Website danger as hacker breaks SSL encryption

"Independent hacker Moxie Marlinspike has unveiled new techniques to defeat SSL encryption, which would leave common web applications such as online banking or secure website logins vulnerable to attack." - ITPRO

YUI Theater — John Resig: “The DOM Is a Mess” � Yahoo! User Interface Blog

John Resig: “The DOM Is a Mess” 

Interesting stuff in the last 30% about implementing fast DOM selection engines

Palm.com : Palm Developer Network - Palm webOS from O'Reilly Media

Palm.com : Palm Developer Network - Palm webOS from O'Reilly Media: "The webOS application model combines the ease of development and maintenance of a web application with the deep integration available to native applications, significantly advancing the mobile user experience, while keeping application development simple."

Plastic Logic Reader

Plastic Logic Reader

Scott Adams Blog: the creator of Dilbert, Wally, Catbert, the Pointy Haired Boss and all your favorite cubicle companions.

Scott Adams Blog: the creator of Dilbert, Wally, Catbert, the Pointy Haired Boss and all your favorite cubicle companions.: "I have a twofold test for whether something can obtain instant popularity and thus have time to achieve quality:

1. You must be able to describe it in a few words.

2. When people hear about it, they ask questions."

10 Harsh Truths About Corporate Websites | How-To | Smashing Magazine

10 Harsh Truths About Corporate Websites | How-To | Smashing Magazine: "Get rid of half the words on each page, then get rid of half of what’s left."

InfoQ: CouchDB and Me

InfoQ: CouchDB and Me: "Damien Katz explains what drove him to create CouchDB, why he chose Erlang and more."

Recreating the button | stopdesign

Recreating the button | stopdesign: "Until some future version of HTML gives us new native controls to use in a browser, at Google, we’ve been playing and experimenting with controls we call “custom buttons” in our apps (among other custom controls). These buttons just launched in Gmail yesterday, and they’ve been in Google Reader for two months now. The buttons are designed to look very similar to basic HTML input buttons. But they can handle multiple interactions with one basic design. The buttons we’re using are imageless, and they’re created entirely using HTML and CSS, plus some JavaScript to manage the behavior. They’re also easily skinnable with a few lines of CSS, which was a key factor now that Gmail has themes."