Jun 30, 2005
The Blogging Tories continue to be the envy of the copycats by staying on the cutting edge. From Stephen Taylor,
In the spirit of my interviews with MPs Monte Solberg (1, 2, 3, 4) and Andrew Scheer (1, 2), I created the Blogging Tories Podcasting page because I wanted to get the whole Blogging Tories community [...]
Jun 12, 2005
I knew that there was a reason I didn’t like Google ads. I’ve been away for a few days and am currently catching up on emails. Here’s an interesting item I found in the inbox.
Google bans ads for book about the Clintons’ abuses — anti-Bush ads left intact. CEO’s support of Hillary questioned. “George W. [...]
May 9, 2005
No Need to Click Here - I’m just claiming my feed at Feedster feedster:1cac18384a07953d0361b4e3e110785f
Feb 23, 2005
The poop is hitting the proverbial fan and Google, more specifically Blogger, is at the epicenter. It seems that some blogs hosted on Google’s blogging service Blogger/Blogspot are busy distributing spyware to those who visit the sites. In many of the cases the blog author isn’t even aware of the problem.
For example, a website called [...]
Feb 12, 2005
A few months ago I mentioned that Internet Explorer held a substantial lead as the browser of choice among visitors to this blog. My how things have changed. Firefox has actually now jumped out front with a slim 51% share! That’s quite an increase in such a short time. What’s even more astounding is how [...]
Jan 28, 2005
More good news for Microsoft.
A Russian security company claims it found a way to beat a security measure in Microsoft’s Windows XP Service Pack 2, a major update aimed at securing customers’ PCs.
Jan 9, 2005
If you’re a Firefox user like me, here’s a little trick to make the browser even faster.
a) Type about:config into the address bar then hit return. Scroll down the page and look for the following lines…
network.http.pipelining…change value to true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests…change value to large number like 30
network.http.proxy.pipelining…change value to true
Normally, a browser will make one request at [...]
Dec 13, 2004
Have you ever wanted a really good photo editor but didn’t want to pay an arm and leg for it? Serif is a leading publishing and graphics software company based in the UK and is notorious for giving away older versions of its software which are fully functional, not “lite” or “time crippled” versions. Why [...]
Dec 13, 2004
CNET News reports that Mozilla Foundation’s Firefox browser has surpassed 10 million downloads in just over a month.
The free Web browser from the Mozilla Foundation surpassed 10 million downloads on Saturday as Web surfers continue to move away from Microsoft’s market-dominating IE. The milestone highlights growing frustration with the security vulnerabilities that have dogged IE [...]
Dec 9, 2004
Canada’s RCMP believe al-Qaida is hiding messages by embedding them in digital files.
OTTAWA (CP) - The RCMP has warned its investigators to be on the lookout for cleverly disguised messages embedded by al-Qaida in digital files police seize from terror suspects.An internal report obtained by The Canadian Press gives credence to the long-rumoured possibility Osama [...]