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Alleged Assassins Caught on Dubai Surveillance Tape | Threat Level | Wired.com

2010 Mar 1, 2:24There is an amazing amount of info around about the alleged assassination Mahmoud al-Mabhouh including this Dubai hotel survielance footage.PermalinkCommentsvideo crime security privacy wired cctv

Makers Market: Time Bandits Map Prop Replica

2010 Mar 1, 2:20
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Atlantis Artificial Water Fall

2010 Feb 28, 11:35

sequelguy posted a photo:

Atlantis Artificial Water Fall

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HTML5: HTML elements

2010 Feb 28, 2:41"The complete set of HTML elements is the set of elements described in the following sections."PermalinkCommentstechnical reference html html5 w3c web

Weave Developer Resources

2010 Feb 27, 10:17Weave syncs web browser user data. Its an open platform using JSON data, RESTful URL based APIs, with basic auth over HTTPS.PermalinkCommentsweave firefox web browser mozilla development technical reference

Protecting Browsers from Extension Vulnerabilities

2010 Feb 27, 10:06A web browser add-on security research paper that describes the Google Chrome security model. "We propose a new browser extension system that improves security by using least privilege, privilege separation,
and strong isolation. Our system limits the misdeeds an attacker can perform through an extension vulnerability.
Our design has been adopted as the Google Chrome extension system."PermalinkCommentssecurity design google chrome firefox addon plugin web browser technical research adam-barth system:filetype:pdf system:media:document

Not your father's PageRank

2010 Feb 26, 10:12Interesting stuff about Google determining synonyms based on folks changing their search queries.PermalinkCommentsgoogle search synonym machine-learning english language technical

Why the internet will fail (from 1995) « Three Word Chant!

2010 Feb 26, 8:50Did I read this already on Paleo-Future? Anyway still an awesome 1995 rant on why the Internet will fail. "Then there’s cyberbusiness. We’re promised instant catalog shopping–just point and click for great deals. We’ll order airline tickets over the network, make restaurant reservations and negotiate sales contracts. Stores will become obselete. So how come my local mall does more business in an afternoon than the entire Internet handles in a month? Even if there were a trustworthy way to send money over the Internet–which there isn’t–the network is missing a most essential ingredient of capitalism: salespeople."PermalinkCommentshumor internet fail article history

Adam Barth - adambarth.com

2010 Feb 26, 2:42Adam Barth has tons of papers on web browser security.PermalinkCommentsadam-barth security web browser privacy javascript google chrome research technical

Comcast DNSSEC Trial FAQs

2010 Feb 25, 4:10Comcast is running an opt-in DNSSEC trial for all Comcast customers. Their FAQ covers the incompat. of DNSSEC with their Comcast Domain Helper (typo DNS redirects to Comcast ads... bleh!): "What happens to Comcast Domain Helper, which offers DNS redirect services, when you fully implement DNSSEC? We believe that the web error redirection function of Comcast Domain Helper is technically incompatible with DNSSEC. Comcast has always known this and plans to turn off such redirection when DNSSEC is fully implemented." Yay!PermalinkCommentsdns dnssec comcast faq internet ip security technical

Wedding Cake Table

2010 Feb 25, 1:18

sequelguy posted a photo:

Wedding Cake Table

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TED Blog: Sergey Brin on Google's China decision

2010 Feb 24, 9:21"Onstage at TED2010, TED curator Chris Anderson interviews Google's Sergey Brin about the company's recent statement on China."PermalinkCommentsted video sergey-brin google china security privacy censorship technical

The appendices of the CSS specification are in alphabetical order [dive into mark]

2010 Feb 24, 4:13Wow, its true... the CSS appendices titles start with the letter of their appendix. The 'Appendix E. Elaborate description of Stacking Contexts' is pushing it though.PermalinkCommentshumor css technical specification reference

Technology Review: Augmented Identity

2010 Feb 23, 10:04Android augmented reality app that does facial recognition and then hovers icons for that person's profiles on various websites.PermalinkCommentsaugmented-reality mobile internet identity android phone technical

Think you've mastered Linux? Prove it, with Suicide Linux

2010 Feb 23, 9:38Think you're a bad ass having installed some obscure and difficult to use Linux distro, then prove how hardcore of a Linux nerd you are with '...Suicide Linux, where any unrecognized command is parsed as "rm -rf /"...'PermalinkCommentshumor geek linux bash technical

Announcement | IE6 Funeral

2010 Feb 22, 1:26"Internet Explorer Six, resident of the interwebs for over 8 years, died the morning of March 1, 2010 in Mountain View, California, as a result of a workplace injury sustained at the headquarters of Google, Inc."PermalinkCommentshumor internet ie ie6 web browser funeral microsoft

Catroulette

2010 Feb 22, 9:13Screenshots of folks connecting via Chat Roulette to find that the person on the other end is a cat.PermalinkCommentshumor cat cute chatroulette webcam

A Whole Lotta Nothing: This is kind of awesome

2010 Feb 22, 8:39Live webcast hall of mirrorsPermalinkCommentshumor video recursive fail webcast

Defenestration

2010 Feb 22, 8:27Its a building with the furniture escaping through windows... artPermalinkCommentsart san-francisco building window furniture

Developer's Guide - Google Buzz API - Google Code

2010 Feb 22, 7:36How to add your own feeds to Google BuzzPermalinkCommentsbuzz google api reference web technical
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