1/03/2005 @ 23:57 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : Yahoo! Web Services Weblog - Yahoo! just launched its search web services, competing with the Google API
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1/03/2005 @ 23:57 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : MS security is a conflict of interest - says Gartner
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1/03/2005 @ 23:56 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : Mac OS X, BSD Unix top security survey
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1/03/2005 @ 23:56 GMT
kaninka.net : Airfoil - Að "stream"-a allt hljóð yfir à Airport Express
plasticbag : Rogue Amoeba is "Airfoil" allows you to pump any audio from your computer through AirTunes - We tried it with some television last night and it was a full two-seconds behind. Someone has to fix this. It's too important...
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1/03/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
ricmac : RSS feed mgmt market hots up - SiliconBeat story which includes a snarky (and unnecessary) quote from the Moreover CEO about Feedburner
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ricmac : MediaPost on About.com deal - "I think something else is going on here--a firm, irreversible commitment to the proposition that interactive advertising is here to stay, and will grow more significantly and more quickly than others believe." (via paidcontent.org)
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1/03/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
ricmac : Blogdigger and Webjay Announce Partnership for Enhanced Audio/Video Search - Great move by Greg and Lucas.
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1/03/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
znarf : blo.gs: for sale - his includes: the blo.gs domain name (and all subdomains), the weblo.gs domain name, the database of blogs (and related databases), all rights to the blo.gs software #
Wayne Burkett : blo.gs is for sale - Jim Winstead has been generously sharing pings with other services. I hope the service remains so useful. #
Andy Baio : blo.gs for sale - their massive blog database would be dangerous in the wrong hands [via] [via]
Simon Willison : blo.gs: for sale - Rats. blo.gs powers my blogroll. I hope the API doesn't go away.
Paul Hammond : blo.gs: for sale - i don't have a price in mind, so don't ask
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1/03/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
znarf : Mark Pilgrim is alive ! - "On a related note, Anne, it's been fascinating sitting back and watching you travel along the same path to technical-blogging-enlightenment that I took." [via] #
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1/03/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
jkottke : IN Network is "extended cell phone life-art performance about distance, communication, intimacy, telepresence, and living together while apart" - 300 miles away, a couple uses cell phones to spend time together: "driving to/from work, eating dinner, giving lectures to students, going for a walk, having a cocktail, reading books in silence, falling asleep and waking up." Podcasts are avail
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1/03/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
ricmac : Max Niederhofer: Yahoo 2.0 - "...they're halfway on the way to being the distributed hub of distributed content."
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1/03/2005 @ 20:57 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : Memo to Steve Jobs--buy TiVo
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1/03/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
jimray : Grow your own Apple I - Go old school for $100
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1/03/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Unhappy Birthday, report copyright infringements of "Happy Birthday" to ASCAP - reminds me of Send Them Back [via] [via]
jimray : Unhappy Birthday - Well done [via waxy]
mbertier : Unhappy Birthday - The Clayton F. Summy Company is no longer independent, but, through a chain of purchases, the copyright for Happy Birthday To You lies securely in the hands of the Time Warner company. Happy Birthday's copyright is licensed and enforced by ASCAP, and the #
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1/03/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Sparklines on the Observer blog - nice visualization of incoming links over time [via] [via]
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1/03/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Spider-Man's Greatest Bible Stories - don't do drugs [via] [via]
Ethan Marcotte : Spider-Man's greatest Bible stories - "Who wants some eggs and bacon?" Via Waxy.
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1/03/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Der Spiegel's contest to become the next web meme - it's very difficult to force a meme
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jkottke : PDF of David Foster Wallace's article on talk radio from this month's Atlantic Monthly
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1/03/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
jkottke : Photos on Flickr depict some fascinating occupations - Pastry cheffing, undertaking, and pet doctoring, among others.
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1/03/2005 @ 19:56 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : From GUI-Avoider to OS X
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1/03/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
jimray : AARP launches website to help elderly find jobs - There's nothing like a second job to help retirement feel more like working
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1/03/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
kayodeok : Firefox sneaks into the enterprise - "The Thunderbird email client and Firefox browser are being rolled out in 100,000-plus desktop deployments, says Mozilla. It's just that everybody is too afraid to talk about it"
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1/03/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
jkottke : How to edit your photos like a professional - "Most amateurs are so bad at editing that they don't have to look any further for the reason why their photography is not as good as it could be."
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1/03/2005 @ 18:56 GMT
Isofarro : Google Toolbar: like a beloved butler, and a great way to support your favorite authors - ' Plenty of Cowbell asks whether I like the sight of an ISBN corresponding to one of my books being rewritten. My answer: Hell ya!'
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1/03/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
jkottke : The cultural pursuits of George W. and Laura Bush - "Mrs. Bush shares some of the same sentiment [as Jon Stewart] that many of those shows on TV have become one side yelling at the other and the other yelling back and no one has any idea what they're talking about."
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philgyford : CBC RADIO 3 / 3.11 / NOV 19 - 25, 2004 - Interesting Flash web-magazine, but ultimately frustrating (and but with The Arcade Fire).
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1/03/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
znarf : Love, your dearest spammee - The Automated Guestbook! #
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cobra libre : crystallization & drift - opening saturday, march 5... i should've brought them some corpus christi snow #
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1/03/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : don't freak out! - don't freak out!: heh, amusing error graphic
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1/03/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : I can kick ass AND take names?! - Oh, it's on now.
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1/03/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Copyright laws keep TV shows off DVD - including my favorite example, music licensing in WKRP
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kayodeok : Wired News: Copyrights Keep TV Shows off DVD - For many TV shows, costs to license the original music for DVD are prohibitively high, so rights owners replace the music with cheaper tunes, much to the irritation of avid fans.
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1/03/2005 @ 14:58 GMT
kayodeok : Engineers devise invisibility shield - Electron effects could stop objects from scattering light. - The idea of a cloak of invisibility that hides objects from view has long been confined to the more improbable reaches of science fiction. But electronic engineers have now come up with a way to make one
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1/03/2005 @ 14:57 GMT
kayodeok : How secure is your computer? - "Honey pot" experiment shows unprotected Windows SP 1 at risk
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1/03/2005 @ 14:57 GMT
kayodeok : The LiveCD List - This page is here to provide a comprehensive, easy-to-search list of all available LiveCD and LiveDVDs
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1/03/2005 @ 14:57 GMT
kayodeok : RelevantMail Overview - RelevantMail attaches advertisements into user email messages. The advertisements are non-obstructive, text-only links located in the footer or sidebar of the email message. The focus of the advertising is relevant to the topic of the message
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1/03/2005 @ 14:57 GMT
kayodeok : Super simple clearing floats <Anne's Weblog about Markup & Style> - Have you ever floated something to a side and wondered why the outer element did not increase its height? That is probably because the outer element had a visible overflow instead of non-visible overflow
Paul Hammond : Super simple clearing floats <Anne's Weblog about Markup & Style> - Have you ever floated something to a side and wondered why the outer element did not increase its height?
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1/03/2005 @ 14:56 GMT
kayodeok : Omron develops face-recognition software for cellphones - Japan's Omron Corp. has developed a face-recognition system for camera phones. The idea is that you can snap your own picture and feed it into the software, thereby locking your phone and making it useless to thieves (or anyone else, unless you've got a t
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1/03/2005 @ 14:56 GMT
kayodeok : Sun proposes wireless revolution - A new technology being researched in Sun's labs, called proximity communication, bypasses the wires that connect chips in current designs in favour of a direct connection between chips
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1/03/2005 @ 14:56 GMT
kayodeok : Wired News: New Browsers, Same Unwanted Ads - Now that millions have taken the advice and changed from Internet Explorer to browsers like Mozilla Firefox, more spyware and adware writers are also making the switch.
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1/03/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
kayodeok : Wired News: Grow Your Own Apple I - A new book tackles modern computers in a uniquely hands-on way - by getting the reader to build a replica of one of the most famous personal computers of all: the Apple I.
Matthew M. Boedicker : build your own Apple I
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1/03/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
jkottke : Maybe dark energy isn't to blame for the expansion of the universe...could just be that gravity is leaking into other dimensions - "By shooting lasers at the mirrors [on the moon], a reflected beam can be monitored from Earth to measure tiny orbital fluctuations. Dvali said deviations in the Moon's path around Earth might reveal whether gravity is really leaking away."
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1/03/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
jkottke : Meeting Paul Rand isn't all it's cracked up to be - "Paul Rand then looked at me again and said, 'You're never going to wash that hand again, are you kid?'"
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1/03/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
kayodeok : Riposte to John C. Dvorak On "How to Kill Linux" Circulates Net-wide (LinuxWorld) - "Reports of My Destruction Have Been Greatly Exaggerated," Writes A. Linux Kernel
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1/03/2005 @ 10:56 GMT
Philippe Janvier : GSuggest plugin - "...a proof of concept Firefox extension to add Google Suggest like behavior to the browser's search tool". [via] #
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1/03/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
Wayne Burkett : Breaking up with dictionary.com - It's time to give answers.com a serious look. #
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1/03/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
ricmac : Digital Deliverance: media companies need CRM, not CMS (via pegasus) - "That?s why I think that legacy publishers' adoption of RSS and of podcasting to deliver generic (i.e, one-to-many) content to all users is ? however well intentioned ? a solution to the wrong problem."
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1/03/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
ricmac : Kingsley Idehen: Have RSS feeds killed the email star? - "You can rely on the Web 2.0 fabric for auto-discovery of syndicated feeds covering marketing collateral such as; features & benefits data, product documentation (ODBC/JDBC Multi-Tier, ODBC/JDBC Single-Tier, and Virtuoso ),
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1/03/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Phil Ringnalda on the Yahoo API - "Google: Yahoo just ate your lunch"
Anne van Kesteren : But the Yahoo API gives me 5000 queries a day! - Phil: ?I remember when I used to think of Google as cutting-edge cool, and Yahoo as stodgy.? #
ricmac : Phil Ringnalda likes the Yahoo API - "Google, if you actually value third party developers, get moving: Yahoo just ate your lunch, and having heard all about your cafeteria, I think they want your dinner too."
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1/03/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Yahoo announces Web Services - outstanding; pb wrote up a quick tour and an example utility
jkottke : Yahoo announces Web Services, includes search, images, news, etc. - Since launching their Web Services, Google has somewhat embarrassingly not updated their offering at all and is now way behind Yahoo.
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1/03/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Church Sign Generator gets lawsuit threat - a very funny misunderstanding [via] [via]
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1/03/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Yahoo! Search Web Services - Yahoo! Search Web Services: woohoo!
kayodeok : Yahoo! Search Web Services - Yahoo! Search Web Services allow you to access Yahoo content and services in your favorite programming languages. This means you can now build Yahoo directly into your own applications
Philippe Janvier : Yahoo ! Search Web Services - "Yahoo! Search Web Services allow you to access Yahoo content and services in your favorite programming languages". [via] #
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1/03/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : O'Reilly Network: Yahoo! Web Services - O'Reilly Network: Yahoo! Web Services: Paul provides the low-down
deusx : O'Reilly Network: Yahoo! Web Services
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1/03/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: Chris Landreth's "Ryan" - this year's Oscar winner for animated short; a surreal biography
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1/03/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Florida Project, free vintage Walt Disney World font - several more free Disney fonts, and a comprehensive font list [via] [via]
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1/03/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
Rod Begbie : Bostonist: Citgo Sign Gets a Makeover - Hooray! The sign's been fairly busted ever since I've lived in Boston. Glad it's getting the attention it deserves. #
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1/03/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: Chris Landreth's "Ryan" - this year's Oscar winner for animated short; a surreal biography
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1/03/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
deusx : SPIM MIPS Simulator - "spim is a self-contained simulator that will run MIPS32 assembly language programs."
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1/03/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : One year later, Yahoo! Search gains on rival Google - One year later, Yahoo! Search gains on rival Google: competition is good motivation
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jkottke : Photo series on the birth of a hummingbird
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1/03/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
jkottke : Two more Apple Stores will soon join the Soho location in NYC
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1/03/2005 @ 03:56 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : best time to buy plane tickets
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ricmac : Waxy scoop: Yahoo Contextual Ads - "Yahoo is very quietly testing their new contextual advertising program for blogs and other small publishers, a la Google Adsense."
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1/03/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
ricmac : Jakob Nielsen: 10 Best Intranets of 2005 - "...a significant opportunity remains for software vendors who truly understand the needs of intranet users and intranet teams."
kayodeok : 10 Best Intranets of 2005 (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox) - On average, this year's winning intranets increased site use by 149% with designs that supported bigger screens, multinational users, collaboration, easily updated content, and factory-floor workers
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Andy Baio : Phil's roundup of niche product forums - there are many, many more, but these are some of the best
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1/03/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Dave Winer's worst nightmare - handy bookmarklet to rewrite Scripting.com in the spirit of Google AutoLink [via] [via]
kellan : Dave Winer's worst nightmare - :) #
jimray : ?groovy mother? :: Dave Winer's worst nightmare - BWA HA!
Wayne Burkett : Dave Winer's worst nightmare - Modify your personal copies of Scripting News to your heart's delight. #
Jeremy Zawodny : Dave Winer's worst nightmare - Dave Winer's worst nightmare: a nice little use of JavaScript to drive one's point home?
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jimray : Lee Valley Tools - Everyman's Journal - Cheap, well made journal [via journalisimo]
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deusx : Writing DOM from XSLT transforms
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deusx : Must See HTTP://: Micro-Medici - "...throughout the year, when I saw a chance to help someone on their way to a dream or a passion or a way to bring beauty or interest into the world, I took a little out of my Medici fund and I gave it away."
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Simon Willison : A day in the life of a BBC promo - A peak behind the scenes of the BBC homepage editorial process.
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Simon Willison : Knightmare.com - Sweet, sweet nostalgia. The best children's TV show ever.
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Simon Willison : Walking tour of Keene: followup - Injecting new data in to Google Maps using bookmarklets.
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plasticbag : Looking for a few good blog designers? - I'm basically posting this because I'm vain and I like the way that they compliment me for my bastardised design sense
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Andy Baio : Greg Knauss' damp pants - oh, and bundt cake; I miss EOD
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1/03/2005 @ 00:56 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : What happens when you meet Tim Berners-Lee? - Even if he misses your punchline?
Anne van Kesteren : What happens when you meet Tim Berners-Lee? - Heh #
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Anne van Kesteren : XForms Status Update - Thanks, that is fast! #
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plasticbag : An exercise in clarity: Define Podcasting in ten words or less - I'm interested in this as a general approach to the articulation of new concepts
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plasticbag : Thoroughly very much enjoying Jason Kottke's design for a contributions bar - It's shiny and elegant and 37signals-ish, and anyone who doesn't like it is a grumpy old sod
djacobs : 01:02:03 4-5-6 - This message should be posted soon after 01:02:03 4-5-6, a date we won't see for another thousand years.
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jkottke : The much coveted Rooster is given out in the final round of The First Annual TMN Tournament of Books
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1/03/2005 @ 00:39 GMT
mbertier : Xforms disponible en test - News Xulfr - Ce package inaugure aussi le framework XTF, qui permet d'ajouter dynamiquement le support d'un langage XML dans Gecko. -- énaume ! [via] #
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1/03/2005 @ 00:39 GMT
mbertier : Le mort, c'était «les Corons» - Pierre Bachelet est mort ! NOM D'UNE PIPE ! [via] #
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1/03/2005 @ 00:39 GMT
mbertier : Netcraft: Firefox to Disable IDN Support as Phishing Defense #
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1/03/2005 @ 00:39 GMT
mbertier : Boing Boing: IDN domain spoofing: a much better answer - could be placed in firefox "popup blocked" info bar. #
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1/03/2005 @ 00:38 GMT
mbertier : Getting ready for European Mozilla developers days - Standblog - Tristan Nitot sur les standards du W3C, les navigateurs et l'accessibilité - XulRunner demo -- yeah ! #
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1/03/2005 @ 00:38 GMT
mbertier : Microsoft to Disable Online Windows Activation - "As of February 28, Windows users who purchased their PC will no longer be able to reinstall without calling Microsoft and answering a series of questions." #
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1/03/2005 @ 00:38 GMT
mbertier : IBM to join PHP community! - wow #
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kayodeok : Html Validator for Firefox and Mozilla - HTML Validator is an Mozilla extension that adds HTML validation to Firefox and Mozilla. The number of errors of a HTML page is seen on the form of an icon in the status bar when browsing
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1/03/2005 @ 00:31 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : EU Commission negates democracy - Scandalous!
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