A few days ago, a new vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player was discovered. (http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-01.html)
It is a very dangerous vulnerability that gives an attacker the opportunity to infect the computer of the victim and only thing that victim should do for this is to load an infected web page. The victim must do nothing more than load the page in the browser and he is already infected.
So I would advise to visit quickly the Adobe website (http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/) and install a new version of Flash Player.
You have only to choose the appropriate operating system and browser and install the update.
Incidentally, it seems that the hackers have chosen intentionally Adobe to search their products for security leaks. Last month, Adobe’s fixed 7 Security leaks in Adobe Flash Player.
The fact that the software from Adobe getting increasingly the target of hackers, could be explained by the fact that with the acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe products have become very popular.
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Critical Vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009Outsourcing in Action
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008A friend of me offered a few months ago me a job as a web developer. I thought that there was a good opportunity to earn some money in addition to BAföG and I accepted the offer of my friend. That meant, I agreed that a potential employer will contact me via Skype.
The employer introduced himself as a company in the media sector. He said that they just looked for a website developer to create a website for one german customer.
I told that I am able, to develop websites in XHTML + CSS and if necessary integrate them in TYPO3-CMS. Then the employer said that the customer was very greedy and that’s why I could get for the developing of the website (XHTML + CSS + TYPO3) only $ 80. Why he told to me about the prices in dollars, when we both are in Germany? Probably to be able to call a greater number.
I thought about this offer and I decided that I could make a small site for $ 80. Then comes the hammer. The employer asks me, what’s with the design? (Previously we have spoken with him that a design template will be made available for me). I explained that I’m not a graphic designer and I can only offer things, which I already have described. He replied that it is not good, because now he has to find “a girl” who will have to carry out the design, or he must buy a template.
Hello? But if I complete all of the work what is the job of my potential employer? Is he simply an intermediary with a beautiful website? The site was also not very great, although the look of the site was serious. OK, I thought, I have given my consent, so I should make it.
But it was nothing. I asked my prospective employer to send me a complete specification, so I know what actually my job is. He promised me continually that I will get it soon. After a few months waiting I had no more time to carry this senseless negotiations and I broke them.
CSS standards and who bears responsibility for browser incompatibilities
Monday, November 17th, 2008Today I got the last edition of T3N and there was an article about Web standards and how different browser manufacturers try to extend the functionality using proprietary solutions to compensate a bad functionality of CSS 2.1. Web developers and browser manufacturers waiting for a long time for the publication of CSS3 standard. The problem is that the rapid development of Web prepares more and more new tasks for Web developers and browser manufacturers. The websites and the kind of the creation of Web sites is becoming increasingly complex and requires new ways. These possibilites that we have today are not enough any more. CSS3 could be a solution to the problem of growing demands. However, no one knows when CSS3 finally will be published. For this reason, most of browser manufacturers began to introduce of their own CSS properties, which should help the developers to create modern websites.
But the problem is that the browser market is no longer dominated by one browser. The proportions between multiple browsers are divided. While Microsoft Internet Explorer has remained the majority, the other browsers were able to win a big slices of this pie in the last time.
But if the Web developers would begin now to use proprietary properties, then they would create a chaos. The pages, depending on the browser would have a different look. The effort in creating a Web site would rise rapidly.
I am of the opinion that the responsibility for this development is on the developers of CSS standard. In my opinion, this consortium should be restructured so that its efficiency would be higher. The development of standards at this time don’t really work. I understand that Web is still relatively young and all of these childhood diseases would be someday solved. But now I see no real effort by various sides, to solve the core of these problems.
Google doctype: What do you want to know today?
Sunday, May 25th, 2008
Doctype Google is the new ambitious project by Google. It is an attempt to create a free technical encyclopedia for CSS, HTML and DOM. It consists of not only from the articles, it has also the code of the encyclopedia freely accessible. As in the Google video presentation the saying goes, “Google doctype is an encyclopaedia, by the developers and for the developers”.
Although there are a few articles and HowTo’s there, I am sure that Google can find many motivated supporters which will constantly fill the encyclopedia with new knowledge. Anyone who has a google account can participate.
Whether Google Doctype could be a competitor to selfhtml.org? At the moment it is still difficult to say, but the themes are very close to each other. It is important that selfhtml is only in the German language very detailed. The English version and also those in other languages, are less complete.
Therefore, I can say that Google Doctype could not be described as comptetitor for selfhtml.org, it is a device to close the knowledge gap. Previously you had to browse through various sources to find an answer for your question, today, thanks to projects such as Google and Wikipedia, the knowledge in consolidated in a few sources. This saves time and time is money.