Windows 8 is introducing a lot of new features. We've already seen how printer drivers are getting a needed refresh, touch hardware is coming for desktops, and the Windows App Store could be a win or a headache. Today, we're reviewing a post that the Building Windows 8 blog made on how using multiple monitors in Windows 8 is going to get a lot better. With any luck, some of … [Read more...]
Archives for 2012
Botopedia allows you to learn more about who is crawling your site
Incapsula is calling on the InfoSec community to band together to help solve some of the most common problems we all face on the Web. We believe that, as a community, we can crowd source a solution to fight back to defeat the worst bots and also recognize and reap the often-overlooked benefits of the good bots. Their first tool to help in the fight is called Botopedia, a … [Read more...]
Book Review: The Social Media Handbook by Nancy Flynn
It is difficult to review a book that does so well that which it sets out to accomplish. The Social Media Handbook is a thorough text that clearly illustrates the topics it will cover along with what it won't cover. "Mastering social media" like SEO is a phrase thrown around very frequently these days as companies hope their commercials will go viral on YouTube, they'll get … [Read more...]
Illinois Gigabit Challenge applicants published
Google and Kansas City are living pretty large right now with their gigabit Internet offerings recently announced. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn announced the Illinois Gigabit Challenge in his State of the State announcement this year to provide $4 million to the best proposal to build out a gigabit fiber network by the end of 2013. The applicants of the Illinois Gigabit … [Read more...]
Avast! false positive causes havoc for Steam gamers
Steam users were put in a world of hurt yesterday morning when an antivirus definitions update to Avast Antivirus moved Steam .dll files to the quarantine directory and caused Steam to crash. Depending on how you responded to the false positive, it could result in having to reinstall Steam and any of the games in your library you want access to. Shortly after the bad update, … [Read more...]