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Can Your foursquare Checkin Get You Robbed?

by Michael L. Hoffman on 05/16/2012location: Online Habits

Are you a foursquare user worried about if your check-ins are going to get your house robbed? Here are a few simple ways to protect yourself and your home.

Bing’s Social Sidebar Does Everything Google Wants to Do

by Michael L. Hoffman on 05/15/2012

Bing is taking Google to school with its new social sidebar. Instead of search results being cluttered with social posts, they live in a sidebar, making social integration clean and efficient.

posted in Search Engine Optimization

The Beef is with the Hash

by kyle on 05/11/2012

How secure is your information on the internet? When sensitive information is stored, it is passed through a process called hashing. What exactly is hashing, and how safe is it?

posted in Web Development

Was Google Use of Oracle’s Java APIs Fair Use?

by Michael L. Hoffman on 05/09/2012

A jury handed down a partial verdict in the Google-Oracle case stating that Google violated the overall structure and language of 37 Java APIs. But was this all done under fair use?

posted in Online Habits

Social Networks will be ‘Wiretap-Ready’ if FBI Gets its Way

by Michael L. Hoffman on 05/07/2012

The FBI is quietly pushing for an amendment to the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 that would make social networks and other online services “wiretap-ready.” What do you think?

posted in Social Media