August 19, 2009
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It’s hard to believe that people will actually believe the new NSS Labs report that claims Internet Explorer is safer than other Web browsers at blocking “Socially Engineered Malware” (PDF Link), but I have to remind myself of two things. … Continue reading
August 14, 2009
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Sometimes, those of us in the computer biz get so wrapped up in the techie details that we forget that many people don’t know what we think are the basics. For example, a really smart, computer-savvy friend of mine recently … Continue reading
August 10, 2009
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It wasn’t that long ago that the only thing reason anyone ‘watched’ anything on the Internet was, as the song title says, the “Internet is for Porn.” That was then. This is now. According to the Pew Internet Survey, Internet … Continue reading
August 10, 2009
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After last week’s near-collapse of the social networks, such as Twitter, due to a Windows-based, botnet DDoS attack, I made a modest proposal: Throw Windows off the Internet. Here’s how we can do it. Or, at the very least, force … Continue reading
August 7, 2009
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I thought that the massive DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks that knocked Twitter and other social networks out was because of Iran’s government trying to shut down its protesters. I was wrong. Hundreds of millions of Internet users were … Continue reading
August 6, 2009
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The morning ritual: Get your cup of coffee, open up your e-mail, switch your Web browser to Twitter… ARGH! That was how the morning went for many people when they turned to Twitter only to find that the wildly popular … Continue reading