security

As the programmer, you probably approach a script thinking how it should be used. This is not the same as to how it will be used, either accidentally or on purpose. Try to break your site to see what happens.Do bad things, do the wrong thing. Have other people try to break it, too (its normally easy to find such volunteers).

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  • Jul
  • 01
  • 2008

Save animals in china

Save animals in china: This is really cruel??Pleas stop it??

Animals bigger Cars Charge Chicken Did you know Dogs Dragonfly Ducks electrolytes Fred Video Funny Funny Video Funny videos Grilled Honda horizon How How to Hybrids Info iPod Italian food iTunes Joke Korean make money Media Monkey Moon New onion…

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  • Jun
  • 27
  • 2008

Dropbox to release it’s Linux client in a week or two.

The official blog of Dropbox, an online storage solution, updates us with the status of Dropbox. They announce the release of the Linux client to be very soon.

-? We’ve had a bunch of new Dropboxers move into the office (photo tour upcoming), and getting them up to speed with how we roll around here has proven both challenging and entertaining (more the latter thanks to…

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  • Jun
  • 24
  • 2008

Mercedes, Smart to Sell Electric Cars in 2010

Daimler has announced that it is jumping on the growing electric car bandwagon, with plans to roll-out a Mercedes-Benz and Smart EV in 2010.

No decision has been made regarding the price for the EV models. According to Zetsche, “That depends on whether we sell the batteries with the car or lease them. The willingness (on the part of consumers) to pay more is…

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  • Jun
  • 16
  • 2008

Seven Ways to Save Energy by Saving Water

Though many states and localities are waking up to their water shortages and taking steps to plan for peak water?, people generally continue to waste water and to ignore the energy-water link.

If you think about it, it’s impossible to separate our energy use from our water use. If we can start thinking holistically about the systems we use in our daily lives — and get our governments to create policies that promote…

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  • Jun
  • 15
  • 2008

Dude, they buy OS!

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  • Jun
  • 11
  • 2008

3G iPhone Street Test

Mahalo Daily street test of the new 3G iPhone

We managed to get our hands on a pre-release 3G iPhone, direct from Apple. We took the phone onto 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica to see what people think about Apple’s hottest new gadget.

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  • Jun
  • 07
  • 2008

The 10 Best Linus Torvalds Quotes

Torvalds: not one to mince his words…
1. Software is like sex: it’s better when it’s free.?
2. Microsoft isn’t evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.?

10. “Now, most of you are probably going to be totally bored out of your minds on Christmas day, and here's the perfect distraction. Test 2.6.15-rc7. All the stores will be closed, and there's really nothing better to do in…

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  • May
  • 29
  • 2008

Interactive: Inside “Ranger” UT’s Super Computer

Ranger, the world’s largest computer devoted to general research, which began operating in February at UT’s J.J. Pickle Research Campus. The computer, consisting of nearly 4,000 smaller computers plus other equipment in about 6,000 square feet of floor space, roughly the size of three average homes, was built by Sun Microsystems.

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  • May
  • 25
  • 2008

Microsoft Live Search Cashback Deserves Some Credit

With Live Search Cashback, Microsoft has determined that its willing to take roughly difficult losses to acquire search market cut. Ignoring the bribery, which unavoidably will have towards end, the search engine itself is actually pretty obedient.

The benefit of this program for the merchant is that it’s a cost-per-battle plan for customer acquisition, with the cash bribe coming from the merchant and going into the customer’s description. Usually the search…

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  • May
  • 20
  • 2008

The Origins of Linux [Video]

Linus Torvalds tells the story of how he went from writing code as a graduate student in Helsinki in the early 1990s to becoming an icon for open source software by the end of the decade.

This video was put together by the folks at the Computer History Museum who kindly gave us permission to share this video with Linux Journal readers. http://www.computerhistory.org __________________________ Carlie Fairchild is the publisher of…

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  • May
  • 15
  • 2008

ITP show: Using a wheelchair (and Wiimote) to create art…

This year @ the ITP show the latest addition of devices used for projects included the Wiimote. Younghyun Chung’s digital wheelchair art project @ ITP…

In this project, I successfully provided alternate methods of self-expression for people with physical disabilities. Because I designed the system while considering a variety of disabilities and locations so that a wider range of users can…

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  • May
  • 13
  • 2008

Twitter by Machiavelli - ClickZ

Imagine if astute political observer and philosopher Niccol? Machiavelli parachuted back into our world to see all the strange new media specimens of Earth twittering away during their idle moments.
How would he react? What would he conclude?

Pete Blackshaw, whose professional background encompasses public policy, interactive marketing, and brand management, is executive vice president of strategic services for Nielsen Online, a combination of Nielsen BuzzMetrics, a firm Pete helped…

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  • May
  • 05
  • 2008

Check if Compiz will run well on your Linux

Compiz works perfectly on most hardware that has good drivers - however, problems do exist and sometimes it may not work so well with your computers graphics card. Depending upon the kind of drivers and support, Compiz may not work at all, or it might throw up errors when activated.

Just in case something seems to be incompatible, you’ll get a clear report on what’s wrong. You’ll get descriptions which will help you to understand the real reason why Compiz wouldn’t run well on your…

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