Submission + - Joe Jobbing PHP Viagra Spammers
miserableles writes: http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1373.html A new twist on Joe Jobbing that could not only ruin your reputation but possibly kill someone in the process.
Submission + - The Perfect Game: A Wii Playing Lego Robot
BattleBricks writes: "I got a Wii this week, and so I figured, why not build a Lego robot that can bowl a perfect game:
http://www.battlebricks.com/wiigobot/
I call it "The WiigoBot"."
http://www.battlebricks.com/wiigobot/
I call it "The WiigoBot"."
Submission + - RIAA Lawsuit Decision Matrix
Submission + - Should Security be optional
An anonymous reader writes: Interesting story on how web 2.0 vendors fail to understand security:
Excerpt:
Why does security always have to be optional?
It certainly creates additional revenue in the short term. But what about the long term, things like brand image, loss of customer confidence. Imagine a customer account gets compromised and confidential customer records get exposed. Not the kind of information you want to lose. And trust me, at one point someone will ask "What software did they use?".
http://hackreport.net/2007/03/29/should-security-b e-optional/
Excerpt:
Why does security always have to be optional?
It certainly creates additional revenue in the short term. But what about the long term, things like brand image, loss of customer confidence. Imagine a customer account gets compromised and confidential customer records get exposed. Not the kind of information you want to lose. And trust me, at one point someone will ask "What software did they use?".
http://hackreport.net/2007/03/29/should-security-
Submission + - Secure Programming Exams launched
An anonymous reader writes: The SANS Institute, in conjunction with organizations such as Siemens, Symantec, Juniper, OWASP, and Virginia Tech, has announced a program for testing whether programmers know how to write secure code. The Secure Programming Skills Assessment is split into separate language families (C/C++, Java/J2EE, Perl/PHP, and ASP/.NET). Director of research Alan Paller says "This assessment and certification program will help programmers learn what they don't know, and help organizations identify programmers who have solid security skills." The pilot exam will be held in Washington DC in August, followed by a "global rollout."
http://www.sans-ssi.org/
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/03 /post_4.html
http://www.sans-ssi.org/
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/0
Submission + - Stem cell therapy may restore deteriorating vision
webdoodle writes: "Scientist develop
stem cell therapy to halt degenerative vision loss in rats. Surprising use of brain progenitor cells derived from human fetal stem cells, were able to help retinal cells work again."
Bookmark Dartmouth's Cool Robot makes it to /. (slashdot.org)
Submission + - Delphi for PHP
jbohumil writes: Borland is rolling out Delphi for PHP.
According to the press release ...
Important features of Delphi for PHP include:
This sounds pretty cool, I loved Delphi for win32 up until version 3. What do you all think? Does this have the potential to take web applications to a higher level of sophistication by using reusable components and drag and drop ajax controls?
According to the press release
Important features of Delphi for PHP include:
- RAD environment for PHP
- VCL for PHP — Open source PHP 5 visual component library with more than 50 extendable and reusable components with seamless AJAX integration
- Out-of-the-box database integration with InterBase, MySQL, Oracle®, Microsoft SQL Server, and other popular databases Integrated PHP debugger
- Deployment of PHP applications on Windows, Linux, Solaris and other platforms
- Internationalization support for applications
- Drag and drop database application development using the Data Explorer for InterBase and MySQL
- Code editor with Code Insight, Code Explorer, and Code Templates, making it easier and faster to write PHP code
This sounds pretty cool, I loved Delphi for win32 up until version 3. What do you all think? Does this have the potential to take web applications to a higher level of sophistication by using reusable components and drag and drop ajax controls?
Submission + - link between religion and violence.
niloroth writes: This study finds a link between violence and scripture. "Even among our participants who were not religiously devout, exposure to God-sanctioned violence increased subsequent aggression. That the effect was found in such a sample may attest to the insidious power of exposure to literary scriptural violence." What does this say about fundamentalists of all religions, and for the atheists that responded in the same way? Does this mean that religious scripture should have a 18+ rating? Does this mean that a video game with a religious theme is the most dangerous thing in the world?
Submission + - Five common Ajax patterns
sarkeizen writes: Jack Herrington provides an interesting (and honest — he calls Ajax a buzzword) description of the five most common usages of Ajax he has come across in web development. It's a worthwhile read if you are considering using this technology on your website.
Submission + - Tracking System to Nab Tor Pedophiles
Huskies3565 writes: Amidst concerns that pedophiles are using public Tor (the Onion Router) servers to trade in child pornography, Metasploit founder HD Moore is building a tracking system capable of pinpointing specific workstations that searched for and downloaded sexual images and videos of kids. Moore has come up with a series of countermeasures that include using patched Tor servers and a decloaking engine to detect the exact location of a pedophile within an organization or residence.
Submission + - Star Trek's 'tricorder' realized
An anonymous reader writes: EETimes has an article about a combination mass spectrometer and DESI source that is only 20 lbs (including batteries). Not quite a tricorder but definitely portable.
A DESI basically vaporizes water. The water vapor picks up samples of the material and the device uses the spectrometer on the water+sample.
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