I have covered the State of Illinois passing HB3659, commonly referred to as the "Amazon Tax", before the governor signed it and after it was signed into law because it affected me and my income once Amazon disconnected all Illinois-based Amazon Associates. Since then, I've had moderate success regaining that lost revenue stream through other affiliate programs and Skimlinks … [Read more...]
WebGL In The News For Security Concerns in Firefox 4 and IE9
The Mozilla Security Blog announced yesterday that there is a security concern with WebGL in Mozilla Firefox 4. It could allow attackers to capture screenshots of a visitors browser, including private information. The problem is specific to Firefox's implementation of WebGL, not a vulnerability in WebGL itself. A fix will be included in the next update to Firefox, which is … [Read more...]
eBooks Get A Push To Go DRM-Free From OverDrive and Libraries
OverDrive, a leading eBook supplier to libraries, made an announcement yesterday that seems like finally a step in the right direction for ebooks. Despite setbacks to the growth of ebook usage (such as HarperCollins forcing libraries to repurchase books after 26 checkouts), OverDrive made an announcement yesterday that it is moving toward open ebooks, free of DRM that will work … [Read more...]
Google Chromebooks Go On Sale Today But Only One Shows Up
Today, the first Google Chromebooks from Samsung and Acer go on sale. Well, supposedly they do. Samsung only seems to have its Arctic White, 3G Chromebook available from Amazon, the same model that was available for early purchase, while the rest are listed as not released yet. Acer, meanwhile, has neither of its products released and Amazon is only listing them as available … [Read more...]
GoDaddy Main Website Offline For About 4 Hours, Now Back Up
GoDaddy.com suffered a few hours of downtime this evening but appears to have just come back up. Acknowledged by the @GoDaddy Twitter account, the main www.GoDaddy.com page first redirected to a standard Microsoft IIS error page and then later redirected to an error 503 page. Neither of these were comforting sites for customers of "the web's largest hosting and domain provider" … [Read more...]