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...]
Watch Amazon’s Kindle Announcement From Yesterday
Amazon has uploaded video of yesterday's Kindle announcements to YouTube. By now you might have already seen all the details, but in case you wanted to watch the video, you now can. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm92Tnp953c … [Read more...]
Upcoming Tech Events Will Keep Everybody Hopping
September into October is looking to be a busy time for consumer electronics. Companies are either competing for recent attention, gearing up for the holidays, or just synchronizing their release cycles right around this time. Yesterday, we had Amazon's press conference of the 4 new Kindles including their new Android tablet, Kindle Fire. On October 4th, Apple is holding an … [Read more...]