Internet related articles
Jan
23
I have a mate (yes, I do have some mates) in Melbourne, Victoria who delights in utilizing unusual/non-standard fonts in her emails. The emails will more often than not elicit responses such as ‘hey, what font is that you are using?’ and ‘where did you get that font from?’ – I guess she enjoys the …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/01/get-additional-fonts-free-from-a-safe-source/
Jan
16
unless you are in China or Iran! (Or the USA?)
Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. – Jimmy Donal “Jimbo” Wales
Laws are like sausages — it is better not to see them being made. – …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/01/the-sum-of-the-worlds-knowledge/
Jan
14
Increasing numbers of links point to web pages, servers or other resources that have become permanently unavailable. The phrase also describes the effects of failing to update out-of-date web pages that clutter search engine results. A link that does not work any more is called a broken link, dead link or dangling link.
A link …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2012/01/link-rot-2/
Dec
28
Beware, iTunes users! There is a new phishing campaign aimed at you!
As described in Intego’s Mac Security Blog, the email tries to direct you to a bogus website to confirm your billing information.
The email is from applied@id.apple.com.
Delete it!!!!
For more information, see http://blog.intego.com/beware-of-apple-billing-information-phishing-e-mails/
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2011/12/apple-id-phishing-email/
Dec
21
As previously intimated here at DCT, Mozilla and Google have now agreed to terms and a new search agreement has been duly signed. Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs confirmed the signing of a new three year deal in a recent announcement – “Under this multi-year agreement, Google Search will continue to be the default search provider …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2011/12/firefox-fans-can-relax-mozilla-and-google-sign-new-deal/
Dec
13
I guess most users would now be utilizing at least one of the common site advisory services to augment security when browsing. These services are generally installed as browser add-ons or plug-ins and help identify rogue sites per medium of a ratings system. Because of my work with DCT, I utilize them all, regularly and …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2011/12/has-wot-lost-the-plot/
Dec
06
Ah capitalism, the wonderful economic system wherein you can go broke saving money. Think about it. How many people spend the rest of the year eating ramen noodles after “saving so much money” shopping in the pepper-spray laced stores on black Friday and clogged webstore servers of cyber Monday? Ah, and remember all of those …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2011/12/woot-i-just-found-a-great-deal/
Dec
05
On October 1st we reported predictions that Chrome would likely overtake Firefox as number 2 browser as early as December this year – HERE. The number crunchers at StatCounter Global Stats are declaring this has now actually happened:
Google’s browser Chrome overtook Firefox for the first time globally on a monthly basis in November. Chrome …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2011/12/firefox-number-2-spot-almost-gone-revenue-concerns/
Dec
01
Wow, I do like this one – lots and lots of instant links to a plethora of interesting and useful sites, all nicely categorized and available from a single source. AllMyFaves includes so many categories and sites it’s impossible to itemize them all here.
The home page opens up to a list of USA related …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2011/12/allmyfaves-myriads-of-links-to-usefulinteresting-sites/
Nov
29
There are several aspects of the Internet Explorer development pattern which have mystified me; primary among them has been why Microsoft would continue pouring millions of dollars into developing a browser which was no longer intrinsically connected with the Windows operating system anyway.
The impending release of both IE10 and Windows 8 has now made …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2011/11/internet-explorer-10-%e2%80%93-well-on-the-way-and-integral-to-windows-8/
Nov
21
If you are not yet aware of the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) then you should be. This abominable piece of legislation has the potential to effectively cripple the internet and pretty much render it impotent. Wikipedia: SOPA
SOPA has been universally condemned, there are literally thousands of protests registered all over the net …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2011/11/sopa-%e2%80%93-a-serious-threat-to-our-internet/
Nov
02
Don’t know how many times I have been part way through typing a comment/post on a blog or forum and inadvertently clicked on a wrong button, losing everything I have written to date and having to start all over again. Far too often would be my guess, and it is so frustrating. So I was …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2011/11/textarea-cache-never-lose-incomplete-commentsposts-again/
Oct
10
Mozilla, the developer of the popular Firefox browser, are about to announce an increase in revenue for 2010. Mozilla’s gross income grew 18%, from a recorded $104 million in 2009 to an anticipated $123 million in 2010. A significantly large portion of that revenue being derived from search engines, with Google providing the lion’s share.
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2011/10/could-google-cut-off-mozillas-revenue/
Oct
01
Speculation is rife that Google Chrome will soon replace Firefox as the the No. 2 browser of choice, behind Internet Explorer – and statistics tend to confirm that as a likely scenario. Some are even predicting Chrome will overtake Firefox as early as December this year.
Browser market share at the end of 2010 was …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2011/10/chrome-set-to-replace-firefox-as-no-2-browser/
Sep
27
Continuing with their enhanced development cycle Mozilla has released version 7.0 of their popular Firefox web browser. The changelog show the following improvements:
Permanent link to this article: http://www.davescomputertips.com/2011/09/firefox-7-0-released/
