Yahoo Bookmarks, currently in beta, is the new online bookmark management tool in the market. Although Yahoo acquired Del.icio.us sometime back, this seems to use the best of Yahoo interface and Del.icio.us api services. You can import bookmarks from their personal web browser and Del.icio.us with easy-to-use one click process.
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Monthly Archive for October, 2006
Johny Long talks to BBC about ease of identity theft using a good search engine such as Google. Listen to the transcript here.
Talking about online privacy, you may also want to read about top ten privacy compromises reported worldwide. The article was also mentioned on Bruce Schneier’s website, and can be found here.
Firefox 2 has been released, although no official announcement was done. The new firefox wears a new UI theme, and features built-in spell-checking, phishing protection, Javascript 1.7, and session persistence. Although the final release was scheduled on 24th Oct, a lot many praying eyes saw the new folder that was created for latest release on Mozilla FTP servers. Go ahead and download.
I have been using Bloglines for about 2 years, but have never thought of changing its appearance. I was aware about usercontent.css hacks but knew I could not satisfy my expectations when it came to UI design. And then Jon Hicks launched an excellent skin for bloglines. The skin features a classic woody look that is difficult to resist. You can download the skin here, and installation instructions are here
You might want to consider using Stylish extension for Firefox that makes it easy to manage different site skins.
Finally someone takes the initiative of privacy at a global level. It is imperative for nations (or national bodies) to come together and make sure private information remains private.
If EFF did something, it just ended up being an organization preaching standards around US. On the other hand, Privacy International seems to be at a global platform where non-US issues are also covered. From their website:
Privacy International is an independent, non-government organization with the primary role of advocacy and support. We have an international advisory board with members from over 30 countries, and a board of trustees who oversee our staff.
I recently added Nokia E61 to my list of acquired gadgets. After two days of research, reading reviews and comparing it with Nokia 6708, I went for E61. The phone has a QWERTY keyboard and a large display that makes it look attractive. At little over 110 gms and under Rs 20K, this phone is by far the best deal one can get in Nokia products.
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I have an annoying habit of finding newer ways to back up my data, but have never got down to backing it up. Of all the backup solutions I read or tried for my mac, SuperDuper and iPod backup were the ones that I actually installed on my system. But somehow the whole process of attaching an iPod or an external drive to take backup and then safeguarding it was too bugging, and hence I only resorted to burning a dvd.
Sometime back I came across Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), a web service that provides interface for users to store any amount of data and accessing it from anywhere with an internet connection. JungleDisk provides a super cool interface to utilise this web service and upload data. I think I have finally found a backup solution that I can use.
I was thinking of writing this for a long time but Chris Gomeler did the work, and did it pretty good. Chris has compiled a list of portable apps for people who hop from one public computer to another cribbing about lack of personal settings and preferred applications. Firefox, Thunderbird, Winamp, Gaim and several other freeware apps have released their opensource portable applications that can be used off an usb drive. I would have recommended Torpark instead of Firefox on public computers, but that’s just my personal paranoid opion. Read the detailed article here
I am Sumeet,an information security enthusiast, crazy about Coffee, iPod, everything mac, travelling, consuming rss and eating. I work for a large consulting firm where I usually rant about security best practices.