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 »
Privnote Send notes that will self-destruct after being read I love this cloud-based service. I can send really searing notes to EB and then have amnesia. She will blast me for something I supposedly wrote and I can say, “but EB, I never wrote such things to you!” And she’ll say, “Yes. You did!”. Well then, EB show… 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 »
Onefeed Chrome browser extension Windows XP through Windows 8 32-bit or 64-bit computers Today, we’re going to probably miff some of you who still haven’t installed Google Chrome. But we know most of you do have it and those who don’t can install it free by going to http://google.com/chrome . We felt this freeware pick was too good… 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 »
The distinction between “Apps” and desktop programs just got a little blurrier. As Windows 8 and 8.1 try to move us off the desktop into the Cloud with Windows 8 Apps, Google is trying to move us from the Cloud back to the desktop with Chrome Apps for Your Desktop. These are Google apps that run as programs… Read More »