Longhorn screenshots
on Monday, July 11th, 2005
If you are intrested,
here are some screenshots of the well anticipated longhorn…
Archive for July, 2005
ICANN: VeriSign Can Raise .net Prices in 2007
on Monday, July 11th, 2005
ICANN is lifting restrictions on VeriSign’s pricing of .net domains after Jan. 1, 2007, a move that may signal ICANN’s intent to get out of the business of regulating domain name pricing. ICANN has historically capped registry fees at either $6 or $4.25 per domain, depending on the top-level domain extension (TLD). The new contract reduces the current .net price cap from $6 to $4.25 through Dec. 31, 2006, but then lifts it altogether. The awarding of the .net registry to VeriSign has already prompted controversy and criticism from competitors.
more from here
WebRssReader
on Saturday, July 9th, 2005
Recently I recieved a friendly request from a fellow Canadian.
Dale from Toolbutton Inc. contacted me at RTC Feeds and told me about their new service WebRSSReader.
Their service seems real nice. I suggest you to use it whenever you need an rss reader to go.
Try it here.
Cashing In on Female Orgasms
on Thursday, July 7th, 2005
Big pharma has made billions pumping up the male population with erectile-disfunction drugs. Now neuroscientists are turning their attention to women.
from wired news
RSS Advertising and the Future of the Inbox
on Wednesday, July 6th, 2005
Pat’s tip : from Ynot
Ron’s Comment:
Some RSS readers like Thunderbird can filter or block content inside the RSS. So it’s very soon that others will start to filter it out.
But obviously RSS advertising is a good idea. Since October 2004 I’m already accomodating advertisements at my site feeds.
Checkit out: RTC Feeds
Opera 8.02 has integrated Bittorent Client
on Wednesday, July 6th, 2005
Opera 8.02 preview has released and it has integrated Bittorent client.
Diffrent strategy from opera.
An announcement from opera is expected tomorrow.
Preview of Opera 8.02 can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/
Marketers See Opportunity as a Web Tool Gains Users
on Tuesday, July 5th, 2005
Really good article
THE fledgling R.S.S. business is starting to attract some attention from those catering to Internet advertisers.
Google, Pheedo, Feedster and Yahoo Search Marketing are all peddling advertising options for R.S.S., an increasingly popular way of having a personal computer automatically retrieve information from the Internet.
For example, R.S.S. users interested in local weather could view forecast updates on their computers without having to visit a particular Web site.
Some big companies, like Verizon, are starting to buy space in the R.S.S. information streams, which are selected anonymously and pulled from Web sites by a PC.
please read the rest of this article from NY Times
PHP Blogging Apps Vulnerable to XML-RPC Exploits
on Monday, July 4th, 2005
Many popular PHP-based blogging, wiki and content management programs can be exploited through a security hole in the way PHP programs handle XML commands. The flaw allows an attacker to compromise a web server, and is found in programs including PostNuke, WordPress, Drupal, Serendipity, phpAdsNew, phpWiki and phpMyFAQ, among others.
The flaw affects the XML-RPC function, which has many uses in web applications, including “ping” update notifications for RSS feeds. PHP libraries that allow applications to exchange XML data using remote procedure calls(RPC) fail to fully check incoming data for malicious commands. The affected libraries, including PHPXMLRPC and Pear XML-RPC, are included in many interactive applications written in PHP.
Thankfully Wordpress has already responded to that.