Germany advises its citizens to say ‘nein’ to Internet Explorer

January 16, 2010

Autsch! In light of the recent attacks on Google China and Microsoft’s revelation that an Internet Explorer security flaw served as an impetus in the assault, Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security has released a warning to its population: avoid IE. Specifically, the report calls out the latest three versions — 6, 7, and 8 — but let’s face it, those older versions should be avoided on grounds of usability alone. Boy, bet the Bonn-based agency is happy about that Windows 7 web browser ballot screen, eh?

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Nokia’s Ovi Software Development Kit released to invited and excited Javascripters

September 4, 2009

Nokia’s Ovi Store launched in late May — and then promptly crashed. The company has long-since gotten everything working smoothly and so is now so confident about its stability that it’s letting other developers in on the party. Coders proficient in HTML, CSS, and Javascript can apply for access to the beta SDK, invitations for which are being doled out right now. The navigation-focused kit includes a number of UI widgets and controls that will help any ‘ol app sport the clean, understated Nokia look, as well as things like the Ovi Navigation Player API, which makes nav-related apps much easier to get up and running. Nokia’s not giving any indication of just how long the line at the door is or what criteria it’s using to judge who gets past the red velvet rope into this shin-dig, but we’d recommend at least a shave and a clean shirt before applying. Vids excitedly discussing this wondrous new world are embedded below.