Google goes dark for Earth Hour

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Google made an environmental gesture today by turning the lights out on the U.S. version of its search page. The black background doesn't save energy, but it's Google's way of observing Earth Hour. The global event, created by the World Wildlife Fund, encourages people around the world to turn off their lights at 8:00 PM today, March 29, for an hour.
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Flaws discovered in latest Safari release

Flaws discovered in latest Safari release
Security firm Secunia has discovered critical flaws in Safari for Windows. Among other things, the Web browser is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution. Additionally, Windows users have complained that Safari crashes often.

MacBook hacked in two minutes
Charlie Miller hacked a MacBook Air at a security conference. In fact, it took him just two minutes. Miller won $10,000 and the computer. Miller also was one of the first people to hack Apple’s iPhone. Apple will be given the details of Miller's attack.

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Ten Reasons to Try Safari 3.1

okay.. i've had tons BS from FF always hanging in Digg.com or when i open somewindow from my RSS reader..
so I'm going to start using safari as much as possible at home [do they have a portable version?]
and do they have different profiles?

here are the 10 reason from chris prillo

1. It’s Fast. Very fast. Very, very, very fast.
2. No Toolbars. Some might find this a reason not to like Safari, but it’s one of the reasons I love it. The UI is uncluttered – and if my dad used it as his default browser, I wouldn’t have to worry about him installing 5x useless toolbars. Sorry, but I believe the Web browser toolbar is well past its prime.
3. Compatibility. I’ve only been on a few Web sites that did not work well in Safari, and that’s largely because the Web development team made it impossible to do (not because WebKit is a slouch).
4. Password Management. I love that I DON’T have to strike a key combo or click a field to AutoFill it before my stored login credentials show up – they just show up automatically like I’d expect them to. Moreover, I can manage all my passwords easily through Keychain.
5. Made to Help Undo Mistakes. The “Reopen All Windows from Last Session” feature is something that all browsers should come with. No doubt.
6. URL Path Navigation. Let’s say you’re viewing this particular article on the Web (the permalink for it, at least). In Safari, you can right-click the title in the Title Bar of the window and navigate up through the path on my Web site. Try it – you’ll wonder how you ever got along without it, or previously had to rely on the Google toolbar to give that feature to you in Firefox or IE.
7. Perfect Amount of Plugins. I’ve only had a few issues with pages that require additional software to run properly (related to Web developers believing that Flip4Mac is the only way for OS X users to view Windows Media files, when in fact we can use either VLC or mplayer). Silverlight works well, Rhapsody works well, and I can watch all episodes of Lost as well as anybody else. I don’t feel I’m missing anything.
8. Web Inspector. I love this tool. It comes with Safari, and will let you know exactly what might be wrong with a Web page. So, instead of telling someone that “something” is broken and telling them to fix it, you can tell them EXACTLY what’s broken. It’s an amazing Web development tool to boot. Check out the “Network” option in it to see how long it took for EACH PAGE ELEMENT to load. Geeky awesome!!!
9. History Management. I’m a visual learner, and I most appreciate that Safari shows you a site’s favicon next to the page’s title in History. So much easier to navigate – especially when you know the site’s favicon over anything else.
10. Search Results SnapBack. Let’s say you click on a result in your default search engine and navigate 20 pages deep into it. You can instantly snap back to your original query by tapping a key combo. Genius.

 Ori

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National Anthems of the MENA region

I thought that this post was very interesting..

Best Anthem

I’ve always had a little secre obsession with national anthems and flags…today in a fit of national fervour I was listening to Egypt’s national anthem and then I started looking for some other ones. Which Arab country do you think has the best national anthem?

http://je-suis-ici.blogspot.com/2008/03/best-anthem.html

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