How to search like a spy: Google’s secret hacks revealed The National Security Agency just declassified a hefty 643-page research manual called Untangling the Web: A Guide to Internet Research (PDF) that, at least at first, doesn’t appear all that interesting. That is, except for one section on page 73: “Google Hacking.” “Say you’re a cyberspy for the NSA and… Read More »
When EB and I first crawled on the Web, circa 1993, the Web was a novelty. No one was making billions of dollars on the Web. There were no Facebooks or Googles or Twitters. Our most fun thing to do was visit Dave Central (a freeware site), and try all the new freeware he listed each day. Email… Read More »
I have to admit — EB keeps me up-to-date on the bizarre things happening in our world. I’ve just about concluded that our world has gone insane and the only safe place for me is in inside a psychiatric hospital where I’d be surrounded by the few sane people left in the world. Steve Jobs once pointed out… Read More »
Android is taking a lot of heat off the Windows operating system, thanks to so many Android users using outdated versions of the operating system, or so says the U.S. Government. A few years ago, Windows was the preferred target of miscreants seeking to trick users into installing malware, now it appears with hundreds of millions of Android… Read More »
Most of you, at least those of you who were born and educated in the United States, probably know that under normal circumstances, you’re protected from warantless searches and seizures. If you’re a citizen of the United States, do you think that seizing personal information about you without your knowledge and without a warrant or due process violates… Read More »
OK. We’re going to take a break from the computer and learn about food – more specifically, foods with foreign-sounding names that are as American as apple pie isn’t. You’ll see, just watch.