Opinion on software patents

On eWeek, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes an opinion column on software patents:
 
Opinion: Software patents are bad for both open- and closed-source developers, not to mention for anyone who buys software. Isn’t it time we get rid of them once and for all?
 
The point is that ideas can’t (or at least should not) be patented.  Only the implementation of it can.
 
Read the article here: Software Patents Gone Bad

Opinion on software patents

On eWeek, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes an opinion column on software patents:
 
Opinion: Software patents are bad for both open- and closed-source developers, not to mention for anyone who buys software. Isn’t it time we get rid of them once and for all?
 
The point is that ideas can’t (or at least should not) be patented.  Only the implementation of it can.
 
Read the article here: Software Patents Gone Bad

Firefox 1.0 to be released on the 9th of November

Ben Goodger has released an update to the Firefox Roadmap.

A first Release Candidate is scheduled on the 18th of October and

a final release on the 9th of November (delayed for a week because of

the presidential elections in the USA)

All depends on The List (of bugs), which should be reduced to zero.

Ben Goodger: Release Schedule

Firefox 1.0 to be released on the 9th of November

Ben Goodger has released an update to the Firefox Roadmap.

A first Release Candidate is scheduled on the 18th of October and

a final release on the 9th of November (delayed for a week because of

the presidential elections in the USA)

All depends on The List (of bugs), which should be reduced to zero.

Ben Goodger: Release Schedule

New features added to Gmail

Google has added new features to their Gmail email service.

The Gmail Notifier was already available (if you could find it), but

is now officially released.

Search capabilities added to Contacts. Contacts is also greatly improved.

Emails can be automatically forwarded to another account. This

service is free for now, but could be a paid service in the future.

And you can save drafts of the emails you are writing.

What will be next? HTML mail?

The full list of new features here: What’s new on Gmail?

New features added to Gmail

Google has added new features to their Gmail email service.

The Gmail Notifier was already available (if you could find it), but

is now officially released.

Search capabilities added to Contacts. Contacts is also greatly improved.

Emails can be automatically forwarded to another account. This

service is free for now, but could be a paid service in the future.

And you can save drafts of the emails you are writing.

What will be next? HTML mail?

The full list of new features here: What’s new on Gmail?

Microsoft ASP.Net Security Flaw

Microsoft reported a security flaw that could allow an attacker to

enter a specially crafted URL in that way bypassing any form of

authentication and access secured content.

Microsoft has already released a patch and offers a programmatic

solution to the problem.

They can be found here (either one of them is enough):

Microsoft ASP.NET ValidatePath module (VPModule.msi)

Programmatically Check for Canonicalization Issues with ASP.NET

The full security article can be found here: What You Should Know

About a Reported Vulnerability in Microsoft ASP.NET

Microsoft ASP.Net Security Flaw

Microsoft reported a security flaw that could allow an attacker to

enter a specially crafted URL in that way bypassing any form of

authentication and access secured content.

Microsoft has already released a patch and offers a programmatic

solution to the problem.

They can be found here (either one of them is enough):

Microsoft ASP.NET ValidatePath module (VPModule.msi)

Programmatically Check for Canonicalization Issues with ASP.NET

The full security article can be found here: What You Should Know

About a Reported Vulnerability in Microsoft ASP.NET