The Web

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• Open The Web

  Despite the connecting purpose of the Web, it is not entirely open to all of its users. When used correctly, HTML documents can be displayed across platforms and devices. However, many devices are excluded access to Web content.

• Opera@USB mobile Opera - portable Opera for USB

  Opera on a flashdrive (windows)

• Opera Web Browser

  Opera web browser group on Facebook

• RSS at Apple

  All RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds from Apple are based on the RSS 2.0 specification. RSS is a standard for syndicating frequently updated content from a site via a newsreader.

• Adobe Labs
• Opera on MySpace
• Smart Crash Reports

  Smart Crash Reports is an enhancement for the Apple's CrashReporter application. It allows 3rd party developers to register their products in manner so if the eligible application crashes, the crash log is sent to the developer as well as Apple.

• Test Flash Player

  Test Adobe Shockwave & Flash Players

• Browser JavaScript Explained

  Browser JavaScript

• World Time Zones
• Introduction to User JavaScript

  User JavaScript is an Opera feature allowing you to apply custom JavaScript to any pages you surf to, giving you extra control over how sites are presented or loaded. There are many different reasons for you to apply custom JavaScript to web pages, i

• Reporting Bugs

  Bugs are unexpected defects, faults, flaws, or imperfections in a computer program. Opera Software wants to know about all defects that may be encountered in the browser....

• Opera 9 FAQ

  Answers to FAQs about Opera.

• Opera Tips
• Web Standards Project

  The Web Standards Project is a grassroots coalition fighting for standards which ensure simple, affordable access to web technologies for all

• Video tutorials

  Video tutorials on Opera

• Securing Your Web Browser

  This paper will help you configure your web browser for safer internet surfing.

• Computer Hope

  Free computer help for everyone

• Opera Desktop Team

  Opera Desktop Team blog

• Dev Opera

  Has a wealth of information of development with the Opera browser

• Web research projects

  This page is written in the hope that someone, somewhere may find the project proposals interesting enough to start implementing.

• BBC Languages
• Opera: User JavaScript (UserJS)

  How to setup User JavaScript (UserJS) in Opera

• Opera releases "Bork" edition

  The Swedish Chef Goes After Microsoft

• Opera browser language files
• Opera version history

  The following tables contain a history of Opera versions, release dates, release types, rendering engines, JavaScript engines, and features in major releases.

• Cyber Security Tips

  Cyber Security Tips describe and offer advice about common security issues for non-technical computer users.

• The 5 Essentials for Safe Online Socializing
• Facebook Safety
• Opera Software Accessories Store

  Opera Software Accessories Store. Check out the new, fresh items in the Opera shop to show the world that you choose Opera Software.

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• World Is Witness

  World is Witness, a project of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, bears witness to genocide and related crimes against humanity around the world.

• Security for Home Computer Users, a monthly newsletter bringing security news, guidance, updates

  Welcome to Security for Home Computer Users, a monthly newsletter bringing security news, guidance, updates, and community resources directly to your inbox. If you would like to receive more technical security information, please subscribe to the Mic

• Country Profiles

  This document is a reference guide for any web site owner or operator who suspects, discovers, or receives notification that it's web site is being used to host a phishing site.

• What to do if your Web site has been Hacked (.pdf)

  This document is a reference guide for any web site owner or operator who suspects, discovers, or receives notification that it's web site is being used to host a phishing site. The document explains important incident response measures to take in th

• Opera Documentation

  These documents allow for a look behind the user interface, and supply advice for changing files and advanced settings.

• Opera Customers

  When leaders from various technology providers need to find reliable but customizable browser or Web application solutions, they turn to companies as forward-looking and innovative as they themselves are. Opera provides the cutting-edge technology to

• Howcast

  Howcast is a website that provides instructional short-form how-to video and text content that combines practical information with various filmmaking techniques such as humor, claymation and animation.

• Opera Awards

  Opera products are often cited by industry leaders and experts for innovation and commitment to standards. Opera is honored to accept the recognition of the industry and peers and to share this honor with the partners, customers, and users who always

• Why Opera even exist
• 802.11n

  The next great leap in wireless technology delivers on the three most important elements of networking — greater performance, more range, and improved reliability

• HD Radio
• Windows Crash Reports

  When a program on your Windows XP or Vista system crashes or becomes unresponsive, the OS will bring up an alert box asking whether it should report the crash to developers. If your issue can be identified at the time of report and a fix is already a

• Opera Unite frequently asked questions (FAQs)
• IEEE 802.11 Standards Terminology

  What are the definitions of common networking terms?

• Opera's site patching

  Nearly every modern browser has site patching features, to grease the wheels where the nuts and bolts of standards are exposed to the unpredictable elements of the web...

• Windows Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility View List

  This download consists of a list of sites that are most likely to be displayed better in Compatibility View in Windows Internet Explorer 8.

• Sparkle

  Sparkle is an easy-to-use software update framework for Cocoa developers.

• HTML color picker to find your HTML color code

  HTML color code picker script that resembles the Adobe Photoshop color picker. Using this online tool you can select the color you want to use in your web page or blog. Your browser must have JavaScript enabled in order to use this tool

• Twitter Status

  Updates on the status of the Twitter service.

• Anti-Defamation League

  ADL: Fighting Anti-Semitism, Bigotry and Extremism

• Flash Ads Are Broken

  Flash Ads are breaking web interfaces...

• The (CIA) World Factbook

  The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities

• Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policies

  The following policies apply to various types of disputes between registrants and third parties over the registration and use of domain names

• The Digital Dead Sea Scrolls

Microsoft Online Safety: Security Tips & Talk

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other stuff

• Profiles: Yahoo, Google and Microsoft
• Google Tips for Online Safety

  At Google, we're committed to helping keep our users safe online.

• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al v. MICROSOFT CORPORATION
• Google Gadget We Speak Your Language Translator
• IE Blog
• How to Help Protect Yourself against phising
• Can I remove the older versions, and do I need multiple versions of Java installed on my system?
• Perspective

  kcd on Firefox

• Google Help : Cheat Sheet

  Here's a quick list of some of Google's most popular tools to help refine and improve your search

• What are News Feeds?

  News feeds allow you to...

• Dynamic Einstein picture

  You can change the text on this image to whatever you like.

• Do You Really Need More Than 4GB of RAM?

  your RAM generally does not make your PC faster, it just allows it to do more things at once

• Mail.app rules!

  Other apps may have something simalar on any OS

• Soundstream

  Soundstream is a Mac OS X screensaver that responds to sound input. Its colorful Flurry-like streams pulse to the beat of music or bloom with ambient noise.

• How to clean Mac products

  Learn about recommendations and guidelines for cleaning your Apple computer, display, or peripheral device.

• DVD and Blu-ray Region Encoding
• Quake-Catcher Network

  The Quake-Catcher Network is a collaborative initiative for developing the world's largest, low-cost strong-motion seismic network by utilizing sensors in and attached to internet-connected computers.

• Do You Really Need More Than 4GB of RAM?

  With the price of upgrading system RAM extremely low these days, people are always asking me whether it's really worth it to upgrade beyond 4GB; today we'll answer that question for everybody.

• Latest Earthquakes in the World - Past 7 days

  Worldwide earthquakes with M4.5+ located by USGS and Contributing Agencies.

• Apple and the Environment

  Apple - The Story Behind Apple's Environmental Footprint

• Captain Planet and the Planeteers

  Around the world, people are standing up to do what they can to create a sustainable world. Inspired by Captain Planet and the Planeteers, these people are part of the global network of Planeteers.

• Gapminder World

  This graph shows how long people live and how much money they earn. Click the play button to see how countries have developed since 1800.

• MOSAIC OF VICTIMS: IN DEPTH

  Jews were one of four groups racially targeted for persecution in Nazi Germany and in German-controlled Europe. The Nazi regime also persecuted and killed members of other groups.

• Early Modern Texts - Philosophers and Philosophy Topics

  Here are versions of some classics of early modern philosophy, and a few from the 19th century, prepared with a view to making them easier to read while leaving intact the main arguments, doctrines, and lines of thought.

• Visible Earth

  A catalog of NASA images and animations of our home planet

Security

• Facebook Security

  Facebook's Security page

• Microsoft® Malware Protection Center

  The MMPC blog (http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc) was launched in June 2008 and provides a real-time method for the Microsoft Malware Response Center to communicate with customers.

• Apple security updates

  This document outlines security updates for Apple products. For the protection of our customers, Apple does not disclose, discuss or confirm security issues until a full investigation has occurred and any necessary patches or releases are available.

• Cybersecurity: Make it a Habit

  Cybersecurity is the responsibility of everyone that uses the Internet.

• Computer Security Terms

  Here are some definitions for commonly used computer security terms.

• AARP ONLINE SAFETY (goes for anyone)
• Plugin Check

  Keep your Plugins up to date!

• Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks
• Antivirus utilities and recommendations for OS X
• Mac Security Tip: Check for Software Updates Often

NPR Topics: World

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Software

• Perian

  Perian is a free, open source QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular video formats. (Mac Only)

• OpenOffice.org

  OpenOffice.org - The Free and Open Productivity Suite

• Opera

  The fastest and most secure browser on the planet Earth

• Malwarebytes

  Destroying malware, one byte at a time

• Intego

  The best antivirus for Mac: protects your Mac from all known Mac viruses and malware

• CapSee

  CapSee is a small utility that lets you see when you bump the caps lock key. Identical to the built-in Mac OS notification bezels, like volume and screen brightness, CapSee presents a bezel whenever you enable caps lock

• ClickToFlash

  Flash-blocking plug-in for Safari on Mac OS X

• iStat Menus

  The program puts a collection of live-updated status icons in your menubar that help you keep track of what your system is up to and how its resources are being allocated.

FIFA Latest News

• Defensor off to winning start as Boca stumble

  Defensor Sporting began their Copa Libertadores campaign in winning fashion with a 2-0 victory over Deportivo Quito, while six-time champions Boca Juniors were held to a scoreless draw at Zamora.

• Rodriguez earns recall

  Liverpool's Maxi Rodriguez has earned a recall to the Argentina squad for their upcoming international against Switzerland, while coach Alejando Sabella also unexpectedly named Hugo Campagnaro and Erik Lamela.

• Chinese adventure excites Anelka

  After a lengthy career amid the tumult of European football, Nicolas Anelka tells FIFA.com he feels a renewed passion for the game ahead of a new odyssey with Chinese Super League giants Shanghai Shenhua.

• Guardiola: We must still be careful in return

  Barcelona's Pep Guardiola and Lionel Messi say their 3-1 result at Bayer Leverkusen is pleasing but the European champions still have a challenge ahead if they are to overcome the Germans in the second leg at the Nou Camp.

• Garde: Lyon in a challenging position

  Lyon coach Remi Garde says his side will still have much to do when they take a slender 1-0 lead to APOEL Nicosia where a UEFA Champions League quarter-final berth is in the offing.

BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition

• Supreme Court upholds BBC refusal

  An appeal against the BBC's refusal to publish an internal report into its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been rejected by the UK Supreme Court.

• Unemployment continues to climb

  UK unemployment has risen by 48,000 to 2.67 million in the three months to December, official figures have shown.

• Adele plays down 'hiatus' remark

  Chart-topping singer Adele acts to quieten speculation she is to take a five-year break from the music business.

• PM targets binge drink 'scandal'

  The prime minister is to call for bars, supermarkets and the drinks industry in England to do more to help tackle the "scandal" of alcohol abuse.

• Former Mirror royal editor dies

  Tributes are paid to James Whitaker, the royal commentator and former royal editor of the Daily Mirror, who has died aged 71.

USGS M2.5+ Earthquakes

• M 3.9, Virgin Islands region

  Wednesday, February 15, 2012 08:25:41 UTC Wednesday, February 15, 2012 04:25:41 AM at epicenterDepth: 43.00 km (26.72 mi)

• M 2.6, Central California

  Wednesday, February 15, 2012 08:19:04 UTC Wednesday, February 15, 2012 12:19:04 AM at epicenterDepth: 11.00 km (6.84 mi)

• M 4.9, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan

  Wednesday, February 15, 2012 06:28:36 UTC Wednesday, February 15, 2012 03:28:36 PM at epicenterDepth: 50.90 km (31.63 mi)

• M 4.5, Jujuy, Argentina

  Wednesday, February 15, 2012 05:53:56 UTC Wednesday, February 15, 2012 02:53:56 AM at epicenterDepth: 179.50 km (111.54 mi)

• M 2.6, Central Alaska

  Wednesday, February 15, 2012 05:05:20 UTC Tuesday, February 14, 2012 08:05:20 PM at epicenterDepth: 7.30 km (4.54 mi)

Naked Security (Sophos)

• iPhone 5 tester SMS text scam hits cellphone users

  Want to test an iPhone 5? Sorry - but it's an SMS text spam campaign sent to mobile phone users.

• Anatomy of an Attack comes to Portland, OR

  Anatomy of an Attack comes to Portland, OR (PDX) March 14, 2012. Learn about the latest security threats, see a live malware demo and more.

• Calling Californians: Get into RSA 2012 in San ...

  Are you interested in security? Would you like to have some technofun for free? If so, you can sign up for a free RSA 2012 Expo pass, using the code SC12SPH. Then stop by Booth #1817 for our cool puzzle T-shirt!

• Patch Tuesday Valentine's 2012

  Microsoft released nine patches today, several designed to repair critical flaws. Don't get too distracted by the lack of chocolates and flowers, get patching!

• Nortel veteran claims Chinese hackers stole it ...

  For almost a decade, telecoms firm Nortel Networks was repeatedly breached by hackers, claims the Wall Street Journal.

Dropbox

• Sign up for DropBox

  Sync your files online and across computers with @Dropbox. 2GB account is free!

Microsoft Security Response Center

• MSRC looks back at ten years, and the February ...

  Ever wondered where Update Tuesday bulletins come from, or what it’s like around Microsoft when a serious information-security situation arises? Or wondered who precisely is responsible for getting your monthly bulletin releases out the door? Update Tuesday, which brings us here today, is ...

• ANS for February 2012, and some notes on SDL

  Hello. Today we’re releasing our advance notification for the February security bulletin release, which is scheduled for Tuesday, February 14. This month’s release includes nine bulletins addressing 21 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, and .NET/Silverli ...

• January 2012 Security Bulletin Webcast Q&A

  Hello, Today we published the January Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We fielded nine questions on various topics during the webcast, including bulletins released, deployment tools, and update detection tools. There were two questions during the webcast that we were una ...

• January 2012 Security Bulletins Released

  Hello. As I previously mentioned in the Advance Notification Service blog post on Thursday, today we are releasing seven security bulletins, one of which is rated Critical in severity, with the remaining six classified as Important. These bulletins will address eight vulnerabilities in Microsof ...

• January 2012 ANS is released

  Hello. Today we’re releasing our advance notification for the January security bulletin release, which is scheduled for Tuesday, January 10. This month’s release includes seven bulletins addressing eight vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Developer Tools And Software. ...

What's New at The W3C Markup Validation Service

• 2007-10-11 — 0.8.2 release
• 2007-08-08 — 0.8.1 Release
• 2007-07-25 — 0.8.0 Release
• 2007-06-01 — 0.8.0 Beta 2
• 2007-04-19 — 0.8.0 Beta 1

Apple - Support - Most Recent Downloads

• Security Update 2010-001 (Snow Leopard)

  Security Update 2010-001 is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X.

• Security Update 2010-001 Client (Leopard)

  Security Update 2010-001 is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X.

• Security Update 2010-001 Server (Leopard)

  Security Update 2010-001 is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X.

• Security Update 2009-006 Server

  Security Update 2009-006 is recommended for all servers and improves the security of Mac OS X. Previous security updates have been incorporated into this security update.

• Security Update 2009-006 Client

  Security Update 2009-006 is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X. Previous security updates have been incorporated into this security update.

The Register - Security

• Bonkers MS security update flags Google.com as ...

  Don't be evil silly A dodgy update to Microsoft's anti-virus software on Tuesday meant users of the software were wrongly warned that Google's homepage was infected with the infamous Blackhole Exploit Kit.…

• Whistleblower: Decade-long Nortel hack 'traced ...

  They had access to everything Nortel was the victim of a years-long network security breach that allowed hackers to extract its trade secrets, according to a veteran of the bankrupt Canadian telco systems biz.…

• Blighty's gov to spunk up to £2.9b on crim-sta ...

  Six-year deal touted for software and gear by Ministry of Justice The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is looking to spend up to £2.9bn on electronic monitoring technology.…

• Microsoft code not the security sieve sysadmin ...

  Study finds hackers aren't hitting the apps your biz thinks they are The gap between software patched by IT departments and the applications cyber-criminals actually target is leaving organisations at a greater risk of attack.…

• Child abuse files stolen from council worker i ...

  Another council coughs £80k for HAND-DELIVERING kid's info to neighbour The UK's data protection watchdog has fined two English council bodies a total of £180,000 after finding they had failed to keep "highly sensitive information" about children secure.…

Web Standards

• Open the Web

  Have you had problems displaying a site in Opera or received a message saying that you are using an unsupported browser? In most cases, these problems occur on sites that use non-standard code or that fail to correctly recognize Opera.

• Web Standards Project

  The Web Standards Project is a grassroots coalition fighting for standards which ensure simple, affordable access to web technologies for all.

• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

  The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential.

• Designing With Web Standards

  Has Designing With Web Standards changed the way you understand and develop websites? Looking for a forum in which to discuss the creative, practical, and business sides of web standards with your peers?

• W3C Markup Validation Service

  Check the markup (HTML, XHTML, …) of Web documents

• W3C QA Tools

  The Basics - what you should run on all your web pages

• Supporting IE with conditional comments
• Web standards articles - translations

  We are always on the look out for articles about web standards written in languages other than English. So much of what we know is lost in translation so here is a list of articles in various languages that are recommended reading.

• What are web standards and why should I use them?
• Why Validate?

  This document attempts to answer the questions many people have regarding why they should bother with Validating their web sites and tries to dispel a few common myths.

Microsoft® Malware Protection Center

• Extracting the fare

  When malware is found lurking on a system, quite often it isn't acting alone. Once malware distributors have control of a system, they will do everything they can to compromise the machine and the user for maximum gain -- for instance, hijacking a browser's search results, or using rogue se ...

• Stratfor customers targeted by cybercriminals

  Cybercriminals are continuing to use a social engineering trick to lure users for their malware campaigns. This time, they targeted customers of Stratfor - a subscription-based provider of geopolitical analysis. Attacks against Stratfor clients began after a reported breach of their customer dat ...

• When imitation isn’t a form of flattery

  When I was at school (many, many years ago…) a teacher once told me that if someone copies you, it's a sign of flattery. Well, right now there are numerous "companies" copying us, but we are far from flattered.   For some time now, rogue security programs have been trying their har ...

• Independent social welfare site hacked to serv ...

  We received a submission from one of our customers that downloaded some suspicious files from a certain website. We checked the files, confirmed that they are actually malicious and added detection for them as Trojan:BAT/Delosc.A. Everything seemed normal, until we looked at the website that the ...

• A different breed of downloader

2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™

• Herbert signs on for Brazil 2014

  Long serving New Zealand coach Ricki Herbert has extended his contract with the All Whites until the end of the Brazil 2014 campaign.

• Sabella: A coach must be a good person

  In part two of an extended interview with FIFA.com, Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella analyses the pressures of the modern game and reveals a secret or two about his home life.

• Moghrabi: Lebanon has the spirit

  Influential midfielder Akram Moghrabi talks to FIFA.com about Lebanon's amazing form so far in Brazil 2014 qualifying and the side's crucial upcoming clash with UAE.

• From the construction site to the classroom

  After their daily toil, construction workers at the Brazil 2014 stadiums are putting down their hard hats and picking up pencils and paper. Overtime pay and a basket of household items go to those who attend every class.

• Dempsey, Fulham's American hero

  FIFA.com takes a closer look at USA standout and Fulham marksman Clint Dempsey’s keen eye for goal, positional versatility and overall passion.

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

• Dear Aunt TUAW: Should I buy AppleCare+?

  Dear Aunt TUAW, I was wondering how you felt about AppleCare+ vs Best Buy's extended warranty. My wife and I just bought 2 iPhone 4S's and would like to protect our investments. The Best Buy option would cost us US$15/mo. for each phone. That is $720 over the next two years. AppleCare+ is $99 f ...

• Apple reduces iAd pricing, revenue sharing

  Apple is reportedly cutting the minimum cost of its iAd service again. According to Ad Age, the threshold for advertisers to acquire the iAd service has dropped from US$500,000 to just $100,000. Furthermore, Apple will reduce revenue sharing by no longer charging advertisers when users click on ...

• Daily iPhone App: Clear uses iPhone's intuitiv ...

  We got a sneak peek at Clear last month, and fellow TUAW editor Steve Sande and I have been happily playing with the beta ever since. The collaboration between Realmac Software, Milen and Impending, Inc. has turned enough heads that it caused a knockoff to briefly appear in the App Store over t ...

• Tim Cook speaks on labor, cash and culture dur ...

  Tim Cook presented remarks at a Goldman Sachs Technology Conference on February 14, and it turned out to be a quite lively affair. Cook opened up on a diverse array of topics ranging from Apple's commitment to improving working conditions at its suppliers all the way to what sounded to us like ...

• Protesters claim credit for Apple's January an ...

  Protest groups Change.org and SumOfUs.org recently delivered boxes containing 250,000 petition signatures to the Grand Central Terminal Apple Store, demanding that Apple investigate and improve worker conditions in Chinese factories. Now that inspections have begun, those same groups are claimi ...

Twitter

• Chasapple: @DotEd o reallyz?

  Chasapple: @DotEd o reallyz?

• Chasapple: RT @AP: Activists say oil pipeline ...

  Chasapple: RT @AP: Activists say oil pipeline struck in Syrian city of Homs, causing huge fire: http://t.co/KvQE9pga - VW

• Chasapple: @google + is broken? for @opera whe ...

  Chasapple: @google + is broken? for @opera when trying to click on a trend

• Chasapple: @NerdyNerak https://t.co/yDjZC0vJ

  Chasapple: @NerdyNerak https://t.co/yDjZC0vJ

• Chasapple: @google + hangout on the android en ...

  Chasapple: @google + hangout on the android end seems to only lets @StarTrek related words tru fro me to iOS

Latest Movie Trailers (from Apple's site)

• Finding Nemo 3D - Trailer

  Academy Award(R)-winning Best Animated Feature "Finding Nemo" returns to the big screen for the first time ever in thrilling Disney Digital 3D(TM). In this stunning underwater adventure, with memorable characters, humor and heartfelt emotion, "Finding Nemo" follows the comedic and momentous jour ...

• In Darkness - Trailer 2

  From acclaimed director Agnieszka Holland, In Darkness is based on a true story. Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city in Poland, one day encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto. He hides them for money in the labyrinth of t ...

• Gerhard Richter Painting - Trailer

  One of the world's greatest living painters, the German artist Gerhard Richter has spent over half a century experimenting with a tremendous range of techniques and ideas, addressing historical crises and mass media representation alongside explorations of chance procedures. The first glimpse in ...

• Love - Trailer

  This is a story of love in two cities, Taipei and Beijing -- a story about eight lonely souls searching for happiness. Everything that happened and every sacrifice that was made was all for Love.

• Beyond The Black Rainbow - Trailer

  Set in the strange and oppressive emotional landscape of the year 1983, BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW is a Reagan-era fever dream inspired by hazy childhood memories of midnight movies and Saturday morning cartoons. Cosmatos was born in Rome in 1974 to the late Greek movie director (George Cosmatos) ...

The WebM Open Media Project Blog

• VP8 Codec SDK "Duclair" Released

  "Duclair," the fourth named release of the VP8 Codec SDK (libvpx), is now available. You can download the Duclair libvpx snapshot (version 1.0.0) from our Downloads page or clone it from our Git repository. This release fixes a decoder crash bug introduced in Cayuga (v0.9.7), so we encourage al ...

• Picking the Right Driver

  We are very excited to announce the availability of the fourth generation G-Series 1 VP8 hardware decoder, internally codenamed “Driver”. In this release, our focus has been on optimizing the VP8 bitstream decoder. The new architecture helps the IP run at 13% higher operating frequency allowing ...

• Video Codecs 101

  If you work in video compression, this has happened to you: Someone asks what kind of work you do.  Maybe it's your aunt, or your dentist, or that nice girl you've started dating.  Now you're trapped.  Your only choices are: (1) a long string of jargon that nobody wants to hear a ...

• Time of Dragonflies

  Today, we are releasing the fourth generation of the Hantro H-Series 1 VP8 Hardware Encoder, developed under working title Dragonfly. With the H1 v4 release we are offering the world’s best real-time VP8 video encoding of up to 1080p in mobile. It delivers an average PSNR improvement of 0.27 dB ...

• VP8 Error Concealment in WebRTC

  The WebRTC project has posted a demo of their implementation of VP8 error concealment in libvpx. The visual improvement is pretty striking. Check it out at the WebRTC blog.

Sophos Naked Security

• Anatomy of an Attack comes to Portland, OR

  Anatomy of an Attack comes to Portland, OR (PDX) March 14, 2012. Learn about the latest security threats, see a live malware demo and more.

• Calling Californians: Get into RSA 2012 in San ...

  Are you interested in security? Would you like to have some technofun for free? If so, you can sign up for a free RSA 2012 Expo pass, using the code SC12SPH. Then stop by Booth #1817 for our cool puzzle T-shirt!

• Patch Tuesday Valentine's 2012

  Microsoft released nine patches today, several designed to repair critical flaws. Don't get too distracted by the lack of chocolates and flowers, get patching!

• Nortel veteran claims Chinese hackers stole it ...

  For almost a decade, telecoms firm Nortel Networks was repeatedly breached by hackers, claims the Wall Street Journal.

• Online dating and your privacy: Is it a doomed ...

  On this Valentine's Day, we find that it is increasingly difficult to be both lovelorn and discreet.