Adobe Systems rolled out patches for security vulnerabilities found in Adobe Reader 7.0 and 7.0.1, and in Adobe Acrobat 7.0 and 7.0.1. From Infoworld:
According to Adobe officials, the vulnerability is within the Adobe Reader control. If an XML script is embedded in JavaScript, it is possible to discover the existence of local files, according to a security advisory from the company. An attacker could then maliciously use the gathered information. But the statement pointed out that the local files can be found only if the attacker knows the complete …

I just found out about an interesting new service YubNub that allows you to use and create “command line” stuff for the Web.
So for example, if you do Google image searches, you simply type in “gim flower” into YubNub and you’ll get it.
What’s neat-o about YubNub is that it’s a “social” command line which lets you create commands that get added to YubNub’s dictionary.
In fact, I created a command too:
Google has this neat feature where you can search for the definition of a word by …

You should call your bank/credit card company and find out if your card was one of the ones recently stolen. This CNET article left me shaking my head for a few reasons:
The data security breach, possibly the largest to date, happened because intruders were able to exploit software security vulnerabilities to install a rogue program on the network of CardSystems Solutions, MasterCard International spokeswoman Jessica Antle said. The program captured credit card data, she said.
“install rogue program” is code-word for “some dumb*ss let a trojan horse get …

I just listened to this well thought-out presentation by Kim Polese of SpikeSource talking about what her company does, which is to put a smart IT-management layer atop open source components and I walk away with a couple of thoughts:

Very cool idea.
What will OSS developers who are doing this for free start feeling when they see SpikeSource start earning money on the free code they wrote?
How long will important software continue to be free once somebody is sitting on top of it and making money?

This will be interesting to watch. …

I just caught this Infoworld article that Apple and Nokia have opened up a browser partnership.
Nokia has announced that it using open source software in developing a new mobile Web browser for its Series 60 SmartPhone — and that this has been developed in cooperation with Apple.
What does this mean?
First, some obvious facts:

Apple knows there’s a company called Nokia.
Apple knows that Nokia is developing mp3 functionality.
Apple wants to expand iPod functionality.
Apple knows that pretty soon every competitor is going to get medieval on the iPod.

And now, the …