January 23, 2009
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How do you let people create user accounts or post comments on your Web site without letting spam bots in? Simple — make your users prove they’re human. Many Web sites use CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell … Continue reading
December 24, 2008
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AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) is a cross-operating system runtime that lets you use rich Internet applications that combine HTML, Ajax, Adobe Flash, and Adobe Flex technologies. What that means to you and me is that it’s lets us run another … Continue reading
December 3, 2008
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At first, it sounds like a good idea. Nanchang, the capital of China’s eastern Jiangxi province, is requiring Internet cafe operators to replace pirated server software with legal copies of Red Flag Linux or Windows Server. What’s not to like? … Continue reading
November 17, 2008
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You can count on Microsoft pulling the fake research report trick at least once a year. It’s always the same. They’ll report some result that makes them look good and/or their competition look bad from an ‘independent’ source, but not … Continue reading
November 9, 2008
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Linux-Watch has reported that at least one Linux user was unable to use the newly redesigned Windows Live Hotmail. Other Linux desktop users have also reported problems with the new Hotmail. However, a closer look reveals that the problem isn’t … Continue reading
November 5, 2008
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Obama won the election, but for technology, in the short run at least, the even bigger voting news was that the FCC, by a vote of five to zero, had unanimously approved the conditional unlicensed use of white-space television spectrum. … Continue reading