Greg Falken
Picture this: You’re sitting in your living room using a tablet to browse through recipes to find something to cook for dinner next week. Once you find the perfect meal, you’ll want to shop for ingredients using a shopping list on your phone. In the kitchen, it’s back to the tablet to follow the directions. If the dish was a hit (or a flop), you might want to share the experience from your laptop.
One of the things that I like most about the Google Chrome browser is its rich eco-system of extensions. Extensions are downloadable programs that extend the capabilities of Chrome and allow it to interact with other tools. Almost always free, extensions can be found by opening a new tab in Chrome, then clicking on the Web Store link in the lower right corner. To install an extension, simply click on the “Add to Chrome” button and the download and installation take place automatically.
On January 10, 2013, US-CERT (United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, part of the Department of Homeland Security) reported the discovery of a new vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), version 7. CERT took the unusual step of recommending that Java be temporarily disabled in web browsers “due to the number and severity of this and prior Java vulnerabilities”. According to the Cert Vulnerability Note:
By convincing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML document, a remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Note that applications that use the Internet Explorer web content rendering components, such as Microsoft Office or Windows Desktop Search, may also be used as an attack vector for this vulnerability.
Over many years of building and managing websites, I’ve seen a lot of errors, bugs and puzzling behavior. I’ve also received lots of calls for help when things go wrong, both from site owners and other concerned users. Unfortunately, most of these reports give me only a vague idea of what (if anything) is broken and how to go about fixing it.
One way that Gmail is very different from older, locally installed email programs is the way it uses search. Did you realize that every view of your email, including the inbox, sent mail, spam, trash and all of your “folders” are actually search results? In fact, there is only one place in Gmail where mail … Read more
I’m going to do my best not to make this post into a rant but I have to admit that it was inspired by some especially bad emails that I’ve received lately. Email is a peculiar form of communication. We get so much of it that it’s easy to treat it all as junk to … Read more
The last thing anyone wants is more complication in their online life. And managing passwords is certainly one of the banes of our Internet existence. However, there are things that we have to do to stay safe online and making sure that our accounts are not being accessed by “bad actors” (not the stage and screen kind) is … Read more
A new ebook from Google confirms what I have believed for some time now: The success of any business is dependent upon online activities, whether or not they believe it, like it or participate in it. Consumers are using a wide range of online services to make their buying decisions about all types of products and services, … Read more
Preparations are well under way for the second annual social media conference in the Central Sierra and I want to let everyone know about what’s new for the conference this year. First, we have changed the name. While our association with the 140 Characters family of conferences was excellent and hugely helpful, this year we felt … Read more
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