Since early August, visitors to online retailer Amazon.com have been complaining about the website causing Firefox or Safari to crash on Mac and Windows with some instances being bad enough to cause a Blue Screen of Death (BSoD). The company has not yet responded to the complaints that continue to pile up on the Amazon feedback forum, Firefox's bug tracker, and the Apple … [Read more...]
Codecademy course teaches Mac/Linux terminal
Codecademy has a new course to teach the command line. The free online learning session is for unix-based systems such as Linux and Mac OS X, but the concepts carry over to Windows as well. It is written for the beginner level and is estimated to take only an hour to complete. The course is broken down into four sections: Get up and running with the command line by … [Read more...]
Windows 10 says a PIN is more secure than a password. How?
During the setup or upgrade of Windows 10, you might be presented with a screen titled 'Passwords are so yesterday' after you sign in with a Microsoft account. With it, Microsoft makes the claim "Using a PIN is faster and more secure than a password - we think you'll love it." This seems contradictory to all that we have learned about passwords like the longer and the more … [Read more...]
Code Master board game teaches programming logic
With a box cover that is reminiscent of Minecraft, Code Master is a board game to teach programming logic. The game from ThinkFun includes 60 levels that vary in difficulty from Beginner to Expert while the game is meant for ages 8 and up. With ThinkFun’s Code Master, kids learn the fundamentals of computer programming logic in a fun and entertaining way. On each level, … [Read more...]
Simple Tip: Understand ‘danger’ to quickly bypass Chrome https warnings
If you visit websites with invalid certificates in Google Chrome, you're presented with a warning screen. These seem somewhat common on home networking equipment like routers or wifi that are not usually worth paying for an SSL certificate. One common warning reads: "Your connection is not private Attackers might be trying to steal your information from 192.168.1.1 (for … [Read more...]