Background Search Engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN, ASK, etc.) index web pages by spidering web pages and applying a secret algorithm to figure out page ranking. Spiders (or “bots”) do this for each indexable page on the internet on every indexable domain. That’s where a lot of web developers get caught between usability and Search Engine Optimization. [...]
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Monthly Archives: August 2007
Aug 28
Uninsured Americans: Fact, Fiction, and Misleading Truths
Quote of the Day: Figures don’t lie, but liars can figure. The following is an excerpt from Downsizer – Dispatch, the official email list of DownsizeDC.org, Inc. & Downsize DC Foundation. Many people have asked: “What about people with no health insurance?” Or, “How many people die in America because they lack coverage?” These are good [...]
Aug 27
New "Digital Canvas" set to revolutionize the creative process
Microsoft continues to innovate the creative process with their latest release: Microsoft Paint. The video below describes just a bit of what MS Paint is bringing to artists… and to the creative process in general! Tweet
Aug 27
Office 2007 Vulnerability: Excel Stores Data Connection Password in Plain Text
Bradley Mountford, a digital forensics expert, today discovered a security vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 regarding login information of external data sources. Basically, there are two sides to this issue, if you password protect an entire Excel 2007 document entirely, it’s no longer a true XML document, rather, it’s an XML document wrapped in an OLE [...]
Aug 27
Teenager Unlocks "Microsoft" iPhone
According to an article run at www.news.com.au, “HACKERS have unlocked Microsoft’s new iPhone, allowing it to be used by any network.” Without getting into the whole “hackers” vs. “crackers” debate, it’s interesting that some reporters aren’t smart enough to know the difference between Apple and Microsoft regarding one of the biggest product releases of the [...]
