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Facebook Timeline Pages: A how-to for Photographers | Rosh Sillars
Today (March 30, 2012) is the day our Facebook pages switch to the timeline layout. Timeline offers photographers new opportunities as well as a little pain. The new banner is nice for photographers to show off their work. My best advice is to keep it simple.
Why antivirus companies like mine failed to catch Flame and Stuxnet
Mikko Hypponen is the Chief Research Officer of F-Secure. He has been working with computer security for over 20 years and has fought the biggest virus outbreaks in the net, including Loveletter, Blaster, Conficker and Stuxnet. His TED Talk on computer security has been seen by almost a million people and has been translated to over 35 languages. A couple of days ago, I received an e-mail from Iran. It was sent by an analyst from the Iranian Computer Emergency Response Team, and it was informing me about a piece of malware their team had found infecting a variety of Iranian computers. This turned out to be Flame: the malware that has now been front-page news worldwide .Researchers Say They Took Down World's Third-Largest Botnet
Facebook Twitter Google+ Save E-mail Share Print On Wednesday, computer security experts took down Grum, the world’s third-largest botnet, a cluster of infected computers used by cybercriminals to send spam to millions of people. Grum, computer security experts say, was responsible for roughly 18 percent of global spam, or 18 billion spam messages a day. Computer security experts blocked the botnet’s command and control servers in the Netherlands and Panama on Tuesday. But later that day, Grum’s architects had already set up seven new command and control centers in Russia and Ukraine. FireEye, a computer security company based in Milpitas, Calif., said it worked with its counterparts in Russia and with SpamHaus, a British organization that tracks and blocks spam, to take down those command and control centers Wednesday morning.
5 Top Price-Compare Apps
W ith fast-ending sales, stackable coupons and online-only discounts, in-store shoppers often have good reason to question whether the price they see is really the best deal out there. More are turning to a growing roster of price-comparison apps for an answer -- and getting mixed results. Nearly 40% of smartphone owners use their phones for in-store price comparisons, making it the top mobile shopping-related activity, according to Nielsen. And even those with regular cell phones run price checks: During the 2011 holiday shopping season, 19% of consumers used their phone to compare products or prices in store, up from 15% in 2010 and 3% in 2009, according to customer service research firm ForeSee. "It's such a great development for consumers," says Deborah Mitchell, executive director for the Center of Brand and Product Management at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Experts warn, however, that the apps may not always be so effective and some stores are determined to thwart them.
Sortable launched initially way back in January this year , offering a decision-engine to help the online masses arrive at the best conclusion regarding what product to buy. In the nine months since launch, and with four million monthly visitors, the team behind Sortable have been working to improve the platform, introducing a slew of new features and giving the site a substantial overhaul. Sortable collects large swathes of data from across the Web and presents in a more palatable way for those looking to make quick-but-informed buying decisions. “We’re providing a personalized view of the Web’s collective knowledge of a product so that we can help people make great purchasing decisions,” says Chris Reid, Co-Founder at Sortable.
Sortable: A Sweet Gadget-Buying Decision Engine
Keeping Up With the Vikings | Free Decorator
By SARA RUFFIN COSTELLO Pamela Hanson/Trunk Archive Civilian kitchens changed forever in the early '90s with the emergence of superstar chefs.
Top 10 ways to Ditch Your Clutter and Digitally Organize Your Life
We've all got a few cabinets, drawers, and shelves filled with clutter that seems outdated: CDs, paper, photo albums, DVDs, and books take up a lot of space. Here are 10 ways you can take the plunge into a digital, clutter-free life. 10. CDs, Records, and Other Music If you were alive before the age of iTunes, you probably have countless CDs, cassette tapes, and records lying around taking up space in your house. Maybe you have some of them in your digital music library, others you don't.
38 Brilliant Logo Designs Of 2011 For Your Inspiration
Logos are one of the most important components of a successful brand. They embody a company’s message and display its personality. A logo should be as creative and professional as possible since it becomes the company’s identity and what consumers remember.
Best Practices For Writing For Online Readers
I have less than 30 seconds to capture your attention with this post, so here goes: if you read some, most or all of the next 750 words or so, you will know how to write Web copy that is more useful to readers of your blog or Web site. As we reported yesterday visual content is continuing its steady rise in dominance over written content. But that doesn't mean we should give up on good writing: if anything, it means we need to think harder about how we write for online readers. Online Readers Are Different Seems pretty obvious, right?
“Why are we so damn stupid?”, that’s what you’ll ask yourself after you see what I’m about to show you. Now, I’m not entirely against suburbs, cul-de-sacs, and curvillinear loop street layouts.
The Great Cul-De-Sac Problem And How To Alleviate It | Chris Norstrom
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