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2011 Resolutions aka To Do List

Health Lower Cholesterol Get to 200 lbs. Financial Keep credit cards paid off Monitor Credit Score continue to try to get it in the 700’s Roll over my 401K Roll over my Roth 401K Get out of NCEN Save enough for a new HVAC system Save enough to complete our roof Renovation Rewire most of [...]

FriendFeed Traffic Is Actually Up Since The Facebook Deal; Thanks Largely To Turkey

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I bet we are on to something, haha
FriendFeed. You remember it, right? It was that awesome service that Facebook acquired in August 2009. It was a smart deal all around. Facebook got an awesome team of developers and product people, w…

Microsoft Applauds FCC’s “Super Wi-Fi” Ruling

Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to finalize rules that will enable the use of TV white spaces to provide wireless broadband connectivity. “As more people access information via mobile and other intelligent devices, additional s…

Week 1 of my Post-Baccalaureate Semester is Over

I’m happy to say my first week of going back to school went without a hitch and I loved it. My Computer Forensics class is taught by the head of the department, who is also in charge of admissions into the Information Security & Privacy Graduate Certificate program I want to get accepted into.  I [...]

Intel agrees to buy McAfee, decides that security matters

In a deal valued at $7.68 billion, processor giant Intel has agreed to buy security and antivirus firm McAfee. The chip company will pay $48 a share for McAfee, a premium of 60% over Wednesday’s closing price, and the size of the…

Apple Security Breach Gives Complete Access to Your iPhone [Security]

Right now, if you visit a web page and load a simple PDF file, you may give total control of your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad to a hacker. The security bug affects all devices running iOS 3.1.2 and hig…

Adam And Eve Macbook Decal Turns the Apple Logo Into the Forbidden Fruit [Macbooksticker]

In an homage to Jan Gossaert’s Adam and Eve in Paradise, an Etsy user has created Adam and Eve on Macbook. Looks like someone else bit the forbidden fruit before Adam or Eve could though. $33 [Etsy] …

Should Facebook Add a Dislike Button?

And the hard hitting CNN headline of the day…should Facebook add a dislike button?

"We listen to all the user suggestions and it's something that we've thought about. You know, people like the Like button so much … I dunno, it's…

With Firefox’s Tab Candy Feature, We’ll Finally Achieve Tab Nirvana [Firefox]

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I never would have thought that an improvement in tab technology would have me fist-pumping in front of my computer, but this video preview for Firefox’s forthcoming Tab…

Welcome to the future: cloud-based WPA cracking is here

A security researcher has brought us in touch with the future of distributed computing: network encryption cracking. Chad Perrin explains how it works.

Google Quietly Invests Over $100 Million in Zynga, Readying Google Games [Google]

Whoa. TechCrunch reports that Google has invested between $100 and $200 million in Zynga, the social gaming behemoth behind Farmville, Mafia Wars, and others, in preparation for the launch of Google Ga…