Entries in Twitter (3)

Saturday
Jan092010

My Thoughts on Real-Time Search

There's been a lot of talk lately about Real-Time Search. During the past few months, Google has added a real-time area to it's search results, Facebook and FriendFeed now retrieve real-time results, and new search engines devoted to real-time, such as Collecta, have sprung up.

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Saturday
Feb212009

Add a Custom Twitter Widget to Your Squarespace Site

Updated on June 26, 2009 by Registered CommenterErrornix

Twitter BirdAs I'm sure you've noticed, I recently added a Twitter widget to the site. Twitter does a pretty good job of getting you started with a generated chunk of HTML/JavaScript (or Flash). But I figured I'd go ahead and describe what all I did to add the widget to Squarespace as well as give some insight into how you can customize your Twitter widget.

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Saturday
Jan102009

Twitter Got Hacked

Twitter GirlEarlier this week, several high-profile Twitter accounts were hacked.

Here's what happened. Some kid was trying to hack the account of a popular Twitter user. He did this by conducting a basic automated dictionary attack. The attack ran all night and the next morning he had access to the account. It wasn't until then that he realised that the account was actually for a Twitter administrator. So from there, he was able to access anyone's Twitter account. His newfound administrative rights granted him access to the accounts of Barack Obama, Britney Spears, Bill O'Reilly, Facebook, The Huffington Post, and more.

Let's look at what Twitter did wrong.

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