Internet related articles
Here is another online service which, in my humble opinion, is well worth bookmarking. It’s called ‘OneLook Dictionary Search‘ and, as the name suggests, the service utilizes results from multiple online dictionaries… 1062 to be exact. There is no shortage of online dictionaries available and […]
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It’s well known that since its initial release in October last year Windows 8 has been struggling to attract new users. Many reasons have been put forward, in my opinion the primary contributing factor is that Windows 7 was (is) a pretty hard act to
Creating online accounts in order to take advantage of services on offer is all well and good but what to do when a particular account is no longer needed or wanted. Some sites/services make it very easy to delete a redundant account, others put users
Surface Prices Drop The Microsoft Store is permanently reducing the cost of the Touch Cover by $40 to $79.99. The Surface RT bundle, which includes a black Touch Cover and the Surface RT, will also see a $50 price drop. The Surface RT bundle will
Why would you want a smaller URL? I wanted smaller URLs for use in emails, anywhere I post on the web and almost explicitly for Twitter, where characters count. Occasionally, I want a shorter URL because I don’t like the text in the URL, due
Kind of a slow week techwise… Yahoo Bests Google Chalk one up for Yahoo. comScore announced this week that, for the first time since May of 2011, Yahoo! had more of its sites visited in the U.S. than Google. Yahoo had 196.6 million visitors to
**Caveat: This only works with Gmail to Gmail using Google’s Chrome browser. Recent revelations concerning the NSA and government surveillance have tended to heighten users’ awareness that email communications are generally susceptible to prying eyes. As a result, I suspect many would be seeking some
No, it’s not a typo… the name of the site is Boootube… with an extra “o”. Boootube brings together a huge collection of the worst videos ever posted on YouTube, ranked by the number of down votes each has received. Apparently, someone decided that the
Following in the wake of Lavabit’s recent self-imposed suspension, another secure email provider, Silent Circle, has decided to shut down its ‘Silent Mail’ service. Lavabit is the secure email service which came under notice for being whistleblower Edward Snowden’s provider of choice. Lavabit’s owner/operator, Ladar
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Yo-ho-ho, no more censorship and a bottle of rum. Well, maybe not the bottle of rum. With governments worldwide seemingly intent on exercising more and more control over our internet, I guess it was only a matter of time before opposition groups began fighting back.
New *PirateBrowser* designed to defeat censorship! Read More »
Security researchers have uncovered a new type of ransomware which is not actually designated as malware but attempts to extort payment from its victims nevertheless. The new strain of ransomware is being labeled “HTML Ransomware” and it works by injecting JavaScript code into the browser.
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XKeyscore – the claims According to newly revealed documents presented to The Guardian by whistleblower Edward Snowden, a surveillance program called XKeyscore enables the National Security Agency (NSA) to see “nearly everything a user does on the internet”. The Guardian article. with a somewhat flamboyant
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Instant RSS Search is an online search engine specifically designed to locate RSS feeds for sites which include material of particular interest to an individual. It’s simple, quick, and effective: Just type a search term into the search dialogue box and away you go. Let’s
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Are you an OpenDNS user?Did you know that OpenDNS released a free program for both Windows and Mac which adds an extra layer of security to your online activities? It’s called DNSCrypt… and OpenDNS describes it thus: DNSCrypt is a piece of lightweight software that
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