There have been a lot of official Google blogs and some not so official, yet they all tend to focus purely on the business-end of the company.
My Top 7 Favorite Ecommerce Tools
When you make your living on the Internet, you sometimes forget that the resources you use every day (and take for granted) might rate an incredible discovery to anyone who doesn’t already know they exist.
Yahoo: Favorite Site, Google: Favorite Search
As the Internet continues its astonishing growth (which is perhaps immeasurable now), users are curious about which site is ranked as the favorite ____. Much like the television medium, there are studies and ranking measurements that attempt to clarify this curiosity.
One of My Favorite Search Blogs
3 or 4 months ago I interviewed Phillip Lan the CEO of a new shopping comparison engine. After I posted the interview I was contacted by one Josh Stylman, the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Reprise Media.
What’s your favorite Flickr group?
There aren’t many contributors, but the stuff that shows up there really appeals to my sense of desert scenery.
Lushe Allows Google Search Of Favorite Websites
A new Google hack appearing at Lushe.net allows users to designate a favorites list and have Google search only the sites within the list. Glen Murphy, a web developer who has completed a number of successful web experiments, created the hack.
Windows: How to Protect a Hacker’s Favorite Target
Hacking incidents are on the rise – August 2002 was the most active month for hacking since the dawn of the Internet. The target? Primarily Windows systems. Formerly Linux systems were the hacker’s target of choice, but now they’re breaking their way in to the Windows OS.
One reason for the switch is that cracking a Linux server is a point of pride; Linux admins are typically security-conscious and pose a challenge to the intellectual hacker. With such ego-inflating attacks on the decline and criminal attacks on the rise however, Windows systems are more popular targets because they’re easier to break into. Microsoft releases warnings about security holes constantly, with patches following quickly. But how quickly are these patches located and applied? The lazy, criminal hacker hopes you’ll forget to patch and make his break in easy.
My Favorite Security ‘Tewlz’ and Information Sites
Almost anything you need to know about security can be found on the Internet. There are sites of every size, shape, and color – many with loads of useful information, others that are not nearly as useful. Many of these sites are very commercial while others are completely open.