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Beware the Facebook Urban Myths
If you have a Facebook account, you’ve probably seen, or shared, at least one urban myth. Maybe it’s this image: Or this: Today, 12/01/2014 in response to the Facebook guidelines and under articles L.111, 112 and 113 of the code of intellectual property, I declare…
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How to move your blog from Posterous to WordPress, or Tumblr
Posterous has been acquired by Twitter. Reading their FAQ it becomes apparent the developers plan to spend their future working on Twitter, and not Posterous. Given its uncertain future, now would be a good time to begin planning your move away from Posterous, to another…
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IE9 – The Beauty of the Web
On September 15 2010, Microsoft announced a public beta version of their web browser Internet Explorer (IE). Microsoft claims that this new version, IE9, is going to be a more secure, stable and faster browsing experience. Being a little skeptical toward Internet Explorer, I…
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Is Your Password Strong Enough?
In December of last year, a hacker gained access to more than 32 million usernames and passwords from the users of RockYou. After obtaining and studying the data from that hack, data security firm Imperva has come up with a list of the top ten most common passwords. In reading…
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Is the Triple Engine Browser Lunascape Right for You?
Many people have never even heard of this browser, despite the massive amount of press it received late last year. I randomly asked about 200 people yesterday what their thoughts are on Lunascape 6.0 ORION – their newest beta version. There were only four people who…
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10 Free DNS and IP Lookup Tools – or DNSstuff.com Alternatives
If you’ve ever tried to lookup the location of an IP address, check the status of DNS propagation, or wanted to check the health of your DNS or mail server, you’re probably familiar with DNSstuff.com. It used to be an incredibly useful site – when it was free. While…
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What happened to spywareinfo.com?
The forums are still available at a new domain: http://www.spywareinfoforum.com Looking for spywareinfo.com and getting a GoDaddy parking page? Or, looking for the forums at forums.spywareinfo.com and getting a 404 error? You’re not alone. Try the new domain name, and…
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Google’s “Chrome” Web Browser an Operating System?
Google is expected to release their own version of a web browser today, titled Google Chrome. Chrome is an open source web browser, introduced with a comic book. Mozilla’s Firefox is funded almost exclusively by Google through a deal that runs through 2011. This agreement…
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Can Spam – Put Your Inbox on a Diet
The first thing that comes to mind upon hearing the word spam, for most people, is an email advertising certain enhancements to the male body, not the cheap pork brand – which is actually the source of the word. This is not surprising: in 2006, 40% of all e-mails sent – 12…
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ad.yieldmanager.com results when trying to check Yahoo mail?
Many Yahoo Mail users report been getting a Google search results page that continuously pops up when trying to check their Yahoomail. The page title contains http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?.. Since the first result on the search page is often for a topic in the malware removal…