AVG, a popular antivirus vendor, released a report showing the risk of web browsing in different countries. There are a number of stats that AVG pulls from the data, which is generated from its customers around the world. That might also leave it open for discussion why the imaginary borders matter and how they change statistical tracking. Different cultures might be more … [Read more...]
Archives for 2010
Review of Samsung Epic 4G Official Accessories
I picked up the Samsung Epic 4G yesterday and I'm enjoying making the upgrade from the Palm Pre. There have been plenty of reviews of the phone by those that are lucky enough to get review units but not much discussion of the accessories available. Here's my opinion on the official accessories like the holsters, screen protectors, cases, and others. Leather Belt Clip … [Read more...]
Use WordPress to Create a Searchable Archive of Your Tweets
"Once you put it out on the Web, it's always exists." "Oh yeah, well then why can't I find what I'm looking for?" If you put anything of significance on Twitter or just want to keep a copy of everything for yourself, you'll probably want to keep a copy of your Tweets. Between Twitter's downtime or "Older tweets are temporarily unavailable.", off-loading from Twitter seems … [Read more...]
Gmail Prioritizes Your Inbox
Gmail will be rolling out a beta service called Priority Inbox to all Gmail users over the next week. You can check out the new service once the red 'New! Priority Inbox' link shows up in the top-right corner of your Gmail. Priority Inbox will work by adding three different sections to your Inbox: first for important messages, second for starred, and third for everything … [Read more...]
Is it Possible to Live by Best Practices?
If there can be Christmas in July then I guess another round of New Years' resolutions in August isn't too far off. For the past couple of weeks I've been trying to live by best practices in a few key areas: following the principle of least privilege, using strong passwords that aren't reused across multiple sites, and using No-Script in my web browser to protect against … [Read more...]