http://lifehacker.com/5525758/top-10-things-you-didnt-know-google-maps-could-do
May, 02 2010
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Periodic review of Facebook privacy settings
April 25th, 2010 Posted in Technology
Apr, 25 2010
As a best practice we recommend that you periodically review the privacy settings on your Facebook account. Facebook originally had a decent policy and approach to privacy, but over time Facebook has changed these policies sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worst. We typically find out about this stuff pretty quickly, but as a best practice we recommend that people review the privacy settings of their Facebook accounts on a periodic basis. In particular we suggest a reviewing any applications installed on your Facebook account. Remove any unused or unknown applications and check what actions those applications are allowed to do.
Network Solutions sites hacked (again)
April 20th, 2010 Posted in Technology
Apr, 20 2010
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We are not big fans of Network Solutions for many reasons and here is yet another reason. Read the full article on the Network World site.
FTP Warns companies of P2P data leaks.
February 23rd, 2010 Posted in Technology
Feb, 23 2010
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/022310-ftc-warns-nearly-100-firms.html
If you think that letting your staff run peer-to-peer software does not endanger your company…think again.
Google Chrome 4 “stable” release
January 26th, 2010 Posted in Technology, Tools
Jan, 26 2010
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10440490-264.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Site for measuring the quality of your Internet connection
November 16th, 2009 Posted in Tools
Nov, 16 2009
www.pingtest.net goes beyond measuring the speed of your Internet connection. It measures the quality of your internet connection.
Firefox Add-Ons We Recommend
November 3rd, 2009 Posted in Tools
Nov, 03 2009
Mozilla Firefox is a great browser (although we are big fans of Google Chrome). One of the great features of Firefox is the ability to extend the functionality with browser add-ons. Here are some of the add-ons we use and recommend:
- Add-Art (http://add-art.org) – Replaces advertising on the web with curated art images. Not only does Add-Art speed up your web browsing experience it also improves the aesthetics.
- Xmarks (http://www.xmarks.com) – Bookmark synchronization. Xmarks synchronizes your bookmarks on multiple computers.
- Greasemonkey (http://www.greasespot.net/) – Allows you to customize the way a webpage displays using small bit of JavaScript. On its own Greasemonkey does not thing, but coupled with the hundreds of scripts available on the web (check out http://www.userscripts.org) Greasemonkey can tweak the look and feel of various websites. Users have written scripts that:
- Auto fill forms.
- Alter the formatting of text, borders, graphics, etc. (For example, highlight first-run programs in a TV listing.)
- Remove specific content, such as advertising, popups, even whole sections of a page. (For example, filter specific posters from a message board site.)
- Alter content and layout beyond that which the page author considered. (For example, add floating elements, make elements collapsible, etc.)
- Add links, buttons, or any other type of HTML element anywhere on the page. (For example, embed Google Reader into Gmail, thus providing an RSS feed option.)
- Enhance the content of pages by retrieving correlating information from related pages on the same site, or other sites. (For example, list the prices of competing retailers’ for the same product.)
- In general, take advantage of extended JavaScript behavior to add previously non-existent functionality to pages. (For example, collate RSS feeds on the current page into a floating panel.)