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User Account Control in Windows Vista - (Found June 18, 2008 )

"Without UAC, if you log on as an administrator, all programs that you start will have administrator rights. For instance, your browser would have the authority, to stomp all over your program files, rewrite the registry and generally cause mayhem. But it's only a browser so why would you want to give it so much power"
http://www.webmasterworld.com/microsoft_windows_os/3642159.htm

Opera Dragonfly - web developer tools now available (alpha) - (Found June 18, 2008 )

Opera hasn't had real developer tools for far too long, but the wait is soon over. An alpha release is now available.
http://www.webmasterworld.com/opera_browser/3636507.htm

The Bug Crawling In My Screen! - (Found June 18, 2008 )

http://www.webmasterworld.com/foo/3638040.htm

Cloaking Flash-based Sites, Revisited - (Found June 18, 2008 )

"Here's the real problem with that line of FlashHTML cloaking philosophy..."
http://www.webmasterworld.com/cloaking/3639170.htm

Google AdSense: What Qualifies an Advertiser for the Filter - (Found June 18, 2008 )

"I'm wondering what publishers feel are the hallmarks of an advertiser that is made for the AdSense filter"
http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adsense/3636512.htm

Using WordPress 2.5 Upgrade Immediately! - (Found June 18, 2008 )

WordPress: "We recommend everyone update immediately from 2.5 to 2.5.1, particularly if your blog has open registration. The vulnerability is not public but it will be shortly"
http://www.webmasterworld.com/community_building/3635606.htm

Yahoo Local Search Circles - (Found June 18, 2008 )

"It's a neat little feature that makes it easier to change the radius of a search, something that seems to be more intuitive on a map than just picking a text based search radius."
http://www.webmasterworld.com/local_search/3635253.htm

Google VisualRank Prototype Image Search - (Found June 18, 2008 )

"two Google scientists presented a paper describing what the researchers call VisualRank, an algorithm for blending image-recognition software methods with techniques for weighting and ranking images that look most similar."
http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3636545.htm

No New IIS Or Microsoft SQL Server Vulnerabilities, Despite Claims - (Found June 18, 2008 )

"Microsoft has denied any blame for a rash of web server attacks that have affected half a million web pages."
http://www.webmasterworld.com/microsoft_asp_net/3636835.htm

Yahoo Outsources IM Calls To JaJah - (Found June 18, 2008 )

"Jajah will connect the calls to and from users of Yahoo Messenger and handle billing and customer care, the startup said Tuesday."
http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo-corp/3637478.htm