Category: General
Facebook comes out swinging
October 24th, 2011, No Comments
Facebook has come out of its corner swinging in response to the accusation that its “shadow profiles”, among other aspects of its services, break Ireland’s privacy law.
The latest round in the world+dog-versus-Facebook began last week, when a group called Europe-v-Facebook picked up research by Austrian student Max Schrens as the basis of a complaint to Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner.
Schrens’s complaint covered the handling of Facebook user data, but also accused the company of creating “shadow profiles” of non-users. For example, he said, a non-user’s identity could be revealed to Facebook when a user uploads an address book to its servers.
Irish DPC to investigate Facebook
October 24th, 2011, No Comments
Even if you’re not a Facebook user, chances are that your computer is carrying cookies from The Social Network™. They’re scattered all over the Web like digital malarial mosquitoes waiting for the next host.
They’re also, according to Austrian law student Max Schrens, part of an infrastructure that allows Facebook to build “shadow profiles” of people who have never signed on to Facebook and therefore have never consented to its data slurp.
HTML 5
October 20th, 2011, No Comments
HTML5: The New Placeholder Property for Better Form Instructions
A coder’s job function is to make a website work properly with the least amount of code as possible. Succinct coding creates efficient, fast websites that are easier to debug if errors occur. Although the World Wide Web Consortium, W3C, lists HTML version 5 in “working draft” status, browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and other search engines, already support the new HTML5 tag snippets. HTML5 supports easier coding for multimedia, microdata, such as rich snippets, and more form values than older HTML formats. Among HTML5’s new form element properties, its “placeholder” property gives coders added flexibility.
The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Domain Name
October 20th, 2011, No Comments
The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Domain Name
Choosing a domain name is as important as choosing the title for a book. The name should not only represent the content of the site, but also intrigue potential visitors. Shorter names are better. Of course, the most obvious names have usually been taken. So how does one go about picking a unique yet recognizable domain name?
Guidelines to Creating a Great Domain Name
How Do I Clear My Cookies
October 19th, 2011, No Comments
How Do I Clear My Cookies?
To delete/clear your cookies follow the instructions for your specific browser.
Internet Explorer
FireFox
Netscape
Opera
Internet Explorer
•Tools Menu
•Select Internet Options
•Select “General” Tab
•Select “Delete Cookies” Button
FireFox
•Tools Menu
•Select Options
•Select “Cookies” Tab
•Select “Delete Cookies Now” Button
Netscape
•Tools Menu
•Select Options
•Select Privacy
•Select Clear (Next to Cookies)
Opera
•Tools Menu
•Select Preferences
•Select Advanced
•Select Cookies
•Select Manage Cookies
•Select the website
•Select Delete
What is a Secured Socket Layer (SSL)?
October 16th, 2011, 51 Comments
A Secured Socket Layer, or SSL, is the usual way that a website creates a secure connection with a web browser. Whenever a web surfer visits a secure site that uses SSL technology, it creates an encrypted link between their browser session and the web server. SSL is the industry standard for secure web communication and is used to protect millions of online transactions each day.
How do I change my IP address
October 16th, 2011, No Comments
How do I change my IP address?” and “Can I change my IP address?” are probably the most commonly asked questions. Please attempt the following then, if that does not work, visit the Change IP Address forum.
Before trying any other methods to change your IP address, try turning off (or unplugging the power of) your Cable/DSL modem for five minutes. In many cases this will change your IP address. However, if that does not change your IP address, repeat the process for 8 hours (overnight works well) instead of 5 minutes. Hopefully this will result in an IP change.
POP3
October 11th, 2011, No Comments
POP3, which is an abbreviation for Post Office Protocol 3, is the third version of a widespread method of receiving email. Much like the physical version of a post office clerk, POP3 receives and holds email for an individual until they pick it up. And, much as the post office does not make copies of the mail it receives, in previous versions of POP3, when an individual downloaded email from the server into their email program, there were no more copies of the email on the server; POP automatically deleted them.
Was ist ein Hostname?
October 11th, 2011, No Comments
Was ist ein Hostname?
Ein Name ist ein Label, das verwendet werden, um ein Ding vom anderen zu unterscheiden. Der Name einer Person, zum Beispiel, besteht aus einem Satz von alphabetischen Zeichen, dass eine Person einzeln angesprochen werden können. Computer sind auch als eine Maschine von einem anderen zu unterscheiden und die für solche Aktivitäten als Netzwerk-Kommunikation zu ermöglichen.
Computer sind immer eindeutige Adressen benötigt, um miteinander zu reden. Mit dem Aufkommen des Internets, einschließlich der Anforderungen für die Aktivierung Computer miteinander über ein Netzwerk kommunizieren das Konzept der hostname. Der Hostname begann als einfacher String aus alphanumerischen Zeichen (und möglicherweise auch einen Bindestrich) und hat seine aktuelle Definition, wo hostname ist ein Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN), die absolut und eindeutig identifiziert jeden Computer auf dem Internet über die Domain süchtig entwickelt Name Service (DNS) Namenshierarchie.
Server (Rechner)
October 5th, 2011, No Comments
Server in einem Rechenzentrum. Mehrere Server sind auf einem Gestell montiert und an einem Display angezeigt.
Ein Rack-montierbar-Server. Die obere Abdeckung entfernt werden, um zeigen die internals.In Rahmen der Client-Server-Architektur, ist ein Server ein Computer-Programm, das auf die Anfragen von anderen Programmen, die “Kunden” zu dienen. So führt die “server” ein paar Rechenaufgaben im Namen der “Kunden”. Die Kunden entweder auf demselben Computer ausgeführt werden oder eine Verbindung über das Netzwerk.
In häufigste Verwendung, Server auf einem physischen Computer (ein Hardware-System) die für die Ausführung eines oder mehrerer solcher Dienstleistungen (als Gastgeber), ist [1], um den Bedürfnissen der Nutzer von den anderen Computern im Netzwerk. Abhängig von der Computing-Service, die es bietet es könnte ein Datenbank-Server, File Server, Mail-Server, Druckserver, Webserver, oder andere werden.
