It has been discovered that not only was FaceBook accidentally revealing some of our private information but that some gaming companies were actually mining it and have sold our private information to data warehouses for resale to the highest bidders.
Author: John Nash
Mr. Nash is an experienced systems analyst/programmer and business manager who believes in giving back to the community through producing open source software.
HTML 5
It looks as if <forms> will be improved in HTML 5. http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/html5-forms says there are several new <input> types and client side validation of field content with improved CSS hooks (the new “:invalid” pseudo class) which will help. The major thing most people know about HTML5 is that it serves up video without needing Adobe…
Global spam levels drop
It seems one of the major SPAM sources has suddenly bolted. Russian SPAM King Igor A. Gusev has apparently fled the country in the onset of a government investigation. SPAM is down 20% in October over last year.
WordPress Chosen for Microsoft Blog Space
Microsoft has chosen to migrate their existing Live Spaces blogging functionality to WordPress.com to provide more features for their customers.
Ubuntu (Linux) 2010 October version released
Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat is available for download. This URL will take you to the Ubuntu Download page.