Over the past month the big 3 browser makers have released their newest versions. On March 8th Google’s Chrome version 10 was released, on March 14th Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 opened to the public (previously being available as a release candidate to those who wanted to test it) and on March 22nd, Mozilla’s Firefox 4...

I have come across a few free software programs lately that can be extremely useful for friends, family and the workplace – especially for those who like to procrastinate or are constantly forgetting things. Sure the Outlook task list can work to some extent but it somewhat limited in nature. The Ultimate Note Keeper: Evernote...

It seems that the number of businesses breaking Facebook’s terms of service and creating a user profile (or friend) instead of a fan page is increasing. If you use the Internet (and don’t live in a subterranean cave) you are aware of the ability to “like” something on Facebook. This is a fan page and...

In an attempt to quell the uprising in Egypt, officials have essentially disconnected the Internet. Hoping that preventing people from accessing social media sites like Twitter and Facebook will stop them from taking to the streets. Telecome Egypt provides much of the Internet service to Egyptians and is owned in majority by the government. Egypt’s...

Mozilla announced yesterday that their popular Firefox browser will have a feature that will allow you to opt-out of targeted ads. Shortly afterwards, Google announced that their Chrome browser will implement the same feature and Microsoft has the feature slated for a December launch (perhaps earlier now). This sounds fantastic but wait… this feature will...

Pingdom, one of the Internet’s premiere monitoring services on the web has released a set of figured describing Internet activity over the past year. Here are some of the highlights. Think you send a lot of emails, the make up a small portion of the 207 trillion sent in 2010 (unfortunately almost 90% of which...

Just announced prior to New Years Eve, WordPress alerted their users to a critical XSS (Cross-site Scripting) flaw that could threaten millions of web sites using the popular blogging tool (including this blog). This flaw is also not a complex one – so if you are using WordPress you should immediately upgrade the software. WordPress...