Linked List: September 25, 2009

Friday, 25 September 2009

Microsoft’s Response to Google Chrome Frame 

Microsoft spokesperson:

“Given the security issues with plugins in general and Google Chrome in particular, Google Chrome Frame running as a plugin has doubled the attach area for malware and malicious scripts. This is not a risk we would recommend our friends and families take.”

But do install Silverlight, right?

Other World Computing 

My thanks to Other World Computing for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed. OWC has been selling Apple related upgrades and accessories — for the Mac, iPod, and iPhone — since 1988. Over the years, I’ve bought more stuff from them than I can count. The single best upgrade you can buy for any Mac is more memory, and OWC has memory upgrades for all of them. They’ve also got just about any sort of storage device you could want.

Great prices, great customer support, great selection of products, and a great reputation.

Noted for Future Claim Chowder: Scott Moritz Reports That Verizon Is Passing on the Palm Pre 

No surprise given Moritz’s horrendous track record, but analysts are skeptical about this report.

Visitor OS Share at Talking Points Memo 

Just under 30 percent of the visitors to TPM are using a Mac, up from about 20 percent just 30 months ago.

Indie Software Security: A 12 Step Program 

I wouldn’t hesitate to call this the best presentation from last year’s C4 conference. Really good.

Delivery Status 5.0.1 

Nice update from Junecloud to one of my very favorite Dashboard widgets, Delivery Status, which tracks package deliveries from all the major companies. It’s free, but donations are accepted — don’t be cheap, let’s reward Junecloud for their generosity.

Jackass of the Week: U.S. District Court Judge James Ware 

This is absurd:

  1. Rocky Mountain Bank emailed confidential financial information to the wrong Gmail address.

  2. The bank attempts to force Google to release the name of the owner of the email address. Google refuses without court order.

  3. Federal judge James Ware orders Google to disable the email account — which belongs to someone who did nothing wrong and was sent the email message by mistake.

(Via TechDirt.)