April 06, 2009

Webby Writing

Web Domain Defined




Most Internet users are familiar with web domains, or domain names, though they may not know it. Domain names are usually the most memorable portions of URLs. For instance "google.com" is the domain name that is the building block of the URL "http://www.google.com."


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What Is a Trojan Virus?





A Trojan is malicious software disguised as something else. Executing a file hidden in a Trojan may reveal an annoying but relatively harmless computer prank--if you're lucky. If you are unlucky, you may find that your entire system is wiped out.

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April 05, 2009

Fox News Fires Showbiz Columnist For "Promoting" Piracy

When I read the Roger Friedman article, I was surprised that it made it to print. What was he thinking? Obviously, piracy is illegal. If you watch pirated movies, the last thing you want to do is publicize the fact. If he wanted to write about that, he should have taken up anonymous blogging (even then he would have been caught, eventually).


If he really wanted to do some hard-hitting journalism, he could have written an exposé on the seedy underbelly of movie piracy. Then he may have gotten a Peabody and a free pass to view all of the illegal downloads he wanted...for research purposes, of course.

Read the whole story: Deadline Hollywood Daily

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February 08, 2009

Adventures on Twitter

Article by Erin McKean of Boston Globe: All a-Twitter
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CNET - Congressman Twitters secret trip to Iraq
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January 14, 2009

Boundaries between TVs & Computers Disappearing

Yahoo! Inc. is paving the way toward a brave new technological world where the lines are blurred between the desktop computer and the living room television console. Yahoo! and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. have unveiled a new line of televisions with Internet-based applications.

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Trojans

Beware of SPAM and suspicious e-mail. The electronic messages may do more than try to sell you unwanted products and services. They may be part of a phishing scam.
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Beware of user-generated content on code-hosting sites. The content may contain malware.
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November 11, 2008

Alan Cumming is cool

Alan Cumming, the actor who played Nightcrawler in the first X-Men sequel, recently became a naturalized citizen of the United States.

He wrote an article for The Huffington Post on how he views the state of the U.S. He also writes about why he decided to become a U.S. citizen.

Why Is America So Content With Mediocrity?


You see, I think that when it comes down to it, American politics is split into people who think it's their duty to care about other people, and those who think it's every man for themselves. That's it. That's why I think the system is systematically flawed and is in dire need of a third party to shake things up a little.

But I digress. I truly think that Americans, some Americans, are comforted by mediocrity. Even those who have been battered the most by the last eight years can be reticent to the idea of change, because they are told to fear it and to leave things as they are, sit down and open a six-pack and forget their troubles.

In other, unrelated, Alan Cumming news:
You can smell like Alan Cumming. :-) He has his own fragrance...er, as we all do. But his is for sale.



Here is a video he made for GLAAD (the Gay and Lesbian Aliance Against Defamation).

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November 06, 2008

What Fox News reporter Carl Cameron said to Shepard Smith about Sarah Palin

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October 31, 2008

Don’t Vote!




HelpingAnimals.com

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October 03, 2008

Get 5 Friends to Register to Vote

Leonardo DiCaprio, will i. am, Tobey Maguire, and Forest Whitaker have created public service announcements to encourage American youth to register to vote. The non-partisan PSAs, produced by DiCaprios Appian Way, were created to engage and inspire young people to register and vote and participate in the upcoming election.

Celebrities appearing in the PSAs include: Amy Adams, will.i.am, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Bacon, Halle Berry, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Connolly, Courteney Cox, Ellen DeGeneres, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Jonah Hill, Dustin Hoffman, Anthony Kiedis, Ashton Kutcher, Adam Levine, Laura Linney, Eva Longoria, Tobey Maguire, Demi Moore, Natalie Portman, Giovanni Ribisi, Ethan Suplee, Kyra Sedgwick, Michelle Trachtenberg, Usher, and Forest Whitaker.




HelpingAnimals.com

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June 26, 2008

John Mayer ditches his BlackBerry Bold (Yes, he got one early)

John Mayer was one of the few people on this planet who actually had and used a BlackBerry Bold, despite the fact that it hasn't been officially released yet. The only other person that I can think of,  off the top of my head, who already has a BlackBerry Bold is Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO of Research In Motion. So how Mayer got one is beyond me. He obviously knows someone. But being well-connected is not really all that surprising in Hollywood.

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June 25, 2008

Documents To Go for BlackBerry released...sort of

Documents To Go has just listed on their Web site BlackBerry Version 1.002. Under choices for devices, all of the latest available BlackBerry models as well as the BlackBerry 9000, or Bold, are listed. Could DataViz be posting information about their software in anticipation of the release of the BlackBerry Bold? Will the release from RIM come earlier than expected?

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New iPhone: porn friendly?

I doubt that this is what Apple had in mind when it decided to release a 3G iPhone. But let's face it, smartphones are becoming miniature computers. And while many use computers for productive purposes—there are a lot of people out there who are closet pervs. Popular Web sites, in general, are beginning to provide mobile content. It is really not surprising that adult-themed sites are doing likewise.

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June 24, 2008

Man from North Pole, Alaska, charged with DUI on lawnmower

That's right, you read the title right: Man from North Pole, Alaska, charged with DUI on lawnmower—Only in Alaska!
(A non-BlackBerry related article, for once.)

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E*TRADE Mobile Baby 2008

BlackBerrys, online banking and trading—What more could you want? OK, there's even a baby thrown in for good measure.

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June 21, 2008

Why BlackBerrys are (still) better than iPhones

Read this Forbes article. It talks about the new iPhone's disappointments, but in doing so, the writer repeatedly compares it to BlackBerry and points out how RIM does it better.

For instance, iPhones can't cut and paste. This is something that BlackBerry has down to a science. There are even shortcuts for cutting and pasting with BlackBerry. I use the cut and paste shortcuts all of the time when composing e-mails.

The iPhone can't send or receive MMS. What's up with that? Even the cheap phones that you get for free with the most basic of cell phone services does that. If the dumbphones (as opposed to smartphones) can do that, I don't see why Apple hasn't figured it out.

No Replaceable Batteries 

Hardcore road warriors don't have time to stop and recharge their phones. Instead they carry their batteries with them, clicking them into their BlackBerrys in the backs of cabs, or, if they're lucky, in a coffee shop. By contrast, there's no easy way to crack open the new iPhone's sleek case to pop in a battery, disappointing bloggers.
And while kits are available for do-it-yourselfers, we wouldn't recommend trying it in between bites of your bagel.

Forbes article

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