Month: September 2011
PCMag – Google Patches Flash Zero Day Bug, Jumps the Gun on Adobe Again
The bad habit isn’t Google patching security holes it’s Adobe not patching them first.
Ars Technica – Hackers turn MySQL.com into malware launchpad
What the heck is Oracle doing with MySQL?
Mark Story – Using bcrypt for passwords in CakePHP
Awesome, I tried doing this in CakePHP 1.3 a few weeks ago but couldn’t get it to work right all the time.
Scripting News – Facebook is scaring me
Count me in the group of people now staying logged out of Facebook by default.
Numair Faraz – I was once a Facebook fool
Trusting your business to another business is generally not a good idea, but trusting Facebook is never a good idea.
AllThingsD – Amazon Announces Special Event
My bank account is ready.
The White House – Direct the Patent Office to Cease Issuing Software Patents
Why haven’t you signed this petition?
Online Video News – Netflix’s DVD business: Does Qwikster have a future?
How long until Qwikster becomes just another forgotten piece of internet real estate?
Daring Fireball – The Case for Going Metro-Only on ARM
When I posted the link about Windows 8 being able to run normal desktop apps, I somewhat flippantly said that it “could keep Windows 8 from being truly awesome”, this is why.
ZDNet – Microsoft: Desktop apps will run on Windows 8 on ARM
That’s the decision that could keep Windows 8 from being truly awesome.