Going from hating it to loving it, Google+ wins people over but when is it going to go public? The rumors of July 31st were clearly wrong. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGugj1ym594 The first 150 people to use this link will be invited to Google+: http://goo.gl/KEWbr … [Read more...]
XKCD on Memorable But Secure Passwords
Today's XKCD comic is too true and it seems to be based on this research paper, The True Cost of Unusable Password Policies: Password Use in the Wild. Unfortunately, I now wonder how many people will set their password to 'correcthorsebatterystaple'. … [Read more...]
Amazon Spreads Kindle To Your Web Browser With Kindle Cloud Reader
This morning Amazon announced its new Kindle Cloud Reader. This allows you, like the Kindle or Kindle apps for other devices, to access your Kindle library from your web browser and read away. The website works with Chrome on Mac, PC, Linux, and Chromebook and Safari on the Mac, PC, and iPad. "We have written the application from the ground up in HTML5, so that customers can … [Read more...]
Level (3) Communications Discusses The Top 10 Reasons Fiber Lines Are Cut
Mad at the infrastructure when your Internet is out? Level 3 Communications, a big Tier-1 ISP, gives their top 10 reasons why fiber gets cut and how it isn't always their fault. The list of reasons include digs, animals, mother nature, vehicles, fire, guns, and vandalism. You can find the full list on the Level (3) Communications blog with details and tales of previous … [Read more...]
NPR’s Talk of the Nation Talked Cutting the Cord
The Talk of the Nation program on NPR earlier this week discussed "cordcutting", or cancelling cable and getting your entertainment from other sources. The host, Tony Cox, along with guests Farhad Manjoo, Slate magazine's technology correspondent, and Pam Allison, a digital media and marketing strategist, discussed and took calls from listeners to cover the options some are … [Read more...]