links for 2006-08-29

• 10 Top Tips For Protecting Yourself At Hot Spots
  But every time you connect at a hotspot, you’re asking for trouble. hotspots are open networks that don’t use encryption, which invites hacking and snooping. In addition, when you’re on a hotspot you’re connected to the same network as your fellow hotspot
  (tags: security technology wifi)
• Upload Progress Bar / AJAX File Uploader: FileChucker
  FileChucker is an AJAX-based web application that lets you accept file uploads on your own website.
  (tags: ajax tools web2.0 javascript)
• A Truly del.icio.us API
  An article on using the del.icio.us API
  (tags: del.icio.us PHP programming web2.0)
• ONJava.com — AJAX: How to Handle Bookmarks and Back Buttons
  This article presents an open source JavaScript library that finally brings bookmarking and back button support to AJAX applications. By the end of this tutorial, developers will have a solution to an AJAX problem that not even Google Maps or Gmail posses
  (tags: ajax howto browser javascript)
• Java Community News – Is Writing Code a Career Limiting Move?
  Really good developers can find themselves so valuable in a coding role that they do not get promoted. Interesting.
  (tags: business management via:carroll)
• The Apple Files » Testing your MacBook for Random Shut Downs
  Following the frustrating experience of having my MacBook shutting down without warning, I came across a terminal command that “tests” if your MacBook suffers from the issue. I thought I’d share this with everyone considering that many MacBook owner
  (tags: hardware macintosh)

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