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[ July 9, 2010; 1:00 pm; 1:00 pm; ] The “bad guys” on the Internet have long had a habit of finding the biggest security holes with the greatest potential impact. That’s one reason why the Apple computer line has remained effectively virus free (I caught at least one in the early Mac days (Scores), so don’t tell me there never has been [...]

I enjoy living in the beta world of software. I have rarely come across really bad betas, and I get to know what’s coming “our” way before other begin using it.
Today I installed FireFox 4.0 (beta), meaning the released for testing by people outside of the development place in order to get feedback.
I’m glad [...]

Yesterday was the day that the final release version of WordPress 3.0 made it’s way into the hands of those who wait for “final releases.”
Recently, one of the people who does a lot of lectures on Social Media wandered off the tracks long enough to say he wasn’t a web designer, but people should have [...]

Technology is creeping ahead…quickly. iPads are making it off the shelves in massive numbers, and…yes, there is a security issue. Interesting, isn’t it: The more connected we become, the more we are “exposing” our information. And, as the old saying goes, you can make mistakes with computers so much faster and [...]

Ok, here it is….post #1 in a series to…well…video blog.  Simple, easy, to the point.

Title: How not to video blog. Lesson number 1 is to pay attention to your “environmentals.” That means, the light and the sound, and anything that will be in the frame of the camera’s view (like the cat..a [...]

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Video.  Google ranks it above blogs and websites (in that order).
Many people would rather watch a video, than read the text that says the same thing.  The can do it while “multi-tasking” and can put their eyes on it, or not, to fit their style of absorbing the info.
Others want the text, as [...]

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Back in November, I talked about “zombie computers,” those which had been infected to do the bidding of a master computer, usually to SPAM others. The discussion was about how that type of infection was a usual suspect in a “slow computer.”
Some good news was found in my reading [...]

I’ll say this:  I’m waiting for the Dell “Slate” to hit the streets as my PDA, cell phone and non-existent air card service.
I’ve suspected, at the barely conscious level that when we all grab our ‘driods and tap into “all you can eat” web surfing, the networks will begin to wheeze.
What next?  Well, as consumers, [...]

Maybe you jumped in and now wonder why.  Maybe you didn’t understand the implication of “what’s said on the ‘net, stays on the ‘net”…or any variety of other reasons now have you wanting to retract your social media presence.
Now, you can stop that world and get off, unlike the real one.
Over at TechCruch:  Wipe The [...]

Some days we look at all the technology around us and wonder why we have it.
A Santa in Clearwater not only figured it out, but he and his elf are putting it to good use for tthose who are deaf.
Video phones, so those so disabled can “talk” with Santa!

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