Links for 2007-01-30
- Detecting keystrokes
- Using JavaScript to detect keyboard input.
- Maybe You Will, Maybe You Won’t
- Frank reviews Windows Vista along with technical specs, and how to check whether your machine is up to snuff.
- The Ever-Changing Widget Landscape
- A surprisingly fair (considering it’s Yahoo! writing about itself and its competitors) piece about the world of widgets.
- iPod shuffle now comes in five colors
- Oooh pretty. I may actually buy one, despite already owning a regular iPod just because it’s far easier to wear while running … erm, not like I do much of that.
- 10 Years of Sweetwater
- One of my favorite breweries and makers of some of my favorite brews (their ESB is damn tasty) celebrates a decade.
- Cyber Diplomacy: Sweden Opens Virtual Embassy in Second Life
- Virtual worlds are still virtual. WTH? Seems strange, unless Sweden is looking for immigrants or something.
- Experts: Don’t buy Vista for the security
- The consensus: Windows’ security is now better than it was, but not enough to justify a $200 upgrade.
- FBI turns to broad new wiretap method
- Oh, just scrap the effin’ Constitution already.
- Carnival of the Mobilists 60
- Be sure to read Michael Mace’s post about smartphone and mobile data markets.
- Patents for dynamic Web pages to get another look
U.S. patent examiners are poised to take another look at two controversial patents that critics say may sweep up the dynamic Web page systems commonly used by search features, online merchants and millions of other sites.
I do believe this is the WTF? of the day.
Thanks for the linklove. I definitely needed it….