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Twitter, Welcome to the Mainstream! Just Don’t Drown!
January 7, 2009
On Monday, it was reported that LinkedIn had sccumbed to an attack as fake celebrity profiles were posted to lure unsuspecting users into handing over their personal details. The business networking site, which has over 30 million registered profiles worldwide, also came under attack in June 2008 with a similar ploy.
We’ve seen in 2009 with an unprecedented amount of news, flowing from cyberspace and nestling out of newspapers, talking about phishing, malware and all other sorts of malign Internet behaviour. First Twitter, and now LinkedIn, have been subject to attacks from hackers and cybercriminals just days into the new year, and we may well be on an upward trajectory as more and more people start using the services.
Continue reading »Google Chrome Browser (Internet Explorer Alternative)
September 4, 2008
I downloaded Google Chrome browser on launch day for XP/Vista (the only version available for the moment, although Mac and Linux versions are to follow) and the phrase “bare bones” just doesn’t quite say enough about this minimalist offering. Those used to IE7 won’t be too disturbed by the lack of a menu bar, although pressing the “Alt” key won’t do anything in Google Chrome. Oddly, the home button is not on-screen by default – You have to enable it in settings.
The only tinkering you’ll be doing is by clicking the spanner in the top right corner, which leads to a VERY basic config menu. With tabs such as “Minor Tweaks” and “Under The Hood”, it isn’t going to replace you installation of Firefox and it’s 214 plug-ins. I don’t think that’s what Chrome is about though, it’s designed as a solid cloud-computing platform, which it is.
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