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Firefox 1.1 to be Delayed

In a rare move for software developers these days, Ben Goodger, announced that the release of Firefox 1.1 would be delayed until June of 2005:
… the slippage from March is not due to my move to Google, it is due to us needing to ensure the 1.1 release is of identical quality and scope as […]

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Bug Discovered in MovableType 3.15

I’ve discovered a bug in MT 3.15.
See this article for some of the details.
The thread on the help ticket I filed with MovableType is as follows:
Chris Short:
Can’t use string (”ARRAY(0×898e4cc)”) as an ARRAY ref while “strict refs” in use at lib/MT/Mail.pm line 66.
I got this error message after sending a notification. The e-mail was sent […]

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Adventures in Hotlinking: Part 4

Hotlinking according to altlab is:
Bandwidth theft or “hotlinking” is direct linking to a website’s files (images, video, etc.). An example would be using an <IMG> tag to display a JPEG image you found on someone else’s web page so it will appear on your own site, journal, weblog, forum posting, etc.
Not a day goes by […]

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Adventures in Hotlinking: Part 3

Hotlinking according to altlab is:
Bandwidth theft or “hotlinking” is direct linking to a website’s files (images, video, etc.). An example would be using an <IMG> tag to display a JPEG image you found on someone else’s web page so it will appear on your own site, journal, weblog, forum posting, etc.
Not a day goes by […]

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Microsoft to Require Authentic Copies of Windows

This Reuters article explains that Microsoft will be rolling out a full fledged authentication system to check for pirated versions of the Windows operating system towards the middle of this year.
Windows users with pireated copies of the Microsoft operating system will still be able to download security patches but will not be able to acquire […]

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Mail System Security Vulnerability in MovableType

According to MovableType there is a “… vulnerability in the mail sending packages for all Movable Type versions which allows malicious users to send email through the application to any number of arbitrary users.”
There is a new version of MovableType (3.15) available as well as a patch that fixes this problem.
I’ve applied this patch to […]

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Adventures in Hotlinking: Part 2

Hotlinking according to altlab is:
Bandwidth theft or “hotlinking” is direct linking to a website’s files (images, video, etc.). An example would be using an <IMG> tag to display a JPEG image you found on someone else’s web page so it will appear on your own site, journal, weblog, forum posting, etc.
Not a day goes by […]

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Yahoo Baby a Hoax

As it turns out, the baby named Yahoo in Romania was a hoax. It got the reporter fired. At least this tabloid has a level of integrity higher than CBS.
A Romanian tabloid says it has fired a reporter for making up a story about a couple who named their son Yahoo as a […]

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Adventures in Hotlinking: Part 1

Hotlinking according to altlab is:
Bandwidth theft or “hotlinking” is direct linking to a website’s files (images, video, etc.). An example would be using an <IMG> tag to display a JPEG image you found on someone else’s web page so it will appear on your own site, journal, weblog, forum posting, etc.
Not a day goes by […]

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Preventing Hotlinking

There are really only two ways to go about hotlinking prevention; the brute force way or the complex way.
The brute force way doesn’t always work and might affect your users’ ability to enjoy your site.
The complex way alleviates user issues but takes a little bit of time to implement.
Picking which way is right for you […]