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Most popular domains
Posted on 30 Jun 2011 by Alan Burns
As I reported in a recent post, late next year the flood of new domain suffixes will begin, due to recent decisions by Internet body ICANN. To commemmorate what may soon be seen as “the good old days” of 22 top-level domains (no...read more
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Wave of new domain names coming
Posted on 25 Jun 2011 by Alan Burns
Dot-com will soon have plenty of competition. Under new rules approved this week, top-level domains could be almost anything, such as .guitar, .tofu and .halibut. ICANN, the Internet body overseeing domain names, voted to open up the top-le...read more
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Would you like a side of virus with your Big Mac?
Posted on 23 Jun 2011 by Alan Burns
Today I received the following e-mail message: Subject: Don’t miss The Free Five-Course Breakfast Day From: “Your McDonalds” Hello. McDonalds invites you to The Free Supper Day which will take place on 23 June, 2011, in ev...read more
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Kinect gaming system helps Toronto surgeons
Posted on 15 Jun 2011 by Alan Burns
Surgeons at Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto, Canada, are using video game technology as an aid in surgery. Using Microsoft’s Xbox platform and the hands-free Kinect controller, surgeons access medical images such as X-rays, MRIs and CT...read more
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Google banner continues to annoy
Posted on 26 May 2011 by Alan Burns
I’m surprised. I thought Google would have listened to the backlash and stopped annoying its users. Last month I wrote about the banner that appears at the top of Google’s search results page, saying: Come Here Often? Make Googl...read more
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Printing without a printer
Posted on 20 May 2011 by Alan Burns
Sometimes you need to print a document without being connected to a printer. This process is often referred to as using a virtual printer. There are many scenarios when this would be necessary: You’ve completed a document and spent ti...read more
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The Swiss Army Knife of text editors
Posted on 05 May 2011 by Alan Burns
Text editors don’t get much consideration. Some use them infrequently, when viewing ReadMe files or other such short documents. Others use them more often, but may use Windows Notepad because it comes pre-installed. Windows Notepad is...read more
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The Amazing History of Today’s Top 10 Most Trafficked Websites
Posted on 02 May 2011 by mostash
This is the second episode in a the infographic series WebHostingBuzz started last month, aimed to inform & entertain developers, designers, geeks and infographic addicts alike. In this piece we’re taking a look at the history of ...read more
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“Come Here Often?” Can we make Google bug off?
Posted on 29 Apr 2011 by Alan Burns
If you search with Google, you’ve no doubt seen the intrusive banner that recently began appearing at the top of the search results page: Come Here Often? Make Google Your Homepage, and two choices: Sure or No Thanks. The banner is so...read more
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Huge criminal botnet crippled
Posted on 18 Apr 2011 by Alan Burns
Score one for the good guys. U.S. authorities last week took action against a huge criminal botnet. A botnet is a network in which servers run for illicit purposes control home and office computers whose owners are unaware they have been co...read more
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