An accidental posting on YouTube of a demo video by Google has let the cat out of the bag regarding the upcoming Google Insights targeting consumers. From the 53 second video and non-descriptive title, I can only describe what I can see/hear. It seems Google is enabling people/businesses to target the US Internet audience for surveys at a price. Ominously titled "Answer a … [Read more...]
Archives for 2012
An animated Google Doodle for 2012 Valentine’s Day
If you visit Google today, you'll see a charming little Doodle above the search box just asking you to hit the 'Play' button. Upon hitting the button you will get to see a lovely little story about a boy trying to make an impression on a girl. He uses Google to find all sorts of suggestions, from flowers to candies and beyond. Finally, he gives up and tries something she … [Read more...]
Get to know a network with SoftPerfect Network Scanner
I was recently stepping into a new network environment. I had inherited it with a client, had little documentation, and needed to understand it in order to be able to support it. I investigated the physical components - the switches, the firewall, the patch ports - and the software configurations - static IP addresses in illogical ranges - but was still looking for more to help … [Read more...]
Avast! 7 available as beta, new version will bring streaming definition updates
Avast! 7 will use a hybrid of traditional antivirus definition updates and a new streaming system. This will allow AVAST to "push" out new updates as they are ready so all users will the most protected in minutes. The change will mean Avast receives about 20 updates daily and more frequent as the infrastructure can support it. Instead of getting bundled packages like now, users … [Read more...]
Sandboxed Adobe Flash Player available as beta for Firefox
Adobe announced good news for Firefox users yesterday through its Adobe Secure Software Engineering Team (ASSET) blog. The post announces that Adobe has launched a public beta of a new Flash Player Protected Mode for Firefox. Much like the Protected Mode in Adobe Reader X, this will hopefully lead to fewer exploits able to impact a computer. Flash Player will establish a low … [Read more...]