Archive - 2008

December 23rd

Rails and Merb Ruby Web Frameworks Merge

An anonymous reader writes "The Merb and Rails Core Teams today announced a major merger; the two projects will become one, and be released some time in Q2 of 2009 as Rails 3. This is great news for lots of folks who worried about the potential community fracture, as well as great news for all the developers who will now have an all-around better option for programming Ruby.

Rails and Merb Ruby Web Frameworks Merge

An anonymous reader writes "The Merb and Rails Core Teams today announced a major merger; the two projects will become one, and be released some time in Q2 of 2009 as Rails 3. This is great news for lots of folks who worried about the potential community fracture, as well as great news for all the developers who will now have an all-around better option for programming Ruby.

Repair Crews Reach Vicinity of Damaged Cables In Mediterranean

GWMAW writes "A robotic submarine searched beneath the Mediterranean on Sunday for damaged communications cables, two days after Web and telephone access was knocked out for much of the Middle East.

Repair Crews Reach Vicinity of Damaged Cables In Mediterranean

GWMAW writes "A robotic submarine searched beneath the Mediterranean on Sunday for damaged communications cables, two days after Web and telephone access was knocked out for much of the Middle East.

Microsoft Extends XP To May 2009 For OEMs

beuges writes "Microsoft has announced over the weekend that it would allow computer manufacturers to receive copies of XP until the end of May 2009, shortly before Windows 7 is expected to hit the market.

Microsoft Extends XP To May 2009 For OEMs

beuges writes "Microsoft has announced over the weekend that it would allow computer manufacturers to receive copies of XP until the end of May 2009, shortly before Windows 7 is expected to hit the market.

AJAX World: Nokia Web Development Plugin for Aptana Studio Released

Nokia and Aptana have started shipping the beta release of Nokia WRT Plugin for Aptana Studio. Nokia WRT (Web Runtime) lets you build native apps and widgets for Nokia S60 phones using your JavaScript, AJAX, HTML, and CSS skills – the stuff standard web pages are made from, but installable on the phone for increased performance, less bandwidth consumption, and more capabilities. read more

eZ Publish 4.1.0alpha1

La version 4.1.0alpha1 de eZ Publish est sortie le 18 décembre.

Perfect MITM Attacks With No-Check SSL Certs

StartCom writes "In a previous article I reported about Man-In-The-Middle attacks and spotlighted an example showing that they really happen. MITM attacks just got easier. In the attack described previously, untrusted certificates from an unknown issuer were used. Want to make the attack perfect with no error and a fully trusted certificate? No problem, just head over to one of Comodo's resellers.

Perfect MITM Attacks With No-Check SSL Certs

StartCom writes "In a previous article I reported about Man-In-The-Middle attacks and spotlighted an example showing that they really happen. MITM attacks just got easier. In the attack described previously, untrusted certificates from an unknown issuer were used. Want to make the attack perfect with no error and a fully trusted certificate? No problem, just head over to one of Comodo's resellers.