Logging
onto Radio this morning and picking a topic to post brought up a
graphical editor! Up to this point, I’ve been hand-coding all my HTML
in a plain edit box (I use Mozilla as my primary browser). Please forgive my trespasses as I play with fonts, styles and colors today….
Archive | August, 2003
Corel shareholders approve Vector acquisition
The Ottawa-based software maker will be acquired by venture capital
firm Vector Capital, subject to final approval by a court in Ontario. [Computerworld News]
Longhorn Evangelist Debunks Professed ‘Aero’ Shots
Longhorn Evangelist Debunks Professed ‘Aero’ Shots [OSNews]
Robert Scoble, technology evangelist for Longhorn at Microsoft, has called into question several purported screenshots of the next-generation Longhorn interface code-named “Aero.” “These look like early demonstration screens, and not how Longhorn will eventually look,” Scoble wrote in his Web log. “The
real “Aero” is one of Longhorn’s biggest secrets — I’ve seen it, but
can’t load it on my own machine and am locked out of the server where
it’s kept,” says Microsoft’s Scoble. “I am not even sure they’ll show it off at the PDC.”
Indeed, the screenshots are using icons from all over the place
(including a BeOS icon), which proves that these are just early
concepts/mockups and not the real/finished thing.
In Frayed Networks, Common Threads
An interesting essay linking railroad gauges, the Great Blackout of 2003, Sobig and MSBlast.
NY Times: In Frayed Networks, Common Threads. Taken together, the blackout and the worm underscore a far-reaching challenge in managing modern technological societies: the difficulty of reaping the benefits of networks – railroad networks, airline networks, telephone networks, power networks and computer networks, among others – while minimizing their vulnerabilities. [Tomalak’s Realm]
Longhorn Aero User Interface Revealed
More eye candy, or bang-for-the-buck? A lot of information on what the next version of Windows is supposed to look like and do. Longhorn Aero User Interface Revealed [OSNews]
Can you hear me now?
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-032: Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer (Q822925)
Rated: Critical
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-032.asp
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-033: Unchecked Buffer in MDAC Function Could Enable System Compromise (Q823718)
Rated: Important
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-033.asp
A counterpoint to the anti-Microsoft story yesterday
“The Anti-Microsoft Tipping Point: Are We There Yet?” Surprisingly, this author answers “No.” [OSNews]
FoxCentral.net RSS 1.0 beta one released
A first cut of the FoxCentral.net RSS 1.0 feed is available for download and subscription at (where else?) http://www.tedroche.com/RSSFeeds.html. It’s the last one on the list, called FoxCentral.rdf.
Let me know if you have any problems with it, or suggestions for improvement.
Matrix Revolutions Trailer Released
Yet Another…
We Can Get Along Without Microsoft Story. A pretty entertaining one. Rockin’ on without Microsoft [OSNews]