From Around the Web
10 Best Firefox Addons for Security and Privacy – Security and privacy are major concerns these days. These addons will get you off on the right foot.
10 Hot Netbooks – Why are so many people buying netbooks? Well, they’re light as a feather and fulfill all the basic computing needs. But it’s the killer price that seals the deal for many. Here we highlight top-selling netbooks, from the (relatively) high end to the under-$300 range.
10 Unusual Operating Systems – This is Life has posted a gallery of screenshots of some of the most far-out operating systems you’ve never run.
Anonymity and Privacy Should Not Add Up to Prison Time – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has urged the United States Sentencing Commission to reject modifications to federal sentencing guidelines that would require extra prison time for people who use technology that hides one’s identity or location.
Are we headed into an era of “dumb tech?” – After a decade of unparalleled one-upmanship – the gigahertz race, the megapixel race, the storage race – we are now hitting a wall. So where does that leave the CE industry? Well, it’s now a race to the bottom. Video cameras that once cost $500 will now cost about $200.
Deep Packet Inspection Puts Open Internet at Risk – Ben Scott of Free Press claims in a new paper that “Potential abuses of Deep Packet Inspection put the Internet as we know it at risk.” And a follow-up at Ars Technica.
Do You REALLY Need a College Degree to Get a Programming Job? – There’s plenty of articles about the shortage of skilled IT workers, and the difficulty experienced by companies in finding qualified software developers. The whining would be far more credible if the Want Ads didn’t have a silly, arbitrary qualification: a college degree.
Six best start-ups from Y Combinator demo day – The Y Combinator incubator hosted its ninth open demo meet-up today. Fifteen companies presented, most showing off not just strong technologies and concepts, but realistic business models. Here are Webware’s choice for the six best company business models.
Ways to Increase Firefox Speed & Decrease Memory Usage – Firefox is one of the most important tools of Web designers and also other internet users, making these tips vital to users who want to keep their systems in shape.
Why you need balls of steel to operate a Tor exit node – A not very informative, but certainly thought provoking story that should give you second thoughts before volunteering to be a Tor exit node.
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