Yahoo’s Fire Eagle

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Chris Jenkins

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Friends on Fire is a Facebook application that allows friends to share location based information. I’ll admit that I’m a tad leary of location based applications, after all, who knows how stalkers will use this information? Never the less, it is intriguing to think you can find your friends in real time.
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Zemanta

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Chris Jenkins

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Simple point & click enrichment of your blog posts (and e-mails). In real-time, while you type. We suggest tags, links, photos, and related articles. You save time and aspirin.
Zemanta is a FireFox add-in that helps link related content to your blog posts. Simply install to add-in and create your posts, and Zemanta will [...]

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TechieBytes: Google Docs

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Chris Jenkins

Working on a corporate network, it’s no surprise that I spend the majority of my time working within Microsoft products. Recently I was lured out of my Microsoft bubble and forced to pick-up a shared file in Google Docs. Within minutes I found myself thinking through ways Google Docs might enhance my day to day [...]

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Social Networking and Security

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Chris Jenkins

Recently the SNOsoft Research Team released an excellent blog post titled Facebook from the hackers perspective. In the article they detail a Social Engineering/Phishing attack built on information found within online communities. After reading the article several things came to mind:
Would a simple security awareness program have saved them?
While it’s possible, it’s unlikely due to [...]

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