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Forbes Magazine on SOPA

kubulai — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:26:39 +0000

SOPA Blackout [...]

Worst Passwords — Alpha Doggs

kubulai — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:01:49 +0000

Lists of the Worst / Most Common Passwords [...]

FaceBook ‘Like’ Removed from this site

kubulai — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:59:40 +0000

Due to our reasonable concerns that our site visitors could be spied on, illegally, through JavaScript connected with the FaceBook ‘Like’ button, all such buttons, for FaceBook and Google, have been removed from this site.

The Prince and the Occupy Wall Street

kubulai — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:29:39 +0000

I was asked what I think of all this Occupy Wall Street (OWS) peaceful protest, unexplainable violence aimed at the protesters, provocateurs placed into some of the protest groups to discredit them, and its importance now.

In my opinion, the most notable thing about this situation is that a lot of people are very unhappy:

The reported [...]

Windows 8

kubulai — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:57:29 +0000

Until we get a better manifestation of the brain-computer communication link the lowly keyboard will remain. Rumors of the death of the desktop are exaggerated at this time. [...]

UEFI

kubulai — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:33:14 +0000

Speculation is that Microsoft will force hardware vendors to hard wire their computers so that they can only boot Windows 8, through a feature called UEFI. See here, here, here, and here.

Microsoft requires that machines conforming to the Windows 8 logo program and running a client version of Windows 8 ship with secure boot enabled. [...]

Simple and Easy Security

kubulai — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:35:05 +0000

InfoWorld.com had a good, short, article on hacking here by Roger A. Grimes. Roger makes the point that security losses are not usually due to smart criminals breaking in by unpredictable means, but rather

Malicious hackers are using pretty much the same old tools and exploiting the same old weaknesses. However, companies and end-users aren’t [...]

HP Touchpad Review

kubulai — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 19:33:34 +0000

http://geekbeat.tv/review-hp-touchpad-with-webos-is-a-great-deal-for-the-price/

Add Google +1 to Your Web Pages

kubulai — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:56:47 +0000

Look at http://www.google.com/webmasters/+1/button/ for instructions on adding the Google +1 button to posts on your web site. Supposedly this will result in improved ranking in Google’s search engine.

The actual code you insert at the end of your page is:

<script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[ (function() { [...]

New Mobile Phone Exceeds Above Apple

kubulai — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:27:33 +0000

This prototype Android-ish phone in development by Mozilla, the makers of FireFox. The technology is impressive. Since it is also Open Source, the entire planet will be able to manufacture the phone without payment of royalties. [...]