Unclick Google On March 11, Google revealed its latest plan to violate your privacy: they will now record the types of websites you visit in order to gather a behavioral profile of your interests purportedly so that they can send you targeted advertising. This policy is in addition to their current policy of keeping a record of every single web search you have ever made along with as much other personally identifying information as they can gather. Of course, these behavioral profiles and detailed search histories will also be made available to law enforcement personnel upon request. The disregard for user privacy is a long standing tradition at Google and one that should be challenged. Just as Facebook was recently forced to cave after protests, Google too can be made to backtrack from their creeping violations of our privacy. As every internet user knows, the web is inundated with advertising. Because Google ads are targeted, certain advertisers are willing to pay top dollar for clicks.
10 Essential Software Apps For Web Development on a Mac Whether Macs are the best computers for web development is up for debate, but one thing can be agreed upon – there are some great software apps for web development on a Mac. Here’s a list of 10 essential software apps for web development on a Mac. 10. TextWrangler is a multipurpose text editor that works for editing code and plain text documents. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. iTerm is a feature-filled Terminal emulator for OSX. Do you have any suggestions for better similar apps? OSRC: The Boot Process The Boot Process Boot sectors, bootable CD-ROMs, examples.. The Basics "Making plain binary files using a C compiler" - by Cornelis Frank This document is an excellent description of how to write OS code in C, and subsequently directly load it... very useful for a bootloader. Enabling the A20 Address Line - by J. This snippet of NASM assembly code is used to enable the A20 addressing line so that more than 1M of memory can be addresed... very useful nowadays... :) Boot Sector Documentation Boot Sector Overview - by Chris Lattner Short tutorial I wrote that explains how a bootsector works and how it is supposed to interface to the startup code. Guide to x86 Bootstrapping (and Partitioning) - by VaX#n8 "This guide will attempt to describe partitioning, boot sequences, and the programs which manage them on the Intel 80x86 platform. Daniels NASM bootstrap tutorial - by Daniel Marjamäki Master Boot Record Tut - by Hale Landis BIOS and CMOS Register Descriptions Industry Specifications
10 really useful menu bar extras for Mac OS X Page 1 of 2Five fantastic menu bar extras So you've got your brand-new Mac with a shiny widescreen display; acres of space sits between the Help menu and Apple's handful of default menu extras, begging to be used to the full. Below, in no particular order, are ten of the very best tiny, indispensable (and mostly free) applications for making the most of your menu bar. 1. iStat menus (donationware) iStat menus provides succinct monitoring for CPU, memory and drive usage, along with network traffic, all from the menu bar. 2. iTunesMenu (free/$1.99) Dozens of iTunes notifiers exist, but they usually float over and obscure other apps. iTunesMenu sits in the menu bar, displaying the artist and title of your currently playing track. 3. Rating tracks in iTunes opens up possibilities for filtering via smart playlists, but few people rate tracks, because it's a hassle. 4. 5.
45 Free Online Computer Science Courses Missed lectures or hate teachers? Or want to study computer science courses without going to university? … You can study anytime anywhere because there are number of free online computer science courses available on internet that are very interactive. Here is the list of 45 free online computer science courses that are designed by teaching experts from best universities of the world (almost the whole graduation!). 1. Programming Methodology CS106A , Stanford University Course. Complete set of course materials. 2. This course is the natural successor to Programming Methodology and covers such advanced programming topics as recursion, algorithmic analysis, and data abstraction using the C++ programming language, which is similar to both C and Java. 3. Advanced memory management features of C and C++; the differences between imperative and object-oriented paradigms. 4. The purpose of this course is to introduce you to basics of modeling, design, planning, and control of robot systems. 5. 6.
30 essential Mac time-saving shortcuts We all want our Macs to be labour-saving rather than labour-causing devices. Yet, even if you've been using a Mac for a long time, the thought, "There has to be a better of way of doing this," will probably come to mind on a daily basis. Whether you're undertaking a repetitive task that has to be done often or just a one-off job that seems to be more complicated than necessary, it's your time that's being wasted and we're here to put an end to it. So we're going to show you 30 brilliant ways you can make life with your Mac that much easier – and we're not going to use Automator once. Then, to wrap things up, we'll give you 10 ways to make Safari and Mail even more powerful, either through built-in functions or with add-ons. Working faster in OS X 1. Aliases are useful files that point to other files somewhere on your Mac. The simplest way to create an alias is to hold down Cmd + Option and drag the item to the new location. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
anonymoX Switching To Mac 52 Ways to Speed Up OS X | Pete White - 'World Famous' ImAFish After Apple recently announced a delay to OS X 10.5 Leopard I had to delay my iMac upgrade until the Autumn. This led me to thinking about how to speed up Tiger to get the most out of my ageing G5. This is what I came up with: General System 1. Repair Disk Permissions Navigate to Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. *Edit: Warning people have experienced problems with Monolingual so becareful what you remove. 13. 14. 15. 16. Eye Candy 17. 18. Dashboard 19. 20. As you can see the widgets I have running are all using an acceptable amount of Real Memory. Tinkertool Tinkertool is a utility that gives you access to additional settings within OS X. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. OnyX OynX is similar to Tinkertool however has many more options and preferences.You may have already done some of these in previous tips. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. Safari You can do some of the following by resetting Safari - click Safari > Reset Safari. 40. 41.
30 Must-Have Tweaks For Your Mac | How-To Advertisement In one of the recent posts1, we looked at some reasons why some developers switch to the Mac. If you’ve decided to make the switch yourself, you can do a lot to make the transition smoother. We will take a look at some must-have software, configurations and hacks that can make your life easier as you switch and that can get you up to full productivity (and maybe beyond) in no time at all. We have tried to find as many free solutions as possible, but you have to pay for some applications to get their full functionality. If we have missed a configuration, hack or piece of software that you found helpful when switching, please post it in the comments. Configurations Right-Clicking One of the most visible differences between Macs and other computers is the former’s lack of a second button on the mouse. All Macs support right-clicking, and it works just as it does on a Windows system, popping up menus and extras. Tweak Mouse-Tracking Speed Turn Off Screen-Dimming Turn on the Firewall
Dan Rodney's List of Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts & Keystrokes For years I’ve collected these keystrokes. I hope they help you become the power user that lies within. They have been tested in Mac OS X El Capitan (Mac OS 10.11) but most should work on other versions of Mac OS (10.10 Yosemite, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, etc.). Menu Symbols Finder App Switcher Managing Windows & Dialogs Dock Dashboard Working with Text Only work in some apps (Safari, Mail, TextEdit, etc.) Screenshots Saved to the Desktop as a PNG file. Spotlight Mission Control Startup, Restart, Shutdown & Sleep Safari Apple Mail Preview Miscellaneous Emacs Key Bindings Only work in some apps (Safari, Mail, TextEdit, etc.)