Unfortunately for me I'm unable to watch the I/O live but I am keeping up to date with their latest updates. Let's take a look at what has been announced so far.
If you are interesting in further your learning in web technologies there is a great website you can't miss - Google Code Univeristy. The site is designed for anyone (especially computer science people) that wants to learn more.
Cross-site scripting is a huge security concern nowadays. The hardest thing about XSS is that people don't really know that they're vunerable. Or they don't full understand what exactly XSS is all about. Enter Google to save the day with Jarlsberg. Jarlsberg is a part of Google's Code Univeristy.
A new Ubuntu has been released! Version 10.04 is out and its fantastic. I was previously running Linux Mint on my desktop. I downloaded and installed Ubuntu today and I gotta say its pretty great.
Ok we all use Facebook to keep in touch with friends and family. It's a great site that binds the universe together like the force. However there is a dark side. Facebook's privacy policy has changed dramatically over the years for the worse. Make no mistake about it, your personal info is out there. Aside from deleting your Facebook account, there is a way to restrict the data that Facebook shares with the world.
Have you ever needed to do some sort of repetitive task using the Windows command prompt? This is a cool program I really wasn't aware existed. Lets first create a text file name it myfile.txt and put in the following.
a,b,c
3,2,1
- net view /domain
Lists all domain groups - net view /domain:name
Shows list of all computers within the domain - net session
All systems connected to system
nbtstat - Shows a ton of information about its host, for example. nbstat -a backdesk
Will show:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.1.43] Scope Id: []
NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table
Name Type Status
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BACKDESK <00> UNIQUE Registered
WORKGROUP <00> GROUP Registered
BACKDESK <20> UNIQUE Registered
WORKGROUP <1E> GROUP Registered
MAC Address = 00-13-72-CB-1E-86
Looking at the codes provided here, shows that the computer is a workstation server registered, running file service and browser service elections.
