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Tag: Firefox

  • Protect yourself from Firesheep with HTTS Everywhere

    Image via Wikipedia As I am sure most everybody that reads sites such as Global Geek News and listens to podcasts like the Global Geek News Podcast, Firesheep is a Firefox extension that can be used to hijack peoples accounts on sites like Facebook and Twitter when browsing on an open wifi hotspot.  It is…

  • Global Geek News Podcast #58

    Here are the shownotes for episode #58 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes Download the MP3 Help support us with a $5/mo subscription! Stories: Amazon terminates Colorado based associates over new taxes Music biz hopes to stop piracy by tempting ISPs with millions Ubisoft’s DRM servers go down, only pirates can play…

  • Global Geek News Podcast #48

    Here are the shownotes for episode #48 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes Download the MP3 Help support us with a $5/mo subscription! Stories: Report:  Sony still losing money on every PS3 sold LCD price fixing investigation reaches $860 million in fines Mozilla exec urges users to ditch Google for Bing Microsoft…

  • Global Geek News #12

    Here are the shownotes for episode #12 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes Download the MP3 Help support us with a $5/mo subscription! Stories: Best Buy puts vending machines in airports IE below 69% market share, Firefox over 21% Microsoft’s pay-as-you-go patent application rejected Did Microsoft intentionally leak the Windows 7 beta?…

  • My Thoughts on Google Chrome

    Greetings Readers! Sorry it has been so long since I wrote anything.  Starting today, that will change.  Today I wanted to talk a bit about Google Chrome.  So without further delay, here are my thoughts on Google’s Chrome browser. I will start off with what the browser does well.  The browser is amazingly fast.  Thanks…