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I'm Michael Koby, and I love technology. I'm also a programmer, currently doing Ruby on Rails development for a small Houston startup. Here I talk about technology, programming, politics, movies, music, and anything else I feel I need to talk about. If you would like to know more, you can check out the About page.Popular Series
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Wireless Security
Cable companies and DSL providers install them into customers’ houses on a daily basis. Most of these installs are being done with security implemented but a lot of people either uninstall the security settings or leave them at the very basic levels. Most of the time they are only interested in what makes their life easier. This can be very dangerous. Continue reading
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Google Office
While Google Office does not exist in name, it does in spirit. Google is hacking away on improving many of its web based applications into fully featured products that will allow anyone on any operating system to be able to work from anywhere they have an internet connection. While several of the items that I consider to be a part of this “Google Office” have been done before by other people, but for some reason Google seems to figure out what is wrong with all the other versions out there and strip out those things while adding new and better features that people will actually use. While it is definitely true that there is nothing new under sun, when people take something already done and do it better, it is always worth our attention. Let us look at some of these Google web applications. Continue reading
The Onion Router
Staying secure when surfing online is getting more and more difficult to do as the years go by. For starters, government agencies are usually ahead of the curve when it comes to anonymity. The are already watching the best methods … Continue reading
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Going Back to ClamWin
A couple of days ago I had a nice dialog on my screen telling me that the free version of AVG Antivirus was being discontinued and that I would need to pay AVG some cash for the latest version of … Continue reading
Watermark Instead of DRM
A new company named, Streamburst, is looking to try something new in the world of downloadable media, specifically movies. Their idea, watermarking. Instead of utilizing digital rights management (DRM), users instead are treated to a 5 second introduction to each … Continue reading
GIMP vs. Photoshop
Philip McClure, has easily written one of the best run downs on the comparison between Photoshop and GIMP. He goes into what environment each works best in as well as why GIMP does not work in a commercial setting. The … Continue reading
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