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Unpatched security hole in IE6 and IE7
Microsoft has warned of another as yet unpatched security problem in Internet Explorer 6 and 7 (but not IE8).
A rebuttal to a complaint about ad blockers
On Monday I posted on Ars Technica’s plaint about ad blockers. At TechDirt, Mike Masnick takes a very different view and concludes:
Claiming that ad blocking is harming sites is like the recording industry claiming that piracy (or home taping) is killing music. Or it’s like the newspaper industry claiming that aggregators are killing them. It’s [...]
Good50- an easier to read Google search facility
My eyes are far from what they used to be so I was interested to read about a new search page aimed at people with less than perfect eyesight. A interesting side note is that it was first created by a 16-year-old girl for her grandfather. The Washington Post has written about it and Steve [...]
Creating strong passwords
One of the first lines of defense against hackers is the use of strong passwords for Internet logins. However, as numerous posts have noted, many continue to use really weak combinations that are no barrier whatever to hackers. The temptation to use easily remembered passwords is understandable but perilous and there are schemes to help [...]
About some mobile devices
Are you curious about what some of the new smartphones look like? CNET has a gallery of photos of some of the latest offerings.
Also from CNET is a new FAQ about the Apple iPad, which is scheduled to appear in early April.
Video on the soul of Microsoft
CNET has a program about Microsoft at its feature called Reporters’ Roundtable that I found worth watching. Rafe Needleman interviews three people who are very familiar with Microsoft. Robert Scoble and Don Dodge are former Microsoft employees and Ina Fried is CNET’s Microsoft expert. These three have informative and interesting insights into how things [...]
A view of advertising from the other side
The Internet is not free. All those Web sites that you read have to be paid for by somebody, somehow. But, since nobody wants to pay for viewing Web content, ads provide the funds to finance most Web sites. (Or, as is the case for this blog, it comes out of the site owner’s pocket.) [...]
Potpourri
Here’s an assortment of links from last week:
IEEE Spectrum reports on microprocessors in cars“It takes dozens of microprocessors running 100 million lines of code to get a premium car out of the driveway, and this software is only going to get more complex.”
AppScout reviews new Opera browser” new Opera version arrived this week, with the [...]
The state of the Internet
Here’s a video with some interesting facts about the Internet. The statistics are a few months old but it’s a quick and easy way to see where things are going.
JESS3 / The State of The Internet from Jesse Thomas on Vimeo.
The PC is dying-here come the mobile platforms
The mismatch between ponderous Windows systems and consumer needs is finally catching up with the PC. Thanks to the example of the Apple iPhone and to the Asian OEMs who pushed the netbook, the technology industry has awakened to what consumers really want. Predictions are popping up all over that the PC will be replaced [...]
Too many patches
The present way of dealing with security on the Internet just doesn’t work. A major flaw is that the system is predicated on an assumption that the average PC user is savvy about how Windows and the Internet work and is conscientious about keeping his or her computer up to date. This is patently [...]
