From 0531523b372cc251a8391f5a12447d62f53916a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: luxagraf Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 08:45:11 -0400 Subject: initial commit --- .../Monkey_Bites/2007/02.26.07/Tue/nightly.txt | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) create mode 100644 published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.26.07/Tue/nightly.txt (limited to 'published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.26.07/Tue/nightly.txt') diff --git a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.26.07/Tue/nightly.txt b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.26.07/Tue/nightly.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6ea8876 --- /dev/null +++ b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.26.07/Tue/nightly.txt @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +Nightly746The Nightly Build: + +* California has joined Texas and Minnesota in what appears to be a growing trend toward legislation [mandating open document formats][5] for public documents. A bill introduced a few days ago in the State Legislature would require all the use of open document formats like ODF by 2008. + +[5]: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1668_bill_20070223_introduced.html "An act to add Section 11541.1 to the Government Code, relating to information technology." + + +* The publishing industry might possibly be starting to understand this wacky digital world. Random House has [unveiled][1] a new tool dubbed Insight that will let consumers search and browse through more than 5,000 of its titles on the Internet. It's be better if they just let Google have at it, but at least it's a start. + +[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-02-27T211803Z_01_N27397690_RTRUKOC_0_US-MEDIA-DIGITAL.xml&src=rss "Publishers allow book browsing on the Web" + + +* Hacker Shawn Carpenter [has won][3] a $4.3 million settlement against his former employer Sandia National Laboratories. Carpenter a network security guru conducted his own probe of a security breach at the agency after being told that the agency would not investigate the case. Eventually Carpenter traced the attacks back to a Chinese cyber-espionage group and notified the Army Counterintelligence Group and later with the FBI of his findings. When Sandia officials learned that he had given information to the FBI they fired him. Before you rush to decry that decision read the linked article, Carpenter did some shady things that qualify as "cracking" against his company's network. + +[3]: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9011283 "Reverse hacker wins $4.3M in suit against Sandia Labs" + +* Lifehacker [posted][4] an excellent review of various iTunes enhancements and scripts this afternoon, including a very nice Applescript that lets you browse Wikipedia for info on your favorite musicians. + +[4]: http://lifehacker.com/software/itunes/hack-attack-top-13-itunes-applescripts-239864.php "Hack Attack: Top 13 iTunes AppleScripts" + + +* Today's web zen: [Man Down][2] + +[2]: http://www.uclick.com/feature/07/02/25/wpopu070225.gif "Man Down" + +photo credit \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2