January 2009
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Eight oddball Twitter utilities →
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Sandbox Your Apps With Sandboxie
I recently found Sandboxie, a Windows app that creates a sandbox where programs can run without touching your actual OS. When the apps try to write data to your harddrive, it is written to a cache and kept seperate from your real data. This prevents any malware from being installed in your Windows directory, or hijacking any other files. When you’re done using the sandbox, you can choose to...
TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B →
The idea is to get a new type of device into people’s hands for as cheap as possible (we were aiming for $200, it looks like $299 is more realistic). It fits perfectly on your lap while you are sitting in front of the TV, so you can look up stuff on Wikipedia or IMDB as you channel surf. It plays Flash video flawlessly so you can watch movies and TV shows on Hulu or Joost or wherever. Or listen...
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Turn Your Domain Into An OpenID
If you’re using OpenID, there’s an easy way to use your domain as your OpenID without running any extra scripts/software. With a couple of lines of code you can set your personal domain to redirect to your OpenID (known as OpenID delegation). Then instead of logging in with you.myopenid.com you can use yourdomain.com. According to MyOpenID.com add the following in your <head>...
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Weak Password Brings 'Happiness' to Twitter Hacker →
The hacker, who goes by the handle GMZ, told Threat Level on Tuesday he gained entry to Twitter’s administrative control panel by pointing an automated password-guesser at a popular user’s account. The user turned out to be a member of Twitter’s support staff, who’d chosen the weak password “happiness.”
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Track Twitter Replies in Your Email Without Giving...
Twply.com has been spreading over Twitter the past couple days as a simple service to email you @replies from Twitter. The service has come under fire for forcing users to send a tweet when they sign up, but to me there’s a more important issue. In order to use the service you must give them your Twitter username and password, and they must store it unencrypted. The site was recently sold...