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Remote printer spam made easy
Security researcher Aaron Weaver claims visiting a random Web site could send unwanted print requests to your nearest office printer. Read more »
Mozilla patches Web browser flaw
Mozilla has patched a flaw in its popular browser Firefox that could have allowed users' computers to be taken over by visiting Web sites infected with malware -- a popular form of attack in recent times Read more »
Apple dismisses Safari vulnerability
Safari users are at risk of littering their desktops with malicious software because the browser does not ask for user permission when downloading files. Read more »
Holes in HP Software Update threaten data leakage
HP's Software Update Tool has been found to contain a flaw which can lead to remote code execution or the leakage of sensitive information stored on a PC. Read more »
Browser bugs hit IE, Firefox
Two new security flaws have been discovered in Microsoft's Internet Explorer, one of which could be replicated in Mozilla's Firefox, security experts have warned. Read more »
US government warns of Apple flaw
The US Government has added its weight to warnings about a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X. Read more »
Firefox gets a fresh security update
Mozilla has issued a security update for its Firefox open-source browser, just weeks after it released a large fix to address several browser security flaws. Read more »
Microsoft warns of unpatched IE flaw
Microsoft has issued a security advisory for Internet Explorer, after a research firm published a working exploit to demonstrate how attackers could take advantage of the flaw. Read more »
Unpatched IE flaw allows remote attacks
A flaw in Microsoft Internet Explorer's image rendering capabilities may allow attackers to execute code remotely, according to security experts. Read more »
Browser flaws biggest software security risk
Cross-site scripting flaws are now the most common vulnerabilities according to security experts. Read more »
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An introduction to Flash Remoting MX
Flash Remoting MX is Macromedia's technology that provides a connection between Macromedia Flash and leading application servers. Read more in this introduction from Builder.com Read more »
Safe browser an oxymoron?
In November 2003, the CERT Coordination Center first advised Web users to consider using a Web browser other than Microsoft Internet Explorer. Read more »
Work around XForms' lack of browser support
XForms offers a way to implement Web forms, but most browsers don't support it. Use the Java Framework and Chiba to process server side XForms. Read more »
Build cross-browser XML paging code
If scrolling through a long XML table is not an optimal experience for your browser app, why not implement pagination? Presenting data in page-length chunks can help your users find the data they need. See how to build fast, cross-browser XML pagination. Read more »
Checking Web pages with HTML::Lint
If you want to ensure consistent pages across multiple browsers, it's a good idea to check the syntax. We'll show you how to use this powerful syntax-checking tool. Read more »
Develop a VoiceXML solution using BeVocal
VoiceXML (VXML) is a markup language like HTML. The difference is that a phone browser rather than a Web browser renders VXML. Get started with this article. Read more »
Mozilla chairman unfazed by Google Chrome
Things just got a lot more complicated for Mitchell Baker, the Mozilla Foundation's chairman and "chief lizard wrangler." Read more »
HTML 5 Editor Ian Hickson discusses features, pain points, adoption rate, and more
In this interview, HTML 5 Editor Ian Hickson discusses his favourite features, the features he thinks might be most contentious, the pain points he expects HTML 5 will address, and much more. He also talks about what he would change in the original HTML spec if he could go back in time. Read more »
Deploy Java applications with JNLP
Using the Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP) and Java Web Start for your next distributed application may be an attractive option. For instance, one advantage about JNLP applications is that they're self-installing and self-updating. Read more »
Getting started with Windows Server 2008 Core edition
The Windows Server 2008 Core edition comes with significant changes. This article provides a quick rundown of the Core edition's capabilities and limitations. Read more »
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The 2008 Trends and Threats to Internet security
-- I recently came across the IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force 2008 Mid-Year Trend Statistics report, which outlines issues affecting internet security, including application vulnerabilities, phishing, malware and spam. Read more »
QuickTime and Firefox combine for insecurity
-- A vulnerability in Apple Software's QuickTime media player can be exploited to execute remote javascript code, or by tapping into Firefox's chrome engine can execute remote code of any kind. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.