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Huge iPhone Cut-and-Paste Tool Security Flaw 85

Posted by timothy from the a-sircam-you-can-pay-for dept.
Harry writes "I'm using Pastebud, the new third-party copy-and-paste solution for the iPhone. It's extremely clever, using a Web-based clipboard to get around the fact that Apple doesn't provide one on the phone. Unfortunately, it seems to be giving users access to e-mails that other Pastebud users send to their clipboards. This has happened to me repeatedly and is being reported by other users in Pastebud's Get Satisfaction support forum. Pastebud is operational and still doing this as I write, even though a message at Get Satisfaction says they're working on the problem."
Book Reviews

CSS Pocket Reference 87

Posted by samzenpus from the read-all-about-it dept.
Michael J. Ross writes "For Web developers who appreciate the value of separating Web content from its presentation, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) has proved a godsend, because it allows all of the styling of a Web site to be organized in CSS files separate from the site's semantic content, in HTML files (possibly dynamically generated). Yet to make this styling power possible, CSS must incorporate a long list of syntax elements, including hundreds of selectors, properties, and values. Thus it can be quite handy for the developer to have on hand a concise summary of CSS, such as the CSS Pocket Reference, authored by Eric A. Meyer." Read on for the rest of Michael's review.
Microsoft

MS Awarded "Best Campaigner Against OOXML" 190

Posted by kdawson from the pull-gun-aim-at-foot-pull-trigger dept.
HansF writes "Microsoft itself is the surprise winner of the FFII's Kayak Prize 2007, offered by the FFII in its call for rejection of Microsoft's OOXML standards proposal. The software monopolist is honored as 'Best Campaigner against OOXML Standardization.' FFII president Pieter Hintjens explains, 'We could never have done this by ourselves. By pushing so hard to get OOXML endorsed, even to the point of loading the standards boards in Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Portugal, Italy, and beyond, Microsoft showed to the world how poor their format is. Good standards just don't need that kind of pressure. All together, countries made over ten thousands technical comments, a new world record for an ISO vote. Microsoft made a heroic — and costly — effort to discredit their own proposal, and we're sincerely grateful to them.'" If Microsoft doesn't send a representative to claim their 2500-Euro prize at the FFII General Assembly in November, FFII will give the money to Peruvian earthquake relief.
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Journal SPAM: Dial-up 5

Journal by Captain Splendid
Was /. slow as fuck for anybody else today?

Feed Science Daily: New Treatment For Stroke Works Up To A Day After Symptoms Start (sciencedaily.com)

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People treated with the drug minocycline within six to 24 hours after a stroke had significantly fewer disabilities, according to a new study. Researchers say minocycline may be an alternative treatment for stroke because current treatments only work during the first few hours after the onset of symptoms, and many people don't get to the hospital in time to be treated.

Feed Science Daily: Amazon Rainforest At Risk From Initiative To Connect South American Economies (sciencedaily.com)

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An unprecedented development plan to link South America's economies through new transportation, energy and telecommunications projects could destroy much of the Amazon rainforest in coming decades, according to a new study. Researchers show that IIRSA's development projects will coincide with mounting pressures on the Amazon's ecosystem and its traditional communities. These pressures include climate change; logging; deforestation for agriculture; and mineral exploitation, as well as the impending boom in biofuel crops such as sugar cane.
Microsoft

Submission + - Bungie Leaving Microsoft? (nwsource.com)

Submitted by
Loadmaster
Loadmaster writes: "Sound plausible? According to an anonymous (of course) source it is.

"Apparently MS just wants Bungie to make Halo for the rest of their natural days, and Bungie doesn't like how MS is constantly trying to "handle" everything they do; the way they market their games, the way they interact with their fans (basically the fact that they do appreciate their fans), and how stingie they are with the profits (comparable to the rest of the industry). So as of today they are their own independent entity. They'll probably make Halo 4 for Microsoft, however hey are also free to create new intellectual properties for whatever system they want. (Even though they prefer the xbox platform)"

"What a way to say thank you."

According to this blog it's already a done deal and will be announced by Microsoft October 6th. Hmm, Hell's almanac must be predicting a cold night that night."
Music

Submission + - Viral Music Distribution and Donation Downloads

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Unknown_monkey
Unknown_monkey writes: "A folk singer, a music producer, and a hot lip-syncer make a video parody. The video gets shared with a few friends, and then someone uploads it to youtube and BOOM! http://myboxinabox.typepad.com/ has the great parody video and the song and interviews with the artists. The amazing thing is that they are distributing the song and video free with an available donation box. And a limit of $2.00 on the donation. And people are paying it. Could this be a vision of future pop stars making songs and videos at home and then opening their own Pop-tunes store? People are paying $2.00 for a song that on Itunes would be a dollar. Does this provide further incentive for Itunes to raise prices?"
X

Submission + - Xfce 4.4.0 Released

Submitted by
kelnos
kelnos writes: "After more than two years since our previous stable feature release, the Xfce Team is proud to announce the release of Xfce 4.4.0. This release features our new file manager, Thunar, as well as many improvements and feature additions to Xfce's core components.

Head over to our brand-new website and take a look at our visual tour, or go straight to the downloads."
Announcements

Submission + - oyepa:organize and locate your documents with tags

Submitted by
MA
MA writes: "Feeling like bitterly complaining about the "tagging-mania"? Then don't read on. For those interested, I have just released oyepa, a simple hack which allows a GNU/Linux user to manage a personal collection of documents through the use of tags. The GUI is ugly, the code GPLed and everyone more than invited to make it better. : ) Tarball available here."

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