More Internet Opinion

• 21 September 2012

• Opinion: ioSafe turns to crowdfunding for disaster-proof private cloud project

  ioSafe--an established vendor of disaster-proof storage--is turning to crowdfunding to raise capital for its next project. Earlier this week, ioSafe kicked off a fundraising effort on Indiegogo to finance a new disaster-proof private cloud.

• Opinion: Groupon introduces mobile payments system

  Online coupon broker Groupon debuted a new payments system on Wednesday meant to offer the "lowest rates in today's marketplace" to U.S. merchants who use its couponing service.

• 20 September 2012

• Opinion: Safely send private information over the Internet

  KenWid10 asked the Antivirus & Security Software forum how best to send encrypted information to someone over the Internet.

• 19 September 2012

• Opinion: Will you be more secure if you abandon Internet Explorer?

  The German government is urging people to abandon Internet Explorer to avoid zero-day attacks currently circulating in the wild. Microsoft is scrambling to develop a patch to address the problem. The dirty secret, though, is the attack relies on Java being present, so Java--not Internet Explorer--is the Achilles heel of this equation.

• 18 September 2012

• Opinion: Box Accelerator streamlines cloud data uploads

  One of the biggest problems faced by cloud storage users is upload speed. It's an issue, however, that just became much less of a concern for Box customers thanks to Box Accelerator.

• Opinion: Do Klout Perks carry any real-world weight?

  You may be more than the sum of your parts, but to Klout, you're just a number. The analytics company monitors your interactions on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and beyond. It then sorts through the data to generate a numeric score that purportedly "measures a person's overall online influence" on a scale from 1 to 100.

• 17 September 2012

• Opinion: Beware of fake 'likes,' and other false social signals

  As social networks continue to grow, businesses are scrambling to grab customer attention and convert it to dollars. Some companies, however, aren't afraid to turn towards sleazier methods to amplify brand awareness. Gartner Research predicted today that 10 to 15 percent of all social media reviews by the end of 2014 will be fake critiques paid for by unscrupulous advertisers.

• Opinion: Microsoft reveals Office 2013 and Office 365 pricing

  Microsoft unveiled Office 2013 and the new Office 365 a couple months ago and launched a public beta to give everyone an opportunity to test it out. There were still two big question marks, though: "When will it be available?" and "How much will it cost?" Now we know the answer to one of those burning questions.

• Opinion: Directly downloading Dropbox files

  Reader Dwayne Norris has a problem with Dropbox links. He writes:

• 14 September 2012

• Opinion: Google adds Do-Not-Track to Chrome

  Google has added a Do Not Track privacy option to Chrome's developer channel, though it's late to the party compared to other browsers.

• 13 September 2012

• Opinion: New JavaScript Tech Will Make Firefox 18 Faster

  Things never stand still for long in the world of Web browsers, and Mozilla's popular Firefox contender is no exception.

• Opinion: Google adds 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon' Easter Egg

  Google just established itself as the undisputed master of the “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” game with a new “bacon number” search Easter Egg.

• 12 September 2012

• Opinion: Make your Facebook news feed default to Most Recent

  Oh, Facebook. I'm always setting your news feed to Most Recent, and every few days you decide I'd be happier with Top Stories.

• Opinion: How to reveal Outlook's hidden BCC field

  Is there anything more amusingly anachronistic in today's tech world than the "Cc" and "Bcc" fields?

• 11 September 2012

• Opinion: Court orders music pirate Jammie Thomas-Rasset to pay original fine of $222,000

  A U.S. appeals court has reinstated a lower court ruling that found admitted music pirate Jammie Thomas-Rasset guilty of copyright infringement. The Minnesota woman has been ordered to pay the original $222,000 in damages.

• Opinion: GoDaddy and its customers start recovery from massive service disruption

  GoDaddy, the largest registrar of Internet domains and host to some 5 million websites, starter to recover Monday afternoon from a service disruption that may have disabled countless websites across the Internet.

• 07 September 2012

• Opinion: Learn Gmail keyboard shortcuts with KeyRocket for Chrome

  Keyboard shortcuts are awesome-sauce. Anytime you can keep your hands on your keys instead of reaching for the mouse, you're saving precious seconds.

• Opinion: Google Doodle celebrates Star Trek Anniversary

  The 46th anniversary of the cult TV show Star Trek is Saturday but Google's celebrating the event early with a whimsical animated interactive "doodle" posted to its main search page Friday.

• Opinion: Ask the iTunes Guy: Manipulating files

  [Ask the iTunes Guy is a regular column in which we answer your questions on everything iTunes related. If there’s something you’d like to know, send an email to the iTunes Guy for consideration.]

• 06 September 2012

• Opinion: Enhance and extend Mail at a discount

  Longtime Mac Gems readers know that while I’m a user of OS X’s Mail email client, I’m a fan of the many add-ons and utilities that extend and enhance Mail. In fact, several of my most-used Gems are Mail add-ons.

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