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Submission + - Sniffing Browser History Without Javascript (making-the-web.com)

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Ergasiophobia
Ergasiophobia writes: "I'm just going to quote the page itself here, as it gives a pretty good description.

It actually works pretty simply — it is simpler than the Javascript implementation. All it does is load a page (in a hidden Iframe) which contains lots of links. If a link is visited, a background (which isn't really a background) is loaded as defined in the CSS. The "background" image will log the information, and then store it (and, in this case, it is displayed to you).

http://www.making-the-web.com/misc/sites-you-visit/nojs/ Is a demonstration of a method to find out the browsing history of a visitor to a website, no javascript required. It seems the only drawbacks to this method are the increased load on your browser, and that it requires a list of websites to check against."
Security

Submission + - 4Chan Attacks YouTube, Uploads Kids Clips w/ Porn (neosmart.net) 2

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Anonymous members of the internet board 4Chan have organized an attack on YouTube, uploading a number of children's clips and cartoons that switch mid-movie to videos depicting adults engaged in various sexual acts. This is very reminiscent of their attack last year on an internet forum for epileptics, which triggered a number of photosensitive seizures by uploading fast-moving and colorful images to the forum.
Networking

Submission + - A Twitter Client for the Commodore 64 (vandenbrande.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Johan Van den Brande have developed a Twitter client for the Commodore 64, allowing 140 character messages to be posted directly from this TV-connected 1982 home computer. This youtube video shows how the Twitter client is — slowly! — loaded from a 5.25" floppy disk, how the latest Twitter messages are downloaded and shown on the TV screen, and how this tweet is posted. All that is needed is a C64, a TV, and a C64 Ethernet card. The Twitter client is implemented with the Contiki operating system, which otherwise is used for connecting tiny embedded systems to the Internet.
Microsoft

Submission + - Download IE8 or Microsoft Will Let Children Starve 1

Submitted by
theodp
theodp writes: "Remember National Lampoon's famous If-You-Don't-Buy-This-Magazine-We'll-Shoot-This-Dog cover? As it kicked off its new 'Browser for the Better' campaign, Microsoft took a page from the Lampoon's playbook, announcing it will provide 8 meals to hungry children and adults for every completed download of Internet Explorer 8. CNET reports that Microsoft will donate $1 million to a food bank if 869,565 people in the U.S. use a special website to download IE8 by Aug. 8, 2009 (8-8, get it?). Microsoft adds that all meals must be claimed by June 30, 2010. How can something so right feel so wrong?"
Television

Submission + - Futurama Rumored To Return On Comedy Central

Submitted by avajcovec
avajcovec writes: Huzzahs are in order! Collider.com reports that Comedy Central has ordered 13 new episodes of Futurama, stating "Though still technically a rumor at this point, word is that "Futurama" production offices have already opened and that casting is about to move forward."

After being canceled by Fox in 2003, Futurama was revived in the form of four direct-to-DVD movies, though many (myself included) would be happy to see the show return to it's original half-hour format.
Movies

Submission + - SPAM: Pixar's next three films to be sequels?

Submitted by
brumgrunt
brumgrunt writes: "Should we be worried? As Pixar proves itself once more to be home to some of the most original and daring blockbusters on the planet with Up, does the news that its next three films are likely to be sequels — with the confirmation of Monsters, Inc 2 — give cause for concern? Den Of Geek wonders if commercial pressures are catching up with one of the finest movie companies on the planet... [spam URL stripped]"
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Math

Submission + - Poll: Favorite non-electric calculator

Submitted by davidwr
davidwr writes: Poll: Favorite non-electric calculator

Abacus
Antikythera mechanism
Astrolabe
Babbage's Analytical engine
Fingers and toes
Pascal's calculator
Slide rule
CowboyNeal's bones
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft Is Buying Their Way Into Spanish Schools (opensourcereleasefeed.com)

Submitted by
volume4
volume4 writes: "HispaLinux is up in arms about the Spanish Goverment's announcement that Microsoft will be powering computers in their education system instead of Open Source and Linux after a, seemingly successful, paid for experiment run in schools in Aragon. Paul Brown, editor-in-chief, speaks his mind about the situation and why he believes there is more to the deal then meets the eye."
Social Networks

Submission + - Blog is Dead

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The Narrative Fallacy
The Narrative Fallacy writes: "Douglas Quenqua reports in the NY Times that according to a 2008 survey only 7.4 million out of the 133 million blogs the company tracks had been updated in the past 120 days meaning that "95 percent of blogs being essentially abandoned, left to lie fallow on the Web, where they become public remnants of a dream — or at least an ambition — unfulfilled." Richard Jalichandra, chief executive of Technorati, said that at any given time there are 7 million to 10 million active blogs on the Internet, but it's probably between 50,000 and 100,000 blogs that are generating most of the page views. "There's a joke within the blogging community that most blogs have an audience of one." Many people who think blogging is a fast path to financial independence also find themselves discouraged. "I did some Craigslist postings to advertise it, and I very quickly got an audience of about 50,000 viewers a month," says Matt Goodman, an advertising executive in Atlanta who had no trouble attracting an audience to his site, Things My Dog Ate, leading to some small advertising deals. "I think I made about $20 from readers clicking on the ads.""
Education

Submission + - Training Geeks to be 'normal' at Geek Heaven (latimes.com) 2

Submitted by
Critical Facilities
Critical Facilities writes: "Apparently, Neumont University, also referred to as "Geek Heaven" has implemented several programs which attempt to socialize/normalize their admittedly eccentric student body. According to the article, "The 6-year-old school places its graduates in high-tech jobs at such companies as EBay Inc., Microsoft Corp. and IBM Corp. If trends hold up, more than 90% of the 59 students graduating with bachelor's degrees today will find work within three months...Administrators forced them to close their laptops in class, established social clubs and required them to take courses in interpersonal communications and public speaking."

As would be expected, there is a major shortage of women attending this particular university. In typical geek fashion, those women who do attend the school don't appear to be particularly appreciated by their male colleagues as evidenced by a quote from student Cameron Murray who is quoted as saying, "the women at Neumont "are more like dudes with long hair," which hurts the dating scene.""

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