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	<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:01:07 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>new Sudoku variant - yukendo</title>
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		<description>Check out this free online Sudoku variant:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yukendo.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.yukendo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It's also available on the AppStore for free:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=335565222&amp;amp;mt=8&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=335565222&amp;amp;mt=8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;More information about the game, including a video can be found here:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://apps.rapidrabbit.de/yukendo&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://apps.rapidrabbit.de/yukendo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We would like to hear your opinion!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;Forum: &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.websudoku.com/?forum=99317&quot;&gt;General discussion&lt;/a&gt;
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		<pubDate>Thur, 05 Nov 2009 10:55:05 GMT</pubDate>
		<author>rapidrabbit</author>
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		<title>Daily Sudoku Puzzles</title>
		<link>http://forums.websudoku.com/post?id=3730814</link>
		<description>Sudoku Snake gives new sudokus each day at 8 different skill levels in pdf format.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sudokusnake.com/daily.php&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.sudokusnake.com/daily.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;Forum: &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.websudoku.com/?forum=101278&quot;&gt;Specific Puzzles&lt;/a&gt;
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:12:27 GMT</pubDate>
		<author>SudokuMan</author>
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		<title>competitive seo service</title>
		<link>http://forums.websudoku.com/post?id=3728577</link>
		<description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size=5&gt;If you are interested in the competitive seo link building service, you can login on the website &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href=&quot;http://www.sem-service.com/&quot; target=_blank target=_blank&gt;&lt;FONT color=#34535e size=5&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sem-service.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.sem-service.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT size=5&gt; for more details. Unexpectable present is waiting for you!&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;p&gt;Forum: &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.websudoku.com/?forum=96923&quot;&gt;Web Sudoku Deluxe&lt;/a&gt;
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:01:41 GMT</pubDate>
		<author>julieems81</author>
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		<title>Help on another stumper . . .</title>
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		<description>Sorry for being so much trouble to all you Sudoku Masters - any ideas on this one&amp;nbsp; . . .&lt;br&gt;it's evil # 6,135,390,511 .&lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;Forum: &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.websudoku.com/?forum=101278&quot;&gt;Specific Puzzles&lt;/a&gt;
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:21:53 GMT</pubDate>
		<author>twiller</author>
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		<title>Anyone wanna help me out?</title>
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		<description>&lt;P&gt;Spent enough time - any ideas?????&lt;/P&gt; &lt;p&gt;Forum: &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.websudoku.com/?forum=101278&quot;&gt;Specific Puzzles&lt;/a&gt;
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:43:53 GMT</pubDate>
		<author>twiller</author>
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		<title>Jigsawdoku Stats broken</title>
		<link>http://forums.websudoku.com/post?id=3674759</link>
		<description>Somewhere along the way whatever mechanism &quot;remembers&quot; my Firefox browser to keep track of my stats broke. Now I see only my best and average times, but no listing as to what percentile of players my score is in. I've tried deleting all cookies, temporary files etc and resetting the stats, and no joy.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Any ideas on how to fix this?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;Forum: &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.websudoku.com/?forum=99317&quot;&gt;General discussion&lt;/a&gt;
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:29:58 GMT</pubDate>
		<author>NetWraith</author>
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		<title>Str8ts on iPhone, iPod touch and Blackberry Storm.</title>
		<link>http://forums.websudoku.com/post?id=3670306</link>
		<description>The next big puzzle is at your doorstep!&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Try out the free version of Str8ts on your hand held. We spent a lot of time creating really nice apps with tonnes of puzzles. Everyone else can try this puzzler out at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.str8ts.com&amp;nbsp;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.str8ts.com&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It is the only puzzle that has all the same addictive qualities as Sudoku. It will be very popular in the next few weeks so don't let someone else tell you about Str8ts!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Be in the know by testing this mass market rival yourself!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Enjoy!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Forum: &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.websudoku.com/?forum=99317&quot;&gt;General discussion&lt;/a&gt;
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		<pubDate>Thur, 17 Sep 2009 02:22:32 GMT</pubDate>
		<author>Waterfall</author>
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		<title>HELP on #4,978,879,107</title>
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		<description>Okay - I've spent much time on this - but I have so many pencil markings and options - I must be overlooking something.&amp;nbsp; Also, in rows 4 and 6, column 6 there is also a 9 option - the screen wouldn't even let me type in 6 numbers - this is crazy.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Can someone see what I've missed?&lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;Forum: &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.websudoku.com/?forum=101278&quot;&gt;Specific Puzzles&lt;/a&gt;
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		<pubDate>Thur, 10 Sep 2009 18:29:19 GMT</pubDate>
		<author>twiller</author>
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		<title>Sudoku in Excel</title>
		<link>http://forums.websudoku.com/post?id=3630140</link>
		<description>Hi all,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;How about playing Sudoku in Excel? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;You can view how it looks like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/39582768@N06/3842221574/in/pool-1147881@N21&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;It looks as realistic as a Sudoku sheet, doesnt it? Besides, you can check the validity of the values you have entered and see the correct ones while playing the game. It is clean-cut and minimal, just like the way you want it to be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;Download it for free from the link below:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.spreadsheetzone.com/templateview.aspx?i=253&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.spreadsheetzone.com/templateview.aspx?i=253&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.spreadsheetzone.com/templateview.aspx?i=253&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;Forum: &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.websudoku.com/?forum=101278&quot;&gt;Specific Puzzles&lt;/a&gt;
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:08:08 GMT</pubDate>
		<author>suzzy</author>
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		<title>thurs superhard</title>
		<link>http://forums.websudoku.com/post?id=3628410</link>
		<description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; using my new system of only 2 in a line in a box becoming the As&amp;nbsp; and Bs &lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;i was able to get this far using the 7s then the 9s and i noticed my BOX in F1 and 2&amp;nbsp; and J1 and 2&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 158&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 15&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 15&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;157&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; and i said if the 8 were there then the diag 5s were obvious.....i said if the 7 was there then the 5s would still be diag in the same 2 cells.....now i have no idea if thats a strat. or not but lets assume its NOT ......and my question is even tho i no the 5s go there am i sinning if i use them or do i overlook it an move on to a (strat)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; u may have to look back at other post to understand the BOX...&lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;Forum: &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.websudoku.com/?forum=96924&quot;&gt;Sudoku Solving Methods&lt;/a&gt;
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		<pubDate>Thur, 20 Aug 2009 14:18:20 GMT</pubDate>
		<author>tman1937</author>
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		<title>Overlooked online application vulnerabilities</title>
		<link>http://forums.websudoku.com/post?id=3628162</link>
		<description>Unfortunately, it is not just application flaws that are leaving systems vulnerable. In addition to application issues, every &lt;B&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.intellixmedia.com/index.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Web Design Services&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/B&gt; and web application relies on a large stack of commercial and custom software components. The operating system, web server, database and all the other critical components of this application stack, have vulnerabilities that are regularly being discovered and communicated to friend and foe alike. It is these vulnerabilities that most organizations overlook when they are considering web application security. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;As new vulnerabilities are found, patches become a critical part of managing application security. The process of patch management is complex and difficult to do successfully. Even the most proactive IT team must often reassign critical resources to deploy urgent patches, disrupting normal operations. The time required to patch responsibly lengthens the window of time a hacker has to exploit a specific vulnerability. With thousands of vulnerabilities and patches being announced each year the problem continues to grow. Even organizations with the most efficient patching processes in place cant rely on this alone to protect them from attacks targeting web application vulnerabilities. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;Todays sophisticated attackers target corporate data for financial and political gain. They know they can more easily exploit vulnerabilities in web application stacks versus trying to defeat well built network and perimeter security. Hackers have a myriad number of vulnerabilities techniques to use including: SQL Injection, Cross Site Scripting, Buffer Overflow, and Denial of Service.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;The number of application vulnerabilities in commercial applications and open source applications is growing at an alarming pace; anywhere from 200 to 400 new vulnerabilities are identified every month. According to zone-h.org, 45%   of attacks make use of vulnerabilities rather than configuration issues or use brute force. Attackers are working hard to find and exploit new vulnerabilities in web applications faster then they can be patched. The window of time, from when a hacker identifies a vulnerability to when it is communicated and eventually patched, makes a fast response defense- strategy critical to prevent a potentially damaging intrusion. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;Forum: &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.websudoku.com/?forum=99317&quot;&gt;General discussion&lt;/a&gt;
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		<pubDate>Thur, 20 Aug 2009 11:13:26 GMT</pubDate>
		<author>Copen81</author>
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		<title>Empty Rectangles</title>
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		<description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%&quot;&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;I have seen several comments that empty rectangles fall into a category of difficult useless strategies.&lt;SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Although only one candidate is removed, I find them an easy to spot pattern with a moderate frequency of occurrence.&lt;SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;I wonder if the reluctance to use them is because of a poor explanation of what to look for.&lt;SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;The name empty rectangle is confusing. &lt;SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;What is in the box is important.&lt;SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Candidates in one box confined to one row and one column and simple intersection strategy. Is the attached doc. a better explanation?&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%&quot;&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;I wish the alternating inference network was as easy.&lt;SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Seems to be a must for the very difficult puzzles. I am studying fenyxs technique but not sure I can master it.&lt;SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;p&gt;Forum: &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.websudoku.com/?forum=96924&quot;&gt;Sudoku Solving Methods&lt;/a&gt;
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:15:04 GMT</pubDate>
		<author>cew</author>
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		<title>Ruby Sudoku</title>
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		<description>&lt;span class=&quot;postbody&quot;&gt;Have you ever tried Sudoku with someone else but numbers? &lt;br&gt; Try it out, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rubysudoku.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rubysudoku.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.rubysudoku.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; It's fun but it can be difficult - enjoy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;gensmall&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p&gt;Forum: &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.websudoku.com/?forum=99317&quot;&gt;General discussion&lt;/a&gt;
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
		<author>rgztm</author>
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		<title>Ruby Sudoku</title>
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		<description>This is another different style of playing, it's a little strange - It's Sudoku with Ruby's.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It's a fun its sense.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rubysudoku.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.rubysudoku.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;try it out.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;Forum: &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.websudoku.com/?forum=99317&quot;&gt;General discussion&lt;/a&gt;
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:22:09 GMT</pubDate>
		<author>rgztm</author>
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		<title>finned what</title>
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		<description>&amp;nbsp;using a example of almost swordfish as sudokumans&amp;nbsp; i simply call it OBVIOUS and i can tell my friends without them sayingggg&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; whattttttt .......noticed i simply circle any that are only 2 in a line in a box......i then mark them A and Bstarting with a box that has only two in it as in box 6......i start marking them A&amp;nbsp; and B until i can go no further.....the box(es) with one extra u can remove it as in box 4/6/7.....boxes 1 and 3 have only 1 circled 3 in them so each needs another ....in line 2 u need and A and line 8 needs a B....easy huh????&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; if B7 is and A then C2 must be the A making B9 the B so you can remove 3 from B2 and C8.....this does not have to be anything but obvious even if more 3s are present......the 3s can ONLY BE one of the circled ones in each box.....if you get no further then this in the puzz just jump to another number.....now i do not have a program to prove beyond simply noting systems that i find interesting as repeats so i could well make mistakes on some i post but they will be worth look at.... &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; was hoping it worked in all but found that not to be tru.....sry&lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;Forum: &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.websudoku.com/?forum=96924&quot;&gt;Sudoku Solving Methods&lt;/a&gt;
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:26:58 GMT</pubDate>
		<author>tman1937</author>
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