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Jul 10

Victoria’s Secret Fall Fashion Guide Is Ridiculously Hot



This edition of “Only The Hot Parts” should really be called “Only The Hottest Parts,” because there’s no flaw in any of the stunning models that Victoria’s Secret graciously delivered to our mailbox yesterday, and to your browser right now.

…This edition of “Only The Hot Parts” should really be called “Only The Hottest Parts,” because there’s no flaw in any of the stunning models that Victoria’s Secret graciously delivered to our mailbox yesterday, and to your browser right now.
The pictures, which come from the 2010 Fall Fashion edition of the catalog, speak for themselves. We chose a few favorites. And yes, it’s ok to stare…

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Jul 10

Vendor Inaction Leads Researcher to Disclose Safari, IE flaw

White Hat Security CTO Jeremiah Grossman says that the four major browsers have critical weaknesses that have yet to be addressed by their respective companies, and could expose users’ passwords, e-mail addresses, and more to attackers.Grossman plans to demo a proof-of-concept attack at next week’s conference.

…If you use the autocomplete features in Safari, certain versions of IE, Firefox, or Chrome, you could be making yourself vulnerable to identity theft and other attacks, according to one security researcher scheduled to speak at the Black Hat conference next week. White Hat Security CTO Jeremiah Grossman says that the four major browsers have critical weaknesses that have yet to be addressed by their respective companies, and could expose users’ passwords, e-mail addresses, and more to attackers.

Grossman plans to demo a proof-of-concept attack at next week’s conference. As most of us know, if you have autocomplete turned on in many browsers, you just have to begin typing a letter or two in one of the fields before they all fill in with your name and address, possibly your credit card number, and more. Grossman says attackers can simply create a page with hidden form fields that use JavaScript to enter letters and numbers into each field until it finds one that’s a hit, and the browser autocompletes it….

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Jul 10

The Battle For Your Browser’s Homepage

Do you create your own local start page?

…Many people fall into one of two categories when talking about their browser homepage. One side wants it minimal, something that loads fast and gives them only what they need, like a blank page or the Google search. Others like their homepage to pack a punch, and include utilities to monitor and manage their web content. The first group is easily pleased, and can just point their browser to about:blank and be done with it. For everyone else though, there is a multitude of choice. Do you create your own local start page? Open to Yahoo or MSN? Use a third-party website designed for this? If you want to get more out of your home page without a lot of digging, this guide is for you. We’ll be comparing three of the top dynamic starting sites iGoogle, Netvibes, and Pageflakes to see how they stack up.

iGoogle
If you use a lot of Google products, you likely already know iGoogle. It can work with or without a Google account, however the account is wise to have if you’d like to save your settings permanently, or use…

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Jul 10

User interface overhaul arrives in Firefox 4 beta

Mozilla has published the first Firefox 4 beta release. Ars takes a hands-on look at the browser’s new and improved user interface, finding a mixture of promise and awkwardness.

…design work is still ongoing for Mac OS X and Linux. The new Windows theme is intended to match Microsoft’s glass aesthetic. The tab bar was moved to the top of the window where it melds seamlessly with the titlebar. The conventional menu was stripped out and replaced with an orange lozenge that is mounted in the top left-hand corner of the titlebar. The entire title region and the inactive tabs are semi-transparent. The inactive tabs are slightly frosted for readability.

The new main menu leaves out a lot of the standard items that were previously accessible through the conventional menu bar. Many of the omitted items are still easy to reach through contextual menus and other parts of the user interface, but there are several features such as private browsing and the download window that are no longer easily discoverable. You can still use those features by turning back on the classic menu or hitting Alt to temporarily activate it. It’s likely that these features will be exposed in more practical ways as…

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Jul 10

Sony Dash Ready For Global Sales

The Sony Dash which up until now was restricted to just US sales has now been confirmed to be available on the global market. The device, which is a 7-inch touchscreen tablet with widget support and an Internet browser was designed as a tabletop

…The Sony Dash which up until now was restricted to just US sales has now been confirmed to be available on the global market. The device, which is a 7-inch touchscreen tablet with widget support and an Internet browser was designed as a tabletop accessory that was unveiled earlier this year during CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2010.
The unit supports well over 1000 different widget applications including the most popular social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter….

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Jul 10

IE 8 Growing Three Times Faster than Chrome

After months of consistent declines in overall market share, Internet Explorer had an overall gain in May, but only in the United States. The latest browser market share trends show that Internet Explorer continues to reverse its losses and make gains in market share–this time globally. More specifically, Internet Explorer 8 is leading all…

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Jul 10

Firefox is Now IBM’s Default Web Browser

A recent change to IBM’s internal IT policy has made Firefox the company’s default Web browser. The move is a major endorsement of the browser’s suitability in large-scale enterprise environments. IBM plans to roll it out to employees on new computers and will encourage its staff of 400,000 to use it on their existing systems.

…A recent change to IBM’s internal IT policy has made Firefox the company’s default Web browser. The move is a major endorsement of the browser’s suitability in large-scale enterprise environments. IBM plans to roll it out to employees on new computers and will encourage its staff of 400,000 to use it on their existing systems.

Bob Sutor, IBM’s vice president of Linux and open source software, discussed the company’s motives for adopting Firefox in a blog entry published this morning. He says that its transparent development model, strong security, and robust support for Web standards and extensibility have made it the “gold standard” for open source Web browsers.

Sutor contends that Mozilla’s efforts have “reinvigorated” the browser market, bringing standards and interoperability to the forefront. He believes that company-wide adoption of the browser will help accelerate IBM’s shift towards cloud computing.

“There’s another reason we want to get as many of our employees using Firefox as soon as possible,…

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Jun 10

Exproz » 10 Free Favicon Hosting Sites

Favicons (short for favorites icons) are those tiny icons you see beside the URL in your browser’s URL bar. Most sites uses these favicons to differentiate one from another when one open multiple tabs in his or her browser.

…Favicons (short for favorites icons) are those tiny icons you see beside the URL in your browser’s URL bar. Most sites uses these favicons to differentiate one from another when one open multiple tabs in his or her browser.
To have a favicon, you’ll have to upload the favicon.ico file into the root directory of a web server. However, those who are using the Blogger platform would have the default Blogger favicon uploaded. To change the orignial Blogger favicon to your personal one, you’d have to first host it somewhere. However, popular photo sharing platforms such as Flickr and Photobucket don’t support .ico images. Hence, this is when some image sharing/hosting sites that supports .ico images come in handy.
Here’s are 10 Free Favicon Hosting sites which you can try them out:
IconJ lets you generate and host favicons
PicPanda a popular favicon host that not only supports .ICO, but also JPEG, .JPG, .GIF, .BMP, .PNG, .TIF, and .TIFF
QFQY Image Hosting allows you to upload up to 5 images at one go and supports…

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Jun 10

Chromium-based Flock beta offers useful social features

Flock has released a beta of the next major version of its social networking browser. The new version, which is based on Google’s Chromium project instead of Firefox, offers significant performance and usability improvements over its predecessor.

…The bottom line

After spending a day with the browser, I am impressed with the usefulness of its integrated social functionality. The social networking additions in Flock are unobtrusive and build naturally on top of the solid experience that you would get with regular Chrome, meaning that it gives you practical extras without requiring you to give up the speed or usability of Google’s browser.

Social networking features aren’t for everyone, and there will always be Twitter haters who don’t see the value. That said, social networking is gaining mainstream acceptance and is an increasingly important aspect of the Web for many users. Unlike the previous version, the new Flock aims to cater to all social network users, not just the obsessive social fanatics. Even users who prefer stand-alone desktop social networking clients will still find value in Flock’s integration features, like social search and easy link sharing.

Although I like the new Flock, there are still some things that it gets wrong. The…

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Jun 10

The 5 Best Free Online Photo Editors Reviewed and Compared

As long as you have an internet connection, you don’t need to spend umpteen amounts of money in order to crop, tweak, and save your images –you can do it all right from the comfort of your Web browser of choice. It’s free. It’s easy.

…On that point, everyone wins the day.
If you like this article, check out The Best Freeware Alternative to Photoshop
Aviary (Phoenix)
Just to steer away confusion from the start: The Phoenix image editor is part of the Aviary suite of online tools, so if you hear someone referencing the former and talking about audio editing or what-have-you,…

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