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Beware 'frighteningly bad' Flash flaw, say researchers | Security Central – InfoWorld "The problem lies in the Flash ActionScript same-origin policy, which is designed to limit a Flash object's access to other content only from the domain it originated from, added Mike Bailey, a senior security researcher at Foreground. Unfortunately, said Bailey, if an attacker […]

Seth's Blog: Can't top this "The chances that you can top a trusted provider on the very thing the provider is trusted for are slim indeed. Instead, you gain converts by winning at something the existing provider didn't think was so important." (tags: business marketing) A moral conundrum, resolved with scripture : Pharyngula "As a […]

The agony of Fox Business – Paul Krugman Blog – NYTimes.com "Tax-hiking Democrats are supposed to be terrible for business; I mean, Norman Podhoretz whines that Jews should be conservatives because Republican policies are better for the economy. But the data just refuse to say that — and that’s even if we restrict ourselves to […]

Japan eyes solar station in space as new energy source "It may sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan's space agency is dead serious: by 2030 it wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves." (tags: japan solar energy technology) Facebook iPhone Dev Quits Project […]

Choose your customers, choose your future "Marketers rarely think about choosing customers… like a sailor on shore leave, we're not so picky. Huge mistake." (tags: marketing business entrepreneurship) xkcd – A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language – By Randall Munroe Can't learn about politics from the internets. (tags: internet humor politics xkcd comic) […]

Figuring out what your company is all about – Joel on Software "And it has to be something of the form, “We help $TYPE_OF_PERSON be awesome at $THING.” Bells went off. Everything we’ve done successfully has one thing in common: It’s all about helping software developers be awesome at making software." How is your company […]

xkcd – A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language – By Randall Munroe Scientists need to remember to be sympathetic. (tags: science physics xkcd logic humor) Google trying not to cross 'the creepy line' | Relevant Results – CNET News "Google is trying not to be creepy. That's according to CEO Eric Schmidt, who […]

Colorburned | What to do When Your Project Starts to go Downhill "As much as I’d like to say, “It’s just business”, we all know it’s never just business. All clients have personal and professional risk when working with you. Always be open and honest about what you need and want and give your clients […]

BBC NEWS | Business | US jobless rate rises to over 10% "The unemployment rate in the US rose to 10.2% in October, which was its highest rate since April 1983, according to figures from the US Labor Department." (tags: usa employment deptoflarbor) BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Studies 'overstate species risks' "Some […]

These are my links for November 5, 2009 from 23:24 to 23:25: LKM’s stuff – "Look, you can apply whatever weird laws you want to yourself. Personally, I have a law that states that I’m only allowed to take an even number of steps each day, and that I must eat a bag of nuts […]