Friday, 30th January 2004
No more usernames in URLs
This one could get very interesting. Microsoft have announced that an upcoming update to Internet Explorer will remove the ability to include usernames in URLs completely. This is in response to the growing problem of so called “phishing” scams, which use trick URLs to con important information such as passwords and credit card details out of unsuspecting browser users.
[... 730 words]Greylisting (via) Interesting short term approach to email spam
Hutton—a wise old bird? (via) Hutton conspiracy theories
Custom URLParser for Webware. Our new in-house CMS does something similar
craigblog. Craig from craigslist blogs
Bouncing Termsheets. Understanding venture capital
RSS native parsing in the next Firebird. Aggregators, aggregators, everywhere I look
Wired News: Flower Power Takes on Land Mines (via) Good science at work
Election boxes easy to mess with (via) More on Diebold’s ludicrous security
IE Factor, Exemplified. Detailed explanation of an obscure IE border bug
Slouching toward Big Brother (via) Security is a trade-off
Accessible UK Train Timetable (via) Great use of screen scraping to fix broken websites
Ian Lloyd holding a wombat (via) I never knew they were so fat
Microsoft Holds Off on Eolas—Related Changes To Windows and ExplorerInternet (via) Patent validity still being reviewed
The PC G5 thing was a hoax. Thank goodness for that :)