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Technology

WMF Patch

Microsoft has released a patch for the WMF bug ahead of schedule. Per Ken Camp: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-001 Vulnerability in Graphics Rendering Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution (912919) Published: January 5, 2006 Version: 1.0 Summary Who should read this document: Customers who use Microsoft Windows Impact of Vulnerability: Remote Code Execution Maximum Severity Rating: […]

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Technology

Serious Windows security flaw

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Thanks to Ken Camp we’re warned about an extremely serious Windows vulnerability. The flaw, which allows hackers to insert malicious computer programs into seemingly innocuous image files, was discovered last week. But the potential for damaging attacks increased dramatically at the weekend after a group of computer hackers published the source code […]

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Programming Languages

More new toys

I still love Locomotive, but I haven’t forgotten my PHP, or my first love, RDF. (Note to self: get out more). Anyway, I spotted the following at the RAP (RDF API for PHP) site: RAP 0.93 will be released in January 2006 and will include support for the SPARQL query language and the SPARQL protocol. I’ve […]

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Technology Weblogging

Form to Press

I’m in the process of porting the functionality I’ve created in Wordform to WordPress 2.0. You can see the working weblog here. While I’m at it, I’m updating the semantic weblog plugins to fit the new environment. (Speaking of WordPress 2.0, did that go from source code control to release with no intervening beta period? Does […]

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Programming Languages

Chu chu code

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I can’t believe how easy it is to set up Ruby on Rails on the Mac with Locomotive. I went from two downloads to my first application in less than 1/2 hour. Great stuff. I’m in the process of making vast changes here abouts. The first change is I’m moving my […]