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Twitter targeted by malware attacks

Microblogging service Twitter has started to be targeted by online criminals with malware. Read more »

Pillow talking bots latest Russian malware threat

Those entering online dating forums risk having more than their hearts stolen, especially if they're chatting to a malicious Russian bot. Read more »

New Apache aims to please

The Apache Software Foundation today released a major new version of its flagship Web server software, claiming improvements in a number of areas such as the ability to handle large files and better support for SQL-type databases. Read more »

Latest Mono release brings .NET on Linux closer

An autoconfiguration system for the project's ASP.NET implementation should make the open source .NET implementation easier to deploy. Read more »

Mac community must wake up to security

Apple Macintosh users believe they are immune from security problems and need to wake up to the potential of attack -- before they are rudely awoken by a destructive piece of malware. Read more »

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Delegate privileges to users with sudo

One of my favourite tools is sudo, a program that many users will be familiar with. Both Ubuntu and OS X popularised sudo by making efficient and default use of the program. Sudo allows regular users to perform commands as other users. Read more »

Get more out of the ls command

The ls command is a well-known and often used command-line program that is used to list directory contents by name; in fact, it could be argued that it is the most used Linux command-line program. Read more »

Create encrypted loopback filesystems on Linux

Using the loopback filesystem interface, you can create encrypted filesystems very easily. These filesystems are great for storing sensitive documents be it SSH or GnuPG keys, financial documents, etc. Read more »

10 shortcuts to master bash

The unassuming Linux shell program bash hides some powerful tools and shortcuts, here are 10 to get you started. Read more »

Monitor remote systems with Nagios

Nagios is a fantastic program that allows you to monitor remote systems for availability. Read more »

Protect your site against Web scrapes

Web developers have to provide users with easy-to-use solutions, as well as protect the company's intellectual property. You can do this by using images and sound bytes to create a passcode for entry. Read more »

VB Tip: How to auto-find in a List Box

Can't find the item you want in your VB list boxes? This handy tip from Pete Aitken will help you get on the right item every time. Read more »

Storing URLs in your database

Are you looking to store URLs in your SQL database? This article from Arthur Fuller shows you how to write a function declaration. Read more »

Protect your site against Web scrapes

Good Web developers need to provide users with easy-to-use solutions as well as protect a companies intellectual property. Learn how to protect against Web scrapes in this article. Read more »

VB Tip: Display 3-D text in your program

Visual Basic 6.0 offers plenty of tools for displaying regular text, but what if you want special effects? This tip shows you how to display 3-D text in your program. Read more »

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And the crowd goes wild

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- In the wash-up of the iPhone announcement, there has been a lack of analysis by way of wrestling metaphors. I seek to fill this void by thinking about it in terms of the browser war. Read more »

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  • Staff Shadow chasing in browsers

    The punching and counterpunching continued in the ongoing web browser development bout. Each time one browser closes a feature gap, a new feature appears in one of the others -- how we ever put up with the years of browser stagnation, I'll never know. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Chris Duckett Safari gets Gears

    Since its release in May last year, Gears has supported only Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers. With the addition of Safari into the Gears fold, it closes the loop of major browsers to support Gears Read more »

    -- posted by Chris Duckett

  • Renai LeMay MyPerfect.com.au has potential

    Victorian Web start-up My Perfect has a strong story and rationale for why it will succeed. But it has to overcome some challenges and design flaws first. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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