Statistics: Operating System and Web Browser use April through October 2010
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.
Ubuntu 10.10 for Netbook and Smart Phone
In their article today “Ubuntu 10.10 (“Maverick Meerkat”) Review” ExtremeTech.com discussed their testing of the new Ubuntu 10.10 for netbook and smart phone, including their new cloud. They also provide a free client so Windows systems can also use the free cloud.
Facebook’s privacy problems are like a centipede with footwear issues.
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.
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.