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In Like your PDFs on the dangerous side?, Tech Kitten reports that a
hacker has found an exploit in the Adobe PDF file format that would allow a malicious attacker to take over your Windows computer.
She explains a bit about how this works and offers some good advice.
So what should you do if you’re a Windows user? Although it’s always smart to make sure your browsers are up-to-date with patches installed, and be sure your Adobe Reader is up-to-date, this particular exploit effects all versions of Adobe Reader. So until Adobe release a fix (which should be quickly, since this is a very serious issue), don’t open documents from a source that you don’t know and trust. Which is just good common sense anyway.
The O'Reilly Network has been running a series of articles titled Women in Technology. Some of the names of women participating in the series are Danah Boyd, Kirsten Jones, Juliet Kemp, Tara Hunt, Erica Rios, Lauren Wood, Shelley Powers, Nelly Yusupova, and many others. The opinions expressed by these women range from "So What?" to "Proud to be a Geekette" and must be sampled completely.
Mary Hunt at In Women We Trust continues to promote ideas that fit in with her philosophy that one must buy the change one wishes to see in the world by supporting green products. She calls it her purse string theory. This week she mentions that WE Magazine is adding a Greenwise section.
This is what we love to promote - business which supports business which encourage green thinking. Purse String Theory: What women buy AND PROMOTE will change the economic market.
The posts at Web Worker Daily continue to provide high quality time and work saving ideas for web workers, including some recent advice for improving your Gmail life.
I don’t think I’m alone among web workers in my love for Gmail for its speed, ease of use, spam filtering, searches, conversation threads, filters and more. It’s the go-to email program for many people.
However, as great as Gmail is, it can be made better and cooler. We’ve written recently about getting the most out of your Gmail, but today we’ll take a look at some ways to pimp your Gmail, for more functionality and a nicer look.
If you're a Wordpress blogger, check out Lorelle on WordPress for the full info on the recent arrival of tags on Wordpress. She explains how to add tags to your Wordpress blog, and gives you the background of what they are and how best to use them.
