According to Fortune, Hearst Corp. has its eyes on launching an e-reader as a substitute for its print products.
This could either be the greatest idea ever hatched or it could go down in flames miserably. The Fortune article
compares the mystery device, which Hearst is expected to unveil later this year, to Amazon’s Kindle. The Kindle has helped move people toward using an e-reader instead of a printed product. Continue Reading »
As much as I love using WordPress to write to this blog, it can be a hassle trying to log into the system, make everything work beautifully and put in a post. Sometimes I’m away from an Internet connection (yes, that’s still quite possible nowadays) and the inspiration hits me for a post. Continue Reading »
This week I’m recommending something to help you feel a little more secure on the Internet.
From the plethora of podcasts Leo Laporte hosts and helps produce comes “Security Now.” Laporte and co-host Steve Gibson take a look at the latest creepy-crawlies on the Internet waiting to infect your machine. Of course they don’t have the same chilling tone on the show as that last sentence.
Some of it may fly over your head, but eventually things like WPA keys will make sense and you’ll be able to safeguard your data better than before you started listening.
Normally the Swedish courts don’t fall into my scope of things to follow in my life, but when someone rents a city bus for people to come in and watch, decides to provide their own audio stream of the trial and schedules a “HUGE PARTY” in the middle of it all, I’m watching. Continue Reading »
Social media site Facebook has rolled back its new terms of service after many complaints from members of its community. Some of you may ask, “Now what could get people in a tizzy about some little agreement?”
How about declaring they own anything you post? Or in so many words: Continue Reading »