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In hopes of being short today on my thoughts about Google versus Yahoo! I think this whole copying thing is starting to get out of hand.

Long ago, Yahoo! made its own social bookmark/news service, called Yahoo! Buzz (2008). It is a lot like Digg, and has pretty good popularity.

However, Google very recently released their status update service called Google Buzz. Now, why did Google have to copy off of Yahoo!?

The difference between the two would probably be the privacy levels. Obviously they are two different services, so that is a no brainer there.

Now, it is unknown why this move was made by Google, but only time will tell of potential disputes between the two powerhouse search companies.

Seems "Tom" was everybody's friend. Always the first friend due to child safety issues. It was the assurance that children's profiles were being watched. Now, that has changed with MySpace Today taking that place.

It seems Tom, better known as Thomas Anderson - co-founder of MySpace, has not logged in to his self-MySpace account since the end of January, and has not posted a status update since Christmas.

What is the big deal with this? Does that mean Tom has been replaced? No. But, instead of being President, Tom is now the Strategic Adviser.

Not sure how long you have been on the Internet, but I remember the 1990s and early 2000s when spam was already severe. Spam is the shameless plugs made by companies in order to gain an illegal advantage in advertising. Most spam is considered negative, and can really deteriorate certain websites.

Microsoft has made many attempts lately, to throw the blame off of themselves. One attempt recently, is that they were saying certain hardware issues are not because of Windows 7. However, Intel and nVidia recently released updates for video cards because of Windows Sleep Mode failing to function properly. On resume from Sleep Mode, Windows would not recover properly, and would turn Windows Aero off.

In the online world, seems like parents are searching for ways to keep their children safe on the Internet.

I have provided some resources that will be of good use.

* OnguardOnline.gov
* WiredSafety.org
* Commonsense.com
* Ncmec.org
* TRUSTe.org
* ConnectSafely.org
* NetSmartz.org
* WebWiseKids.org
* AThinLine.org


Online safety is a good thing, so do not compromise your safety by being unaware. Get aware!

Seems in today's computer world, we have people who think that they are immune to attacks or do not need a bunch of protection - despite their disgusting browsing habits. Some people don't have an antivirus, some not a firewall, and most do not have antispyware.

Antivirus software is the number one most critical component to computer security. The number two most critical component is a firewall. Number three most critical component is antispyware.

About a month after Twitter unveiled their new mobile interface at mobile.twitter.com. All the mobile traffic (on the iPhone at least) is being redirect from the old m.twitter.com to mobile.twitter.com. I noticed this at about 1700 +8GMT yesterday. Take a look at some screenshots of the new interface after the jump if you haven't already.

Even after the release of Firefox 3.6, Chrome still holds the fastest speed for rendering JavaScript. Internet Explorer, as usual, is the slowest.

Firefox renders JavaScript three times faster than Opera 10 and more than four times faster than Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 (IE8). But even with the JavaScript speed boost, Firefox 3.6 can't match Safari or Chrome. Safari is twice as fast -- and Chrome 4.0 nearly twice as fast -- as Firefox.

Via Mashable, Lalawag

Via New York Times

Download Firefox 3.6 from here.