In addition to security, one of the major benefits of Firefox is the ability of the user to makes changes. Firefox has numerous extensions that can be added. Serdar Yegulalp, in an article for ComputerWorld, goes through the some steps in tweaking the browser to meet your specific needs.
link: Hacking Firefox: […]
Who owns the airspace above your property? The Manitoba First Nations believes that the airspace is a natural resource and subject to property rights claims:
“Manitoba First Nations are seeking compensation from Manitoba Telecom Services for every cellphone signal that passes through First Nations land, saying the airspace should be considered a resource like land […]
There is a stir in Lakerland. Kobe Bryant has asked to be traded.
“LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant asked to be traded from the Lakers on Wednesday, a day after calling the team’s front office “a mess,” and said nothing will change his mind.”
Link: Kobe says he wants Lakers to trade him
If Kobe insists […]
Steve Bass is a writer in the technology sector and he is a bit miffed. His credit union has had a data breach and, yes, Steve’s personal information is out there:
“They recently sent election ballots to members. Printed on the outside of the envelope were some numbers. The first was our account number. That […]
To us, computing means a keyboard and a mouse (or some sort of point device). However, it is possible that, in the near future, a keyboard and a mouse may be museum relics. That was how computers operated in the early days. What will replace the keyboard and mouse will be a computing surface […]
Another product is added to the pet food recall list:
“A brand of Nutra Nuggets dog food, produced by a Northern California company, has been recalled after tests found trace amounts of the plastic material, “melamine” in the food.”
link: Nutra Nuggets Dog Food Recall
Even months after this pet food recall started, additional products are being […]
Since being fired from the Houston Rockets, Jeff Van Gundy has landed a job as guest analyst on some television broadcasts of the NBA playoff games. It seems that his comments are insightful and sometimes surprisingly humourous. He is a terrific analyst, without treating the audience like complete dolts. Coach Van Gundy […]
Another reason to turn off the cell phone:
“SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Researchers at the University of Utah have found talking on a cell phone while driving could be as bad as driving drunk.”
link: Study: Drivers Using Cell Phones as Bad as Drunk Driving
So, if you have been drinking, driving, and using your […]
There is a phrase that politicians and military people use that elevates my blood pressure each and every time I hear it. The phrase is “acceptable losses“, used to speak of the casualties of war.
Strike that phrase from the vocabulary. There are no acceptable losses.
Catherine Forsythe
Tags: phrase, vocabulary, casualties, war
RegisterFly customers soon may be GoDaddy customers.
“NEW YORK — GoDaddy.com, the leading registration company for Internet domain names, has agreed to take over and manage more than 850,000 addresses belonging to customers of a troubled rival, officials announced Tuesday.”
link: GoDaddy agrees to run domains in limbo
For all the RegisterFly customers, just be […]
