The linkedin password breach highlighted once again the risks associated with storing user passwords. I hope you are not still storing passwords in the clear and are using a one-way salted hash before storing them. But, the algorithm you choose to use is also important. If you don’t know why, go read You’re Probably Storing […]
I finally got around to upgrading my dual-boot desktop PC to running Windows XP. It was just about time, the version of windows I was running was no longer supported and more and more software requires Windows XP nowadays. I also wanted to start using my Windows partition for more than World of Warcraft and
Good to see someone is finally asking their users to upgrade to IE6. I hope more websites start ignoring support for IE6 soon, since its such a headache to cater to. Of course, each will have to make its own cost-benefit decision, but we’re pretty close to the point that for most sites, supporting IE6
In any field, people have heard that its better to spend the time to fix the root cause of a problem than to just address the symptoms. It’s not just common sense, but it costs lest in the long run too. You’d think the largest software maker in the world, would have this drummed into
Microsoft, The best protection it to fix security holes. Read More »
According to InfoWorld, the next update of IE7 will be automatically downloaded and installed:Microsoft warns businesses of impending autoupdate to IE7. Just thought you might want to know, in case you want to keep IE6 around. Companies that stuck with IE6 must take action, Microsoft said, or IE7 may be automatically downloaded and installed to
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I have to confess that delegating software installation to Debian and Ubuntu’s apt command is what finally converted me to Linux. I stillhave a bias against .rpms and building from source based on disastrous experiences hunting down obscure .rpms or figuring out why make would not work. If you’re trying out Ubuntu or another Linux
Much like my dad has done, another Windows Vista customer has "upgraded" a Vista machine to Windows XP. So, I guess the PR Lady was somewhat correct? BTW – annoying that apple doesn’t let you link directly to one of its ads — its free advertising, mactards! To be honest there is only one conclusion
Adobe’s PDF Reader and Acrobat software are up there pretty high on my list of bloated windows software that I’ll never put on a Windows maching I get. Its slow, bloated, and takes forever to launch, which is particularly annoying when you want to read something right now! Viw Download Squad, comes news of Sumatra
Of course, you know I’m going to tell you to install Firefox 2.0 once its released, and I don’t have a windows XP machine so no trying out the newly released IE7. By the way, did you see that security vulnerabilities were already found for IE7, less than 24 hours after its release? I’m using
Scott Rosenberg draws an interesting parallel between Microsoft’s attempt to rewrite Windows, and the Bush administration’s foray into Iraq. Of course, the two aren’t morally equivalent, but its a good intellectual excercise with more than a shred of validity. Then he says, “It wasn’t executed.” Note the passive voice, correct for it: “We didn’t execute