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  Crash your Chrome with %%30%30

Have you ever wondered a simple string can crash one of the most sophisticated designed web browsers -- Chrome? There is a finding from Andris Atteka who found that a null string "%%30%30" appended to an URL can crash Chrome. For example, if you have below URL in your browser address bar or you mouse over below URL, Chrome will crash: http://www.pixelstech.net/%%30%30 When the browser crashed, it may show : Or on Windows, you will see : This bug has been reported to Google at Is...

   CRASH,SECURITY,CHROME,GOOGLE     2015-09-20 08:24:16

  JavaScript to open link in new window without being popup blocked

To ensure security and reduce spamming, modern browsers have implemented very strict rules on when a new window can be opened in a web page. Currently browsers restrict that any new web page to be opened in a new window must be initiated with an user action. The action is usually an user click event. Otherwise, a popup blocker would show on the browser address bar which indicates that something is blocked. To workaround this issue, normally you should implement the window open logic in a click e...

   JAVASCRIPT,IFRAME,NEW WINDOW,OPEN LINK     2018-09-22 04:29:30

  Office will finally be on iOS and Android in 2013

It was confirmed that Office would land on iOS and Android platforms by Microsoft in October. Microsoft claims that Office will be on these two platforms in some way. Now many sources indicated that Office will be officially launched at the beginning of 2013. It is reported that the mobile version of Office will be free on Android and iOS, it allows users to view Office documents. Mobile version of Office also requires a Microsoft account just like SkyDrive and OneNote App. After login, users c...

   Office,Android,iOS,Office 365     2012-11-07 11:57:50

  Install Kubernetes with minikube and docker on Ubuntu

When someone just wants to play around Kubernetes on its local environment without accessing to Cloud provider resources, one can set Kubernetes up on local environment with minikube with single node mode. This post will provide a simple guideline on how to set up KUbernetes with minikube and docker on Ubuntu. Before all the steps can be started, you may need to first set up kubectl which is a command line tool to operate on Kubernetes resources. Post that, can ensure that docker is installed on...

   KUBERNETES,MINIKUBE,DOCKER,UBUNTU     2021-06-01 05:37:40

  Browse OpenJDK Java source code in Eclipse

Java 8 was recently released, many developers are now trying to extract the source code of Java 8 to find out how the new added features such as Lambda expressions, default method in interfaces, new Time API are implemented. How do you manage to download and browse the source code? Today we are going to show how to extract OpenJDK Java source code to Eclipse. Since OpenJDK is adopting Mercurial as its distributed version control system, you need to install Mercurial on your computer first before...

   OpenJDK,Java 8,Source code,Eclipse     2014-06-16 00:53:34

  About go get and go install in Go 1.16

Go version 1.16 beta1 has been released on 18 Dec 2020, major features of Go 1.16 have been finalized with this beta release. Many people are discussing about the support of Apple M1, however, this post will not cover this topic. Instead the focus will be on go get and go install changes. There are lots of changes related to modules in Go 1.16, the details can be found in the release note. Below are some of the key highlights. GO111MODULE is on by default, if wanna keep old behavior, needs...

   GOLANG,GO 1.16,GO INSTALL     2020-12-26 00:26:58

  Web Security: In-Depth Explanation of X-XSS-Protection

What is X-XSS-Protection X-XSS-Protection is an HTTP response header designed to enable or configure built-in cross-site scripting (XSS) filters in certain versions of Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Safari. The purpose of these filters is to detect reflected XSS attacks in the response and prevent the loading of pages, thereby protecting users from such attacks. The X-XSS-Protection response header was initially introduced by Microsoft in Internet Explorer 8 to control the browser's XSS filter. ...

   X-XSS-PROTECTION,WEB SECURITY,CONTENT SECURITY POLICY,XSS,CSP     2023-11-29 01:48:40

  Skype wins its position in Windows 8.1

According to The Verge, Skype finally wins its position in Windows 8.1 after acquired by Microsoft. Microsoft will drop the existing communications applications on existing Windows and replace it with Skype. Skype and Windows 8.1 will be more closely associated and this is what Microsoft expects. On Windows 8.1, users can still use Skype for voice or video calls even it's in lock screen mode.In February, Microsoft announced that Windows Live Messenger users would be forced to upgrade to Skype, ...

   Skype,Windows 8.1,Build 2013     2013-06-27 23:49:13

  Facebook hires all Pieceable employees

Facebook recently hired all employees from Pieceable, a web service provider which lets iOS app publishers deliver their apps to the browser and preview their apps in the browser. Facebook claimed that they didn't acquire Pieceable, they just hired their employees. Now Pieceable service is shut down. Currently there are around 800000 app demos on Pieceable, developers can try and show off their iPhone or iPad applications by putting their apps on Pieceable's web service. What Facebook did disapp...

   Facebook,Pieceable,Hire,Mobile     2012-06-12 05:13:56

  Capture video stream with WebRTC

WebRTC(Web Real-Time Communication) is an API supporting real time audio and video communication through a browser. It is now a recommended W3C standard. This post is to show you how to capture video stream and screenshot with WebRTC. Capture video stream To play video stream from the video camera, we first need to put a video tag in our code: <video id="video"></video> The main function to get the video stream is the navigator.getUserMedia, as of now only few of the browsers support...

   WebRTC,Video,Screenshot     2013-10-24 21:04:41

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