Linked List: February 21, 2006

Tuesday, 21 February 2006

Apple Teases Launch of ‘Fun New Products’ Next Tuesday ★

Ina Fried:

Apple Computer confirmed on Tuesday that it plans to introduce some “fun new products” next week, but declined to say more about what those products might be.

Cameron Moll: Why I Passed Up the Chance to Work at Apple ★

Cameron Moll:

Let it be said that the chance to work at Apple, the prestige that comes from doing so, and the challenge of working with a highly talented team was undeniably attractive. But regrettably, it was the other parts of the equation that weren’t, well, quite as attractive.

Design and Web Development Job Openings at The New York Times ★

Khoi Vinh, design director for NYTimes.com:

Perhaps most importantly for those reading this weblog, I’m also hiring several full-time positions for the design group that I lead, and I’m looking to do this pretty soon. So maybe you’re an awesome visual designer, information architect, or design technologist and you want to come work with me?

Safari Automatically Executes Shell Scripts When ‘Open “Safe” Files’ Pref Is On ★

Heise Online:

Problems ensue if a shell script is stored into a ZIP archive without the so-called shebang line. If this line is omitted, Safari no longer recognizes the content as potentially dangerous and executes shell commands without a confirmation prompt.

Yet another Safari security problem caused by the dangerous “Open ‘safe’ files after downloading” preference switch. Turn this off and you’re safe from this exploit.

(Via John Siracusa via AIM.)