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27th September 2007 - Link Blog

WebRunner 0.7 - New and Improved. A simple application for running a site-specific browser for a service (e.g. Twitter, Gmail etc). This is a great idea: it isolates your other browser windows from crashes and also isolates your cookies, helping guard against CSRF attacks.

Posted 27th September 2007 at 1:55 pm

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