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Don’t trust that Web Address!

sjvn — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:03:10 +0000

It used to be e-mail spam, while annoying, wasn’t that harmful. Things have changed. During the last day I received e-mails promising that they contained news about March Madness; Sandra Bullock’s possibly misbehaving husband; and Michael Jackson’s estate making a deal for a mint of money. Every last one of them contained a link to [...]

Google and Linux are coming to your TV

sjvn — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:20:27 +0000

In what may have been Google’s worst kept secret in years, the word is out. Google, along with its partners, Intel, Logitech, and Sony is on its way to delivering the Web to your television . And, what will they be using to do this? Why, they’ll be using Google’s Android Linux of course.

Android is [...]

Will Internet Explorer 9 be any safer?

sjvn — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:25:04 +0000

You can download the next generation of Internet Explorer 9, but I really don’t recommend it unless you’re an expert at both Windows and Web browsers. I qualify on both those grounds — What? You think I only work on Linux? — So I took a quick peek at this so not-ready for prime time [...]