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Internet Explorer 6 is dead. Long live IE.
Many of us thought IE 6 was already dead but it seems we were wrong. As its share of the web browser market fell to below 1%, Redmond finally gave it a one-two sucker punch. IE6 is now officially down for the count. Roger Capriotti , the Microsoft director in charge of IE marketing said : “IE6 has been the punch line of browser jokes for a while, and we’ve been as eager as anyone to see it go away.
Skype offers free WIFI access in 50 US Airports
Make travelling less stressful with free WIFI from Skype. Until December 27 2011, The fine folks at Skype are offering you an hour of FREE WIFI internet at more than 50 US Airports. All you need is a free Skype account and a Windows, Mac Skype application (or IOS Skype WIFI App). You can read the Skype blog posts and get a list of participating sites here. In years past, we have seen Google offer similar gifts (but alas, not this year).
Apple's SIRI comes from a 10 year military research project
When talking about Apple’s new iPhone 4s, most users immediately think about the Apple Siri Assitant and the new 8 megapixel camera. Siri is a cool feature but did you know it comes from a DARPA military project called COLO? The lineage Although we only heard about Siri a couple of years ago (as a stand-alone iphone app), it is actually research that started 10 years ago in a DARPA funded project called Personalized Assistant that Learns. DARPA awarded the contract to a company called SRI, who dubbed their internal project Cognitive Agent that Learns and Organizes (CALO).
Check out your site in different screen sizes
You spent all that time and money to build your website. It's a work of art. A monument to your awesomeness... Then why are some of your contacts (with smaller screen devices) complaining that it looks weird? Are you still sure the site is awesome? There is a cool free service called Screenfly that will show you how your site looks on different devices with different screen sizes (think desktop, tablet, mobile, etc). I decided to give it a whirl with my blog:
scr.im promises to protect you from SPAM... maybe
Scr.im a a novel approach to protecting your email address from harvesting robots thus reducing the likelyhood of it getting added to a SPAMmer list. To get started, you go to their site and enter your email address: Once you click on Protect my email It creates a unique link just for your pleasure: When someone visits one of those links, they are presented with a unique challenge and response system to ensure they are "
Scan your site for malware
With all of the recent news of sites getting hacked and infected by malware, you may be wondering how to scan your site. I recently stumbled on a cool free service called Sucuri SiteCheck. You visit the site and enter your URL: You then click on "Scan Website" and wait for the process to complete. In the middle of the next page, you will see your results: And voila. Piece of mind. It is important to note that this wouldnt be my primary security tool but one more tool in your kit.