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Bookmarks for March 18th from 07:42 to 09:12

Brian Wahoff — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:14:36 +0000

These are my links for March 18th:

Nicholas Piël » Benchmark of Python Web Servers – An extremely techie article – comparing the performance characteristics of different wsgi server implementations for hosting python sites.
Free Fantasy Sports League Finance Management – Wish I'd thought of this idea
Deal-a-day sites and retailers get social – Fortune Brainstorm Tech –
60% of Virtual Servers Less Secure Than Physical Machines, Gartner Says – CIO.com – Business Technology Leadership –
New Internet Browser Threat Sneaks By Traditional Defenses – CIO.com – Business Technology Leadership – "An undetectable browser exploit that bares corporate networks to attackers tops the list of the most potentially effective new attacks that have been devised by researchers seeking vulnerabilities to take advantage of, according to a study by White Hat Security."
Maybe Users Aren’t So Funny After All – CIO.com – Business Technology Leadership – "I can't stop thinking about my experience last month when I had to reload Windows XP for a friend. It makes me think we need to reconsider how we in the security world have failed the consumer. Should it really be necessary for a consumer to be a security expert to safely use a computer?"

Bookmarks for February 26th from 09:23 to 21:22

Brian Wahoff — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:02:28 +0000

These are my links for February 26th from 09:23 to 21:22:

Boxee – Boxee Box by D-Link – Or maybe this one is my next media PC?
ASRock > Products > NetTop Series > ION 330HT – Or maybe this one?
Acer AspireRevo 3610 – Or is this one my next media PC?
ZOTAC MAG MAGHD-ND01-U Dual-Core All-in-One PC – Could this be my next media PC?
What Is — and What Isn’t — Responsible Electronics Recycling | GreenerComputing.com –
ATM Skimming: How to Recognize Card Fraud – CIO.com – Business Technology Leadership –
Microsoft’s Spy Guide: What You Need to Know – CIO.com – Business Technology Leadership – Since 1996, the whistleblower site Cryptome has been posting sensitive government and corporate documents. Now Cryptome has been stricken from the Web after releasing the Microsoft Online Services Global Criminal Compliance Handbook , a "spy guide" for law enforcement detailing what data Microsoft has, keeps, and can relinquish.

Bookmarks for February 17th through February 18th

Brian Wahoff — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:02:42 +0000

These are my links for February 17th through February 18th:

You Can Use CSS3 Right Now | Design Informer – An article talking about progressive enhancement and leveraging features of CSS3 now in order to make designers lives easier.
Awareness: Four Signs of an Easy Victim on Social Networks – CIO.com – Business Technology Leadership – While many scammers rely on brute force methods, a disturbing trend is cyber-criminals stalking their targets using information gathered from social media tools.
Rogue PDFs Account for 80% of All Exploits, Says Researcher – CIO.com – Business Technology Leadership – As predicted before the year began, Flash and PDF are becoming hackers favorite targets. High install rate, low patch rate combine to make a easy target.
The New Risks of Cyber-Chattiness – CIO.com – Business Technology Leadership – "Individuals are simply revealing too much about their professional lives online. It might be possible, for example, to cross reference a Facebook post about a "big project that isn't looking good" with other posts and piece together sensitive corporate information. And while a LinkedIn request for a job recommendation reveals a job seeker, two or more seekers in the same division could reveal company upheaval."
PCI Security Standards Council Readying New Payment-Card Security Standard – CIO.com – Business Technology Leadership –
60+ .NET libraries every developer should know about. –
Please Rob Me – "Listing all those empty homes out there" Friends don't let friends use foursquare.
Housing affordability is near 18-year high – Feb. 17, 2010 – "The typical American family, who makes the nation's median income of $64,000 a year, could afford to buy 70.8% of all homes sold in the United States during the last three months of 2009"

Bookmarks for February 16th from 06:50 to 10:48

Brian Wahoff — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:48:17 +0000

These are my links for February 16th from 06:50 to 10:48:

3 Ways to Prepare for the CARD Act – When the government forces you to be more consumer friendly in your billing what do you do? If you are a credit card company you charge annual fees for responsible consumers, introduce new "sneaky fees", and increase balance transfer fees.
ECycle Services » Materials Processing in Computer Recycling –
Electronics TakeBack Coalition Promotes Producer Responsibility | Blue Planet Green Living – "Recycling electronic waste is essential, but whose responsibility should it be?"
First Electronics Recycling Certification to Regulate Toxic Exporting – Earth911.com – The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has announced its endorsement of the BAN e-steward program for the recycling of electronics.
Recycling home based business opportunity – Free How-to Manual – An interesting site, but worries me that a lot of people will look to create their own electronics recycling businesses and do it wrong