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Ask yourself these 9 questions and see if your online privacy holds up [Checklist]

Internet and Web Development Topics / September 5, 2017

Privacy is a hot topic, yet there are many people today who underestimate the value of privacy – and who misunderstand how their privacy is maintained online. With these quick 9 questions, you can test yourself to make sure your privacy stays as intended, private. 1. Do you manage your passwords? What does password management …

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Are you too easy to manipulate? How domain name renewal companies trick you into overpaying

Internet and Web Development Topics / June 17, 2015

There is a number of companies that are taking advantage of people who own domain names that are due to renew. If you own a domain name, you may have seen the domain renewal notice – and if you haven’t paid attention, you may have paid to the wrong guys. How you may ask? I …

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Internet Explorer Flaw “Operation Clandestine Fox”

Internet and Web Development Topics / April 29, 2014

If you have not already heard this news, refrain from using Internet Explorer right away. Use Chrome or Firefox – you may already have them installed on your PCs; if not you can download/install them directly from the browser source: Google Chrome: http://www.google.com/chrome, Firefox: http://www.firefox.com/ Then come back and read on. This is a serious threat confirmed …

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What is Social Media – visually explained concept

Internet and Web Development Topics / March 5, 2013

I recently spoke with a family member, who had a hard time understanding what Social Media is. To her, it was all of the “Facebook and Twitter mumbo-jumbo” and just exchanging messages on the web. Being on the subject, I found this short educational video, by Say It Visually, and it makes perfect sense for …

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“Tag” of war between GoDaddy and Anonymous Own3r hacker?

Internet and Web Development Topics / September 11, 2012

Yes, they are “playing tag” with each other – while keeping us “updated” on what’s going on. Update on : Millions of sites hosted on GoDaddy’s platform affected by Anonymous hack and Taken Down GoDaddy Hosted Websites Are Coming Back Up It is reported by GoDaddy to be an internal issue. So Anonymous member who …

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Taken Down GoDaddy Hosted Websites Are Coming Back Up after a hack

Internet and Web Development Topics / September 11, 2012

“We’re still working. Getting closer to normal. Thanks for all your patience and understanding.” “Most customer hosted sites are back online. We’re working out the last few kinks for our site & control centers. No customer data was compromised.” – these are the latest Facebook posts on GoDaddy’s page. “Most customer hosted sites back online. …

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Millions of sites hosted on GoDaddy’s platform affected by Anonymous hack

Internet and Web Development Topics / September 10, 2012

One of the Anonymous members is taking responsibility for web hosting giant GoDaddy experiencing an outage. Many, possibly millions of sites, including GoDaddy’s own are down at this time. A Facebook post from GoDaddy account said: “Status Alert: Hey, all. We’re aware of the trouble people are having with our site. We’re working on it.” …

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End of Life is scheduled for iGoogle

Internet and Web Development Topics / September 6, 2012

It’s been a year since Google killed Google Desktop. To add another one to long list of those that bite the dust, it has been announced that iGoogle will be retired. iGoogle (formerly Google Personalized Homepage), a service of Google, (still) is a customizable Ajax-based startpage or personal web portal (like My Yahoo! or Windows Live …

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Google Celebrates 5 years of Safe Browsing Initiative

Internet and Web Development Topics / June 22, 2012

It’s been five years since Google officially announced malware and phishing protection through Safe Browsing initiative. 600 million users qre protected through built-in protection for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, where we show several million warnings every day to Internet users. You may have seen our telltale red warnings pop up — when you do, please …

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Don’t Get Duped by a Phony Domain Expiration Notice

Internet and Web Development Topics / April 5, 2012

There has been a number of companies, going by several names like Domain Renewal Group, Liberty Names of America, and especially Domain Registry of America, that has been taking advantage of people who own domain names and are due to renew. I have seen it happen to several of my clients, and I want to help …

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D-Day for Google Privacy Policy Change

Internet and Web Development Topics / March 1, 2012

So, March 1st is here. Google had implemented its infamous Privacy Policy change, that had been anticipated for a while now. Google is combining all policies for each of their 70 services into one comprehensive policy. The search giant also merging all history and data into one giant profile of you, your searches, your contacts, …

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Google Introduces One Privacy Policy

Internet and Web Development Topics / February 1, 2012

If you have accessed your Google accounts recently (by means of gmail, analytics, or other tools), you may have noticed a box on top right. It encouraged you to read about a change in privacy policies Google is about to introduce, with a catchy header: This stuff matters. Here is what is going to happen. Google …

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Codebreakers Challenge in time for UK’s New Cyber Security Strategy

Internet and Web Development Topics / December 1, 2011

UK intelligence agency GCHQ has launched a code-cracking competition to help attract new talent: potential applicants are invited to solve a visual code posted posted at an unbranded standalone website: http://www.canyoucrackit.co.uk [ update – the website is not active in 2013 – the URL resolves to a 404 error page ]. The competition began in …

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iPad Horror – Halloween Special

Internet and Web Development Topics / October 20, 2011

Just in time for Halloween something I thought was worth sharing. In addition to Simon Pierro’s talent – the marvels of modern technology make it even better! iPad features to shine, as ever. It is the first time I witness someone combining witty tricks with computer technology, meant for the stage presentation or, in this …

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In Memoriam: RIP Steve Jobs, or Why I still have a Swedish Dictionary

Internet and Web Development Topics / October 6, 2011

Fate took a bite out of Apple. I am not going to write who and what Steve Jobs was. There is no need for it. I am not going to describe his legacy in the industry and the world. I just want to share a personal story as my part in the tributes that are …

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Google Kills Google Desktop

Internet and Web Development Topics / September 9, 2011

In today’s Web 2.0 world, many of us are so used to applications that link with other companies public application programming interface’s (API’s). We are so used to this functionality we are not even aware where one company’s software stops and another one’s starts. For example, how many web applications somehow integrate with Google Maps …

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Internet access is now a human right

Internet and Web Development Topics / July 5, 2011

In 2011, The United Nations has declared Internet access a human right. Disconnecting people from internet is now against international law, as it is considered a human rights violation. In its Seventeenth Session, UN Human Rights Council had an agenda of Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, …

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Web 2.0… Wait, what was Web 1.0?

Internet and Web Development Topics / March 23, 2011

Web 2.0 is a buzzword that has been flying around for some time now, but what exactly does Web 2.0 mean. Web 2.0 is cumulative changes in the way software developers and end-users interact with websites on the internet, it is not an update to any technical specification of how the web works. Web 2.0 …

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Open Source to Beat Global Software Piracy

Internet and Web Development Topics / March 8, 2007

Global Piracy is keeping me up at night lately. And not for the reasons you may be thinking of. According to Global Software Piracy Study by Business Software Alliance (BSA) published in May of 2006, thirty-five percent of the packaged software installed on personal computers worldwide in 2005 was illegal, supposedly amounting to $34 billion …

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