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Passcode exploit (and fix) found for locked iPhones (4)
on Ars Technica Apple Section With Embedded Stories (11) permalinkA member of the MacRumors forums has discovered an exploit that allows anyone to make use of an iPhone even if it is password-protected. The method, which is surprisingly quite simple, involves touching the Emergency Call button on the passcode entry screen and then double-clicking the Home button. The default setting of the double-click is to bring up the owner's contact favorites, from which the sneaky user can access Mobile Safari, make phone calls, create ...Contribute comment
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Ubiquity Prototype Offers a Natural Language Web Command Line [Featured Firefox Extension] (81)
on Lifehacker (33966) permalinkFirefox only: Mozilla Labs unveils the first prototype of a natural language web service connector called Ubiquity, a Firefox extension that adds a command panel to any web page. Ubiquity will look familiar to Quicksilver, Launchy, or Enso users: you invoke Ubiquity with a key combination and the text field drops down command suggestions as you type. Ubiquity's built-in command set consists of "user-centric mashups" that let you perform tasks using various web services in ...Shared by Alex (23) alldrin (30) Amihai (179) Andrew Becherer (57) Anthony (42) Ashwin (22) Austin (41) Azeem (108) Bene (15) Bill (44) Bjorn (121) bombox (74) Bonstio (33) Bret (68) Brian (93) catepol (60) Christian Harrington (52) Christian Santos (223) Compuwizard123 (225) Coolbox (91) Degauss (58) Derek (29) dimhap (38) Fay (94) gautamg (12) HacKnight (38) happy_soil (130) Ian Benedict (62) iheartorcs (59) ixfx.dengmy (36) J. James B (128) Jayce^ (49) Jeff Jones (317) Joe (27) kidmarmite (117) lalarrea (21) lnewcomer (139) Matt (14) MetatronsCube (55) Midd (54) Miguel Angel (141) Neil Godfrey (42) Nichol (89) Nicholas Schiller (61) Nihar (96) nuralt (34) OGeleia (77) patella (2) PvUtrix (22) R Karthick (49) Randy (94) Ray (15) rob (54) Rowan (46) Ryan (86) ryptide (69) Scott (26) Scott Reston (32) Scott Rollins (49) Sean (83) SkyWaLKer (19) Tao (44) tarman (179) thr33 (73) Tim (22) Tim Visher (35) TiTi (394) TJ (143) tOMPSON (52) tomwsmf (89) Tor Erling (481) twilight fairy (26) War-N (54) Yinka (61) Yojimbo (45) yooper1019 (73) Zach (268) Zane Shelby (22) Zenith (69) Zsolt T (8) Фил (25)Explore read 13 notes
- gautamg said: going to try it out
- Matt said: This is quite possibly the cleverest thing I've seen in a while. Ubiquity gives the web a command line for manipulating and aggregating data from various web services on the fly. Check out the video!
- yooper1019 said: Wow! I REALLY hope this grows wings!! Very worth the 6 min vid!
- Derek said: watch the video, it is worth it!
- Austin said: Get this and try it, it's freaking amaaaazing
- alldrin said: interesting
- Nihar said: nice!!
- Bret said: This will be an incredible tool as it is further developed.
- Ashwin said: Ubiquity...
- catepol said: da provare appena ho connessione stabile
- HacKnight said: I started using this yesterday. It's quite useful, though only for a limited set of actions. I haven't dabbled in the dev side of things but as long as that's easy, I think this will take off.
- ixfx.dengmy said: 我没看懂
- tOMPSON said: brilliant, that is the future
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Fake following (56)
on kottke.org (3755) permalinkThis is a little bit genius. One of the new features of FriendFeed (a Twitter-like thingie) is "fake following". That means you can friend someone but you don't see their updates. That way, it appears that you're paying attention to them when you're really not. Just like everyone does all the time in real life to maintain their sanity. Rex calls it "most important feature in the history of social networks" and I'm inclined to ...Shared by Alasdair Watson (6) Alix (61) andré.friedrichs (127) Aneel (149) ayo (26) Ben Turner (123) boost ventilator (28) brokekid (422) Carrie Jaeger (35) Citizen K (42) Cort (24) Czarski (28) dasmart (139) Dominik (153) Eamonn (24) Emil (40) gautamg (12) HacKnight (38) Herschell / Special*Dark (57) issa (91) Jake (26) jan (9) janequigley (101) Jared (104) Jay (84) Jonathan (58) Josh Bancroft (72) jschultz (36) Karl Söderström (28) kenmat (38) Kevin (38) Láudano (99) Linkletter (28) Marissa (86) Mark R (40) Matt (39) Michael (40) Mike F (2100) Paulo Querido (28) philapple (25) Phonkmeister (79) puthali (49) Rafi (56) Rick (110) Ricky (41) Sandra (53) Scott Reston (32) Shaw (106) sturob (40) Sunil Garg (36) Thomas (34) tosh (39) Vincent van Wylick (77) Walter DeFoor (178) Yan (52) 狮子真好吃啊 (91)Explore read 11 notes
- gautamg said: attention is the new currency. Preserve it.
- Matt said: Interesting feature... I don't have any friends I'd want to fake follow, but it's good to know it's there. I haven't been using friendfeed as much recently, anyway.
- jschultz said: ha!
- puthali said: lol, didn't know friendfeed had tht...
- Josh Bancroft said: LOL I hadn't seen this yet. :-)
- Carrie Jaeger said: Hilarious!
- Herschell / Special*Dark said: Now you can be as fake on social networks as you were in high school : p
- janequigley said: This is fantastic. And much more honest...
- Yan said: web 2.0 comes of age!
- HacKnight said: I'm a fan of friendfeed. I'm sure if I used it more often and had any more than 0 friends I would enjoy this option.
- tosh said: thats actually a pretty good idea
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David Fiderer: Energy for Dummies: The GOP's Secret Weapon Is A Clueless Media (1)
permalinkThe six-word banner above the CNBC logo said it all. "AMERICA"S OIL CRISIS: THE NUCLEAR OPTION," framed a bogus media narrative and a phony Republican talking point. A couple of clueless reporters pushed it further. Enrin Burnett: "We do get nearly 20% of our power from nuclear, so in a sense we are more of a nuclear nation than many people realize." CNBC Political Correspondent John Harwood: "We are, but I do think that policy ...Shared by gautamg (12)
- gautamg said: perhaps a nuclear powered car is the answer :)
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Scaling Out (13)
on Engineering @ Facebook's Facebook Notes (40) permalinkFacebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet.Shared by Andreas (31) Andrew (22) atharh (16) Brent (134) Chad Sakonchick (6) Emil Kaiser (24) gautamg (12) Jorge (9) Lucindo (41) mario r (67) n1c0 (26) Parker (43) Tom White (5)
- gautamg said: single write master, ho hum
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I made myself a cup of tea. (11)
on Big Contrarian (127) permalinkI made myself a cup of tea.Shared by ArtLung (33) Avi Flax (28) Chuck Falzone (27) Dmitry Chestnykh (18) gautamg (12) Geoff (53) Ian (21) Jon (50) mac (49) Owen (51) zappy (15)Contribute comment
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Old Masters and Young Geniuses (10)
on Hacker News (4994) permalinkCommentsShared by Aneel (149) chrishawn (35) cisellis (130) eric stimmel (28) g b (140) gautamg (12) Halle (3) Jawad Shuaib (31) Jeremy (354) Steve Olson (141)
- gautamg said: experimental innovation == iterative innovation?
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Four Rules for Simple Codelines (2)
on Brad Appleton's ACME Blog (4) permalinkSome of you may be aware of Kent Beck's Four Rules of Simple Code that state simple code:Correctly runs (and passes) all the testsContains no duplication (OnceAndOnlyOnce and The DRY Principle)Clearly expresses all the ideas/intentions we needed to express (reveals all intent and intends all it reveals)Minimizes the number of classes and methods (has no superfluous parts)(I've seen some boil this down into some of the same rules for writing clear prose: correct, consistent, clear, ...Shared by BluesForPablo (53) gautamg (12)
- gautamg said: someone smart once said - "everything should be as simple as possible, but no simpler"
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Philipp Lenssen's Top Google Apps Tips [Google School] (93)
on Lifehacker (33966) permalinkGoogle expert Philipp Lenssen dishes up the latest news about Google and its features at his daily blog, Google Blogoscoped. Author of the new O'Reilly book, Google Apps Hacks, Lenssen takes some time out of his busy schedule today to share some of his best tips for using Google Apps from Gmail to web search to Google Docs. Quickly Access Your Unread Gmail Lifehacker mentioned Gmail Labs' experimental features the day they launched back in ...Shared by Adam Donkus (67) AJ (973) Amihai (179) bendi (25) binduwavell (24) brokekid (422) Cathy (321) Chris (35) Chris (26) Chris Ryall (122) Christian Santos (223) Chuck Falzone (27) Clay (31) Crazy Carl (20) Daniel Kirk (69) DarkBls (149) Dmitry (25) dobata (939) doransky (166) Doug Stewart (206) Dreamside (524) Duane (89) ema (73) Eoghann (93) Erik (148) Erin (14) Fred Schechter (287) fundament (114) garraxxi (86) gastaoss (138) gautamg (12) Geeky (15) Gienah Ghurab (64) Gordon (22) Greg (55) Håkan (170) Hasan (199) hat (13) imageek (35) James Dorminey (49) JasonV (43) jccamus (106) Jeff Bonforte (6) JiN (20) Jonny Hou (32) Kevin (24) Kin (31) KingBee (39) Marcel (90) Marcin Bajer (8) matpol (67) Matt (6) Matt (47) Michael (79) Mookyjooky (133) Nathan (7) Nerdaniel88 (21) Nicholas Schiller (61) nick4eva (17) nikhil (156) nparker13 (605) Peter (20) Phani (22) Phidias (48) Philip Blyth (10) Radovan (80) rajan (37) Rascator (14) Retta (60) ryan (123) Sean O (36) SFSlim (142) Shankar Ganesh (334) shawnmor (134) Shinn Photography (23) SilverStag (35) Steve (34) StevieB (151) stevioz (41) Sumesh (232) ticiana (112) Tim (117) timmins (22) Timothy (38) TxVoodoo (138) utility73 (46) WickeD (17) Xdroot (200) Yann (43) yohanes (72) zsafwan (242)Contribute comment
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Google Homepage Links to Randy Pausch's Last Lecture (76)
on Google Operating System (3454) permalinkYou may have noticed that Google's homepage has a small message at the bottom: In Memoriam Randy Pausch (1960-2008)."Pausch, the married father of three, was an energetic and fun-loving computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh when, in 2006, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. A year later, despite surgery and chemotherapy, physicians discovered the cancer had spread to his liver and spleen. He had been told he had perhaps six months to ...Shared by 4r1f (7) Adam (27) ali (41) Ananya Walia (1950) aqeeliz (37) Archimedix (25) Arindam (29) atul (547) Ben Shoemate (230) Brent (134) CB (168) chachra (39) Cogo (98) Compuwizard123 (225) Costi (18) Dev (250) dH (26) Dirk Schrama (20) Dzu (41) Erik (34) Ethan (66) Fazle Rahim (7) forcey (71) fyc (115) gautamg (12) gisc (80) guercheLE (145) Ihar Mahaniok (26) Isaac Roca @SiKNUS (57) Jdorfman (129) JeDa (72) jerobins (65) Jessica (24) jetienne (52) John (50) John (65) Jonathan Sterling (141) jonezy (110) Josh Stone (61) Joshua (38) Kaleb (13) Keshav (158) Kris (86) Lu Tao (55) LUCCHINA (403) Lucindo (41) Mathieu Ravaux (11) Mike (114) Mike F (2100) MiramarMike (103) Miss P (92) mnvamsi (321) Neil (80) Nick (36) NOLFXceptMe (24) Petre (37) ricardo (70) Rick Butterfield (54) Rodrigo (36) S Anand (33) Sai Prasad Kothapalle (40) Sam (93) senpi (21) Shankar Ganesh (334) Siva (47) Stephen Lark (73) timbevil (43) totalpardo (3) veronicaromm (124) Vovasty (41) webtime (1260) WherestheBox (33) xrx (126) Yvette (67) Zaki (217) 猫影 (77)Explore read seven notes
- gautamg said: worthy tribute for one of the best among us who brought out the best in those around him.
- Josh Stone said: I am way late in watching this video, but wow! It's truly inspiring.
- forcey said: Pausch的演讲很幽默，很乐观
- Ihar Mahaniok said: R.I.P.And everyone should see his speech.
- Nick said: Amazing person. Good bye...
- totalpardo said: why?
- MiramarMike said: Nice touch Google ... go watch the video, it's quite amazing and inspiring
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Happy Fourth of July! (1)
on Sepia Mutiny (27) permalinkE pluribus unum indeed, from a proud American to all the rest of you on this holiday weekend: ennis at 11:36 AM in Holidays T·r·a·c·k·b·a·c·k linkShared by gautamg (12)Contribute comment
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Apple and GPL iPhone Apps (12)
on Daring Fireball (3437) permalinkAristotle Pagaltzis on why I was wrong about the GPL and the iPhone SDK: Sorry, John. I can clearly write GPL software for the iPhone — but not free software. And if I do that, Apple can’t give it to you — not on the App Store’s current terms and conditions. They impose restrictions on the recipient of the software that the GPL forbids third parties from placing upon the recipient on pain of losing ...Shared by AlexandrosM (76) Carsten (136) Eugene (146) gautamg (12) Josh Bancroft (72) marcell (165) Mike C (12) Mitch Wagner (97) pablo (88) roel (54) soufron (38) Tim Probst (75)Contribute comment
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Kodak Zi6 Pocket Video Camera (23)
on Daring Fireball (3437) permalinkKodak’s upcoming Zi6 pocket video camera looks like a possible Flip killer. Similar size and shape, but a bit more expensive at $180. But the Zi6 shoots in HD at up to 60 frames per second, it accepts SD cards for storage, and, in a huge win for Mac users, records directly to H.264 format. (The Flip only shoots VGA at 30 fps, and uses a video codec that doesn’t work in iMovie.) The Zi6 ...Shared by boost ventilator (28) Brandice (22) Brian Newby (11) Chi Guy (15) Chris K (134) Colin (102) colin.faulkingham (30) Ernie (31) Eugene (146) gautamg (12) Jim (19) JL! (24) jtokash (37) julienk (19) Levi Wallach (2) Lyle Johnson (10) Matt Southworth (63) Matthom (18) Michael (19) Photar (18) rmg7344 (74) Stuart (213) weldon (12)Explore read four notesContribute comment
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Central Park is one big international duty-free zone. (2)
on Big Contrarian (127) permalinkChanel commissioned architect Zaha Hadid to design a mobile arts pavilion. A 7,500 square foot structure, constructed of lightweight panels, it will be shipped, in 51 containers, to New York’s Central Park this October: (T)he pavilion is a provocative advertisement. Chanel, the fashion brand, commissioned Ms. Hadid to create the traveling structure to house works by about 15 hot contemporary artists. Each was asked to create a work that was at least in part inspired ...Shared by gautamg (12) Rubin (53)
- gautamg said: I see no conflict between esthetic appreciation and commerce
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★ Not Yet Squirrelly (8)
on Daring Fireball (3437) permalinkRegarding my piece earlier this week regarding the striking improvement in JavaScript performance in the version of WebKit in the iPhone 2.0 update, one question I had was whether this was perhaps attributable to Apple having already switched to SquirrelFish, the all-new JavaScript interpreter that the WebKit team unveiled in early June. Announcing the project, Geoffrey Garen wrote: SquirrelFish is fast — much faster than WebKit’s previous interpreter. Check out the numbers. On the SunSpider ...Shared by Andrew Ruess (438) Coty (43) Dr. Ernie (163) gautamg (12) gfurry (108) Monsur (43) tig (179) 狮子真好吃啊 (91)Contribute comment
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Chris Barnes’s iPhone 3G Availability Tracker (20)
on Daring Fireball (3437) permalinkUses Apple’s JSON data feed, updated live throughout the day. ★Shared by Brett Garvin (43) Corbie (40) Dave C. (70) Eugene (146) gautamg (12) gergi (74) janey (32) Jim (48) John (50) Julian (37) Kevin (129) lewis (48) Nick Cairns (45) Paul Westbrook (10) Sam (28) Sterling Anderson (13) tatopuig (22) Tibor (36) Tim (84)
- gautamg said: data updated once a day
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