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HACKED! It can happen to anyone

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder, appears to be the victim of a hacking attack on his own Facebook page The page www.facebook.com/markzuckerberg sported an uncharacteristic message advocating that Facebook adopt a "social business" model, where profits are invested in areas such as health care for the poor and other charitable causes, according to a report on TechCrunch late Tuesday. It appears that Facebook has taken down the page where the post appeared, although Zuckerberg has at least on... READ MORE Posted January 27, 2011 at 12:27 PM

Gentle Rain or Thunderstorm?

Cloud computing is becoming a reality, I'm not sure if it will be a gentle summer rain or a thunderstorm. We are moving away from the the old model of  a computer with an operating system for each user to "software as a service" where the power of your computer is "in the clouds" and that's great as long as there is no service interruption. As this is being implemented, I thought you might enjoy knowing about "Cloud Print" from Google. Cloud Print enables you to print a document from you... READ MORE Posted January 25, 2011 at 12:43 PM

Privacy on the Internet or who's tracking you???

As the Internet has become more and more an advertisers dream come true for targeting a market, what better way to find a target market than by determining what your interests are? This is done by data mining. And if you are on the internet, your data is being mined.   A privacy tool called "Keep My Opt-Outs" from Google is expected to be announced soon that enables users of its Chrome Web browser to permanently opt out of ad-targeting from dozens ... READ MORE Posted January 24, 2011 at 08:20 AM