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10 links, first saved December 11, 2008, latest February 4, 2021.
- Google researcher discovers new iOS security system | ZDNet
This "Blast Door" tech is pretty cool. The Project Zero writeup has all the technical details.
- GitHub to replace 'master' with 'main' starting next month | ZDNet
GitHub following up on their commitment to make this change and use more inclusive language. 👏
- GitHub to replace "master" with alternative term to avoid slavery references | ZDNet
Last week I shared an article about this and suggested that git should be modified to change this upstream by default. Now GitHub, which is by far the biggest player in the Git…
- Coronavirus tech conference cancellations list: E3, NAB, Gartner, Dell World and more | ZDNet
- Two malicious Python libraries caught stealing SSH and GPG keys | ZDNet
This is a smart attack vector, and I suspect dangerously unprotected.
- Python is eating the world: How one developer's side project became the hottest programming language on the planet | ZDNet
Thorough read on the story behind Python, it’s introduction and rise in popularity. I don't do any professional coding, but I do goof around on things and I nearly always do that…
- Facebook storefonts fail, but f-commerce isn’t a failure | ZDNet
Over the past year, GameStop, Gap, JCPenney, Nordstrom, and other retailers have opened a store on Facebook to generate sales from their Facebook Pages with millions of Likes.…
- FTC says "yes" to Facebook activity inclusion in background checks
I wonder if they also keep 7 years of my website.
- Paramount offers tickets for Transformers 3 on Facebook | ZDNet
Paramount Pictures has partnered with social shopping company 8thBridge to offer Transformers fans the opportunity to start their next movie experience on Facebook. You can now…
- Goodbye ZDNet
As of today, I have to say goodbye to ZDNet. After just over two years of writing this blog, I'm sad to say this is my last post here on the Social Web. I've been 'let go' as they…