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Distracting Hackers

Kyle — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:48:05 +0000

This is a great idea! This doesn’t just help keep hackers out of your website, but keeps them busy with false information for when they think they get into your website. Read this full article here to learn more about safeguarding your website.

HTML 5 Video

Kyle — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:03:11 +0000

HTML 5 has just recently entered the online video market, and the people at LongTail Video have broken down the compatibility within today’s browsers. With these technologies constantly changing they promise to keep the page updated for reference if a developer plans on using HTML 5 for their video playing needs. Check out the full article here.

Megaupload Shut Down

Kyle — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:56:53 +0000

The popular file-sharing site, Megaupload, was shut down Thursday. They are were shut down based on charges of copyright infringement. According to Wired.com the Hong Kong based site had seven individuals connected to the site indicted on said charges. Please read the article here.

IBM cuts bit size to 12 atoms

Kyle — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:10:01 +0000

Don’t you ever wish you had more Hard Drive space? Or there were more options of the amount of space you could purchase? The people at IBM have been able to create one byte out of just 12 atoms. That means at some point we will have Hard Drives with 100Tb with the same amount of material as our 1Tb drives. You can read the full article here.

Eye Mouse

Kyle — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:39:03 +0000

Ever thought it would be awesome to navigate your cursor using your eyes? Well there’s hardware and software coming for that. Check out the video here.

Windows Update Critical

Kyle — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:16:33 +0000

Microsoft has issued a new update right before the new year that is labeled as “critical”. A short article describing the importance of the update here. Be sure to make this update on your machine as soon as possible.

Creating Android Apps

Kyle — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:54:53 +0000

Have you ever thought about creating an app for an Android operated device? Well TechRadar has a little tutorial to get you started. You can read how to create a simple app here.

FireFox 9

Kyle — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:40:19 +0000

Mozilla has released Firefox 9 and not a moment too soon, as Google Chrome has overtaken Firefox as the second most used browser on the web. You can read some details at Wired here. If you want to update to Firefox 9 just go here.

Keep the Web Open

Kyle — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:48:14 +0000

I’m sure most people have heard about the SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), and now there is a counter bill to those that believe SOPA is infringing on people’s rights. The OPEN Act should announced today as a counter measure, and is open to view at KeepTheWebOpen.com (as of now the site is not open to the public, yet). The site is offering the public to read the Act and make suggestions to editing before the final version. You can read the full article here at C|Net.

128 GB NAND Device

Kyle — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:47:11 +0000

The people over at Intel have created the first ever 128 GB NAND device for Tablets, Smartphones, and other similar electronic devices. This thing will fit on the end of your fingertip like it’s a contact lens. You can read the full article at the Intel pressroom here. Leave a comment and let us know what you think this means for the tech industry.