What’s the number one issue people have with Facebook? That’s right, privacy. Ever since there’s been a Facebook, people have been voicing their privacy concerns about it, and we’ve been there every step of the way. Over the past year, we’ve given you 16 steps (8 here, 8 there) to regain control of your Facebook privacy, taught you how to secure your settings, given you tips to protect your privacy, introduced you to apps like PrivacyDefender, and shown you how to tweak your Facebook Places security settings. And after all that, we finally broke down and wrote an Unofficial Facebook Privacy Guide.
So what’s the problem now? Nothing, technically. In fact, Facebook has recently given us a way to see if someone else has been accessing our Facebook accounts (without our permission). Is that something you’d be interested in? Follow me.
Remaining humanly connected in an exponentially increasing, complex and changing world. That's where we will begin!
Saturday, February 19, 2011
How To Check If Someone Else Is Accessing Your Facebook Account
Friday, February 18, 2011
Abell 1689 galaxy cluster | TechRepublic
Abell 1689 galaxy cluster
WorldWide Telescope is a new project from Microsoft Research that combines imagery of space and celestial objects into one easy-to-use interface. From the site's overview page: "The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope--bringing together imagery from the world's best ground- and space-based telescopes for the exploration of the universe."
This image is a high-resolution image of Abell 1689, a galaxy cluster in the constellation Virgo, as taken by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. The image is embedded on the digitized sky that is the basis of WorldWide Telescope.
Image used with permission from Microsoft. Caption by Wally Bahny.
Resources:
1. http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/
2. http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/whatIs/whatIsWWT.aspx
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abell_1689
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
HTC Flyer: 7-inch Android tablet with a surprise | ZDNet
The Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona has been full of Android tablets as expected, and in the mix HTC presented its new tablet with some unique features. The HTC Flyer is a 7-inch tablet running a hybrid version of Gingerbread (Android 2.4), and not Honeycomb as most tablets being presented at MWC. According to HTC, using Gingerbread allowed the company to bake its Sense interface on the Flyer, while Honeycomb would have required more time. The biggest surprise HTC has put into the Flyer is the inclusion of a pen for taking handwritten notes on the tablet, something no one else is doing on Android.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
VIDEO: How to steal passwords from a locked iPhone | Naked Security
German researchers say that they have found a way to steal passwords stored on a locked Apple iPhone in just six minutes. Even if they don't know your iPhone's passcode. Learn more and understand the implications if users have iPhones inside your business.
Monday, February 14, 2011
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Friday, February 11, 2011
Google's two-factor sign-in: Use it | ZDNet
The search giant had two step verification in Google Apps, but is now rolling it out to the masses. In a nutshell, the extra verification step means your Google account is harder to hack
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Handy Android Apps You’ll Use Everyday | ITBusinessEdge.com
A recent Gartner forecast has Android surging past iOS and RIM in market share in 2010 and challenging Symbian for the top spot by 2014. As we have reported, Apple’s iOS accounted for 56 percent of mobile Web activity as of August 2010, while Android increased to 25 percent.
That being the case, developers have been busy creating Android Market applications. We’ve collected some of the best Android apps that make life easier and generally help you on a day-to-day basis. Some are free, and some require a small fee.
References:
http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/android-forecast-to-take-over-mobile-os-market/?cs=43243
http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/android-continues-to-gain-on-ios/?cs=43149