Wikimedia announced today that all Wikimedia Foundations wikis are now enabled to use native HTTPS. This means that while visiting the popular Wikipedia, others won't be able to eavesdrop on what you're reading or editing. This is of great importance for oppressed countries where Wikipedia might be blocked or controversial topics are off limits. Wikimedia previously provided a … [Read more...]
Archives for 2011
Will Google Beer Help Your I Feel Lucky Button IRL?
How many Google products go into the making of a beer? Mostly marketing but an interesting video to see the culmination of Google and Dogfish Head Beer working together to create a new beer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiFewPyLlQA A peek inside the process -- from concept to tap -- of bringing a beer to life. Urkontinent goes on tap Sept. 27, 2011, at the Rehoboth Beach, … [Read more...]
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month
National Cyber Security Awareness Month, coordinated by the National Cyber Security Alliance at StaySafeOnline.org, is a time for all users of the Internet to "Stop. Think. Connect." By pausing to reflect on risks and potential problems and having knowledge of what warning signs to look for, we can all enjoy the Internet more freely. StaySafeOnline.org has a list of events … [Read more...]
SlideShare Opts for HTML5 Instead of Flash For Your Online Presentations
SlideShare, a popular site for sharing presentations online, updated its service this week to instead of converting uploaded presentations to Flash-powered, embeddable presentations it is now converting them to HTML5. The update was discussed in the SlideShare blog. The benefits are outstanding: Your slides will display flawlessly on an iPhone, iPad, Android and any other … [Read more...]
Firefox Releases 7.0.1 To Address Bugs
After just releasing Firefox 7.0 on Tuesday, Mozilla has released an update at version 7.0.1. It addressed an issue some were reporting of add-ons being hidden after an update. The problem is seen in the release notes for 7.0.1 and detailed in a post on the Add-ons blog. We’ve identified an issue in which some users may have one or more of their add-ons hidden after upgrading … [Read more...]