Posts Tagged ‘fire’

What’s old is new again

Yesterday, Microsoft put out an advisory to a security vulnerability specific to the Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 SP2, and Windows 7 RC operating systems.  No other Windows operating systems, including Windows 7 RTM are impacted.

Things Learned from the Internet

• You want it, you can find it online.
• If you don't want it, you can also find it online.
• It might take a while.
• Sometimes the hunt is half the fun.
• Everyone has a website. Grandfathers, mothers and babies. Everyone.
• At some point, Google became a verb.
• The difference between web surfing with Firefox and IE is the difference between body armor and a trendy cotton vest.
• If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
• The Internet is the geeks playground. Here, we rule.
• Not that you would ever need to know the dietary habits of the South American anteater, but it's comforting to know you could find it online if you did.
• When in doubt, Wikipedia.
• Anyone who uses the term 'Interweb' has never been online.
• Explaining the Internet to someone who's never been online, is like explaining the Magna Carta to your cat.
• Almost everything of substance can be summed up with a “DUDE! Check this out!' and a hyperlink.
• Be safe. Be cynical.
• Some else already said it first. But that doesn't mean it won't be said again, and again...
• The Internet IS redundancy.
• There is no such thing as 'sufficient bandwidth'.
• There's always something new.
• You can never go back once you've tried it.

Flip 3D your Firefox Tabs

Looking at all the evidence presented to me, Firefox is making major strides in browser preference among web surfers.  I know it is my browser of choice.

New Computer Security Mistakes

I wanted to pass on what I see as some of the top computer security mistakes that most casual computers users make when first setting up a new computer: