“Firefox 1.0.7 is a security and stability release. We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version.
This version includes several security and stability fixes, including a fix for a reported buffer overflow vulnerability and a fix for a Linux shell command vulnerability.”
“Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 Release Notes”
Mozilla via digitoday via Juha
Author: Jani
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Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 Released
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Finluxin konkurssi aiheuttaa takuu- ja päivitysongelmia
“Kuluttajavirasto selvittelee maanantaina konkurssiin haetun Finluxin TV-tehtaan valmistamien televisioiden ja digiboksien vastuukysymyksia.
– […] Suomessa ei ole aiemmin ollut vastaavanlaista tilannetta, sanoo kauppias Sakari Vihanto Vihanto Oy:stä. […]
Varsinkaan Finluxien digiboksien päivityksien järjestämisestä tulevaisuudessa ei vielä ole varmaa tietoa.”
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Read About It: Yahoo Is Crap
“Yahoo! Inc. has been taking a beating in the blogosphere lately. On Sept. 6 came the revelation that it provided information that helped Beijing jail a journalist. Days earlier, a report said Yahoo was actively supporting the companies that spawn pop-up ads. Around the same time, bloggers started griping about new Yahoo software downloads that change the preferences on users’ PCs.”
Businessweek via /.
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Elokuvien ja musiikin nettijakelusta tuomio
“Tuusulan käräjäoikeus langetti 480 euron sakot miehelle, joka kopioi internetin vertaisverkon kautta elokuvia ja musiikkia koneelleen ja levitti niitä muiden käyttöön. Lisäksi 36-vuotias mies poltti kopioimiaan teoksia levyille ja jakoi niitä eteenpäin. […]
Oikeus perusteli ratkaisuaan siten, että vaikka tuomittu ei saanutkaan laittomien kopioiden jakamisesta rahaa, hänen tarkoituksenaan oli kahmia arvokkaita musiikki- ja elokuvatiedostoja itselleen ilmaiseksi. Vahvemman nimikkeen toi myös se, että mies jakoi elokuvia netin ohella fyysisesti ja että elokuvia oli runsaasti.”
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Opera to remove embedded ads
“Opera now aims to catch up with Firefox by making its browser totally free, with no purchase price or embedded advertising. […] The company expects to recoup its revenue losses through the Internet search window built into each browser. Opera has deals with search giant Google Inc. and other online search companies. If an Opera user runs a Google search and is directed to Google advertising, Opera will get a cut of the ad revenues.”
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Jens of Sweden Rejects Copyright Charge
“Jens of Sweden, a company which produces mp3 players, is facing legal proceedings for after flatly refusing to pay a controversial ‘copying charge’ on its products.
“It’s not our problem that the record industry hasn’t come up with its own solution,” said the company’s owner, Jens Nylander. […] He said that there are several large companies which do not pay the charge, including Apple with its iPod, but Copyswede is only taking legal action against his company and one other.
I’ve had my eye on Jens’ players because of their support for Ogg Vorbis. But in addition to that they also seem to have the balls to fight back when it comes to copyright tax issues. Go Jens!
I don’t know what they were doing when the cassette compensation was expanded to cover MP3 players in Sweden, but why haven’t any of the companies voiced their opinions here in Finland? I’d presume it’s much harder to fight the law in court than it is to fight it when it’s being crafted.
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New tech knocks out digital cameras
“Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have come up with an inexpensive way to prevent digital cameras and digital video cameras from capturing that secret shot.”
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Enthusiast uses Google to reveal Roman ruins
“Using satellite images from Google Maps and Google Earth, an Italian computer programmer has stumbled upon the remains of an ancient villa.”
news@nature.com via Waxy.org
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Count to 31 on One Hand
“Forget your abacus? Lose your calculator? Every geek should know how to use binary to count to 31 on one hand. It won’t replace your slide rule, but it’s an attention-getter. If you’re familiar with binary you’ll pick it up quickly.”
I categorized this as being a ‘hack’, considering this is an innovative application of using fingers as an aid to counting.