Sorry there are no comments on the news links this week. Just got back from Balticon and I am completely exhausted. Back on the production treadmill this week, I have plenty of audio from the con to share.
Quick News Links
- More info on Scribd, in particular a new feature
- New Scribd store to support epub format, too
- Making vim more IDE-like
- Educational video seeks to simplify understanding fair use
- Why programming rituals work
- Technology bill of rights
- Another entrant in personal ID verification
- Rejected app gets approval hiding profanity in an easter egg
- Facebook rolls out OpenID
- Search Engine podcast adopts CC license
- France now drafting draconian cyber security law
- ISPs owe the public the benefit of open access, innovation
- Proposed anti-DRM law for cars
- Examples of user powered search failing to past muster on filtering
- Surprising identifiability of location data
- Bill proposes tying net infrastructure to physical build out
- Details on next version of EcmaScript, version 5
- More on EcmaScript 5
- Sun to build massive scale app store for Java
- Data.gov launches, a bit thin on actual data
- Are BIOS based OSes the future?
- New stable version of Chrome released
- Apple rejects free book reader because of Kama Sutra
- Bletchley Park snubbed by the government
- Is HTML 5 a viable alternative to Flash
- Adobe issues DMCA take down for protocol it promised to open
- Potential privacy issues with Safari 4
Quick Security Links
- OpenSSH flaw
- Study confirms problems with password recovery “security questions”
- D-Link’s CAPTCHA not so good after all
- Using URL link color to steal browsing history
- Java remains unpatched on OS X
- MS bans memcopy function as not secure
Quick Follow Up Links
- Kahle’s op-ed on Google Books settlement
- Music labels dog piling on TPB
- Bias may run even deeper in TPB case
- FSF settles suit against Cisco
- TPB judge reviewing bias removed for bias
- Wikimedia approves license migration
- FSF weighs in on Tenenbaum, RIAA case
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