When I was a young man, we had it rough. We used to have to get up out of the shoebox at twelve o’clock at night and lick the road clean with our tongue. We had two bits of cold … Continue reading
March 14, 2014
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March 10, 2014
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Google gets serious about office apps: Offers $15 for referrals
Google just got serious—really serious—about taking on Microsoft Office, and Office 365 in particular. In a blog posting on March 10th Prajesh Parekh, a Google marketing lead, wrote “we’re offering a $15 referral bonus for each new Google Apps user … Continue reading
March 6, 2014
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GnuTLS: Big internal bugs, few real-world problems
According to some reports you’d think the security sky was falling. Yes, GnuTLS, an open-source “secure” communications library that implements \Secure-Socket Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS), has serious flaws. The good news? Almost no one uses it. OpenSSL … Continue reading
October 9, 2013
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The Web at 20: What’s in store over the next two decades?
This is as good a time as any to wish the Web a happy birthday. It’s been a bit more than 20 years since I first wrote about what I then referred to as the “World-Wide Web.” I might want … Continue reading
October 2, 2013
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Health Care Exchanges overwhelmed by demand
October 1st was the day. The US government may have shutdown, but despite the best efforts of Tea Party Republicans, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s centerpiece — the state and Federal health exchanges where people can shop for insurance coverage … Continue reading
October 1, 2013
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Tech-savvy users prefer Chrome
If you believe NetMarketshare figures, Internet Explorer (IE) wasn’t just leading the Web browser popularity contest in September 2013, with 51.09 percent, it’s actually widening its lead. But, ZDNet’s tens-of-millions of monthly readers have a different favorite: Chrome. Tech-savvy users … Continue reading