Bad web habits may not cause cancer, but they sure can get you into trouble according to a recent batch of news stories. Some of the stories are alerts and some just confirm that there are folks that don’t think about what they are doing. ABC News in Web Surfing at Work? It Could Cost [...]

A few days ago I noticed that a dollar bill that I received in change had an odd red marking around the federal reserve bank seal. It said “Track This Bill” and gave the address of a website – www.wheresgeorge.com. The stamp looked a lot like the example to the left, which was provided by [...]

To catch the latest gouge on what Redmond is doing to catch up to Google in its dominance of the web, you’ll have to go downunder. Australia’s Computerworld is running a story titled, “Microsoft adds new features to Windows Live,” summarizing what bloggers are reporting from Search Champs – an event in Redmond to solicit [...]

Computerworld in Google, tech companies back StopBadware.org coalition – Computerworld reports that Google, Lenovo Group, and Sun Microsystems are funding a non-profit effort o fight malicious software, adware, spyware, and other garbage that gets installed on users’ computers. The effort will be run by personnel at Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society and [...]

For people with a java-enabled cell phone, the good news is that there is a new Opera mini browser available to you. The Opera Mini website offers three ways to get the browser, one of which is a download from the web via your phone’s WAP browser. Point to http://mini.opera.com. The intent is to make [...]