Between long stints of playing offline VS mode in Super Smash Brothers Brawl to unlock all the characters and stages, I found this article about apturl on Digg (this seems to be the link for the project). From the blog post:
Imagine the next time you are trying reading a great list of Ubuntu programs. One of them catches your eye, and you want to try it. Instead of either using Add/Remove or opening a terminal to install the program, you simply click a link. A message box pops up asking you if you want to install the program, and then you enter your password,
Upon first gaze, this may seem like a sort of security hazard, however this is not the case.
