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Entries from August 2007

Please update the TechBrew feed address

August 31st, 2007 · No Comments

Here’s a quick hello to everyone reading TechBrew that followed me from inkBlots. Glad you’re still reading - I really appreciate you guys.
About 150 or so of you are still using my old inkBlots RSS feed address (which points to TechBrew now), so I’d like to ask you to update your reader to the [...]

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Tags: News

Secure your Google Toolbar’s Gmail button

August 29th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Defcon 2007 was a great demonstration that HTTPS logins give everybody a false sense of security. The hacker convention revealed that dozens of people unknowingly gave up their GMail account info through a cookie exploit. Many people also used Gmail in the clear (HTTP) rather than encrypted (HTTPS). The resulting privacy breaches [...]

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Tags: How-To

Digg Begging: Tacky or Savvy?

August 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Getting on Digg is really quite easy for the common blogger. Here’s how in one easy step:

Get a job writing for Engadget, Gizmodo, Arstechnica, Mashable, or TechCrunch.

What, did that sound cynical? Check the latest top stories on Digg and where they came from. That’s where you need to be to easily [...]

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Tags: How-To · Opinion