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Take back your online privacy!

Posted on December 30, 2011 by admin

Every time you go online and browse various websites your browsing activities are almost certainly being tracked by multiple sources. Unfortunately the built-in browser ‘private browsing’ feature, if you even know about it let along use it, is actually very ineffective and in my opinion useless. There is however a fantastic free tool you can use and download as an extension plug-in to your browser that automatically blocks tracking before these companies get to your information. It’s called Do Not Track Plus and is available as a free download.

NOTE: If you use multiple browsers you will need to download this browser plug-in app to each browser you use. Simply go to the website http://www.donottrackplus.com/ using a browser you want to install this plug-in and click the download button. Repeat for each browser you use. Here at Razor Micro, Inc. we need to test websites that we develop for clients across multiple browsers so all we did is go to http://www.donottrackplus.com/ using each browser on every local computer and installed the plug-in. Super quick and easy.

You will be amazed to see actually how much tracking is taking place that you most likely had no idea about. Once installed, your browser now has a little icon near the top right-hand corner that you can click to find out the details of who is tracking you on a particular website.

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Amazon sells 1,000,000 Kindle Fire Tablets Every Week

Posted on December 29, 2011 by admin

Wow, Amazon.com just released some sales figures for their new Android OS tablet computer, the Amazon Kindle Fire, which launched on 15 November 2011. Although the figures are not an exact number, they hinted that one million Kindle Fire Tablets have been sold each week since the launch. The $200 price point seems to be a ‘sweet spot’ and proved to be hugely popular.

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Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011

Posted on October 6, 2011 by admin

RIP

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Adult Sites get their own .xxx domain extension

Posted on September 7, 2011 by admin

Adult sites can now officially register under the .xxx domain extension, the domain’s operator, ICM Registry, announced today.

The new .xxx top-level domain is open not just to porn sites but to nonporn sites that want to block the use of their names on the .xxx domain. Located in Florida, ICM is managing and supporting the new domain but will work with 50 individual registrars around the world to handle the actual registrations. Promoting the advantages of .xxx to potential customers, ICM said that holders of the domain name will be able to tap into global marketing campaigns and greater awareness of their sites. ICM is also establishing a search portal for .xxx sites that it believes will generate more traffic.

Each .xxx site will be scanned daily by McAfee to prevent the spread of malware. These sites will also offer a Metacert “electronic label” as part of an effort to help parents better block access for their children, ICM said.

Registrations for a .xxx domain will begin with what ICM calls a 50-day “sunrise” period, which gives companies both in and outside the porn industry 50 days to register for or block themselves from the domain. Specifically, Sunrise A will handle registrations from adult sites, while Sunrise B will be geared for companies outside the online porn industry.

After that, a “land rush” period will start on November 8 during which time businesses will have access to any remaining .xxx addresses for 17 days. Following that, .xxx addresses will move into general availability, ICM said.

After several years of rejecting and postponing an ultimate decision on the .xxx name, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) gave the domain the initial stamp of approval in June 2010. The domain received ICANN’s official OK in March 2011.

Application fees cost between $80 and $110, while each .xxx domain will cost around $100 a year. Companies that want to block their names from being used with a .xxx address have to pony up an “opt-out” registration fee of $200 to $300. On its Web site, ICM noted that domain name prices are set by each individual registrar.

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Starbucks might have had enough of laptop loungers

Posted on August 4, 2011 by admin

It was reported in the media that certain Starbucks in New York City were covering up their AC outlets, so that customers would have to rely on their laptop batteries, rather than the company’s power supply.

This is obviously a direct and very reasonable response to those coffee shop customers using their laptops (and we have all seen them every week) who hog a table or chair for literally hours and hours. They plug their laptop in to the nearby power outlet and ‘camp’ for the day. This is just very poor coffee shop public etiquette and quite frankly very annoying and unreasonable to other patrons who want to ‘get online for a while’. If you need to be online all day for hours at a time, rent some space at a collaborative office space such as CoLoft in Santa Monica, California.

Good for Starbucks and any other coffee shops that use a solution like this. By simply covering their AC power outlets or limiting the availability to just 1 or 2, this automatically and effectively cuts down this practice.

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