Monthly Archives: August 2010

Browsers’ Private Mode Is Not So Private

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During the last Usenix Security Symposium was presented a research by G. Aggrawal, E. Bursztein, C. Jackson, and D. Boneh. This research was published as a PDF and you can download it.

According to their research the “private mode” features offered by the major browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari) don’t work as promised.

In theory these features should let you to browse the Web without leaving any trace on your computer , but they don’t. For example when you visit a website that uses SSL security certification,also if you are using Firefox, IE, and Safari “private mode”, this visit will be recorded in a file on your computer.
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Cloud Computing Certifications And How To Achieve Them

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Cloud computing is gaining more and more ground every day. With the ability to deploy and scale web-based solutions effortlessly, it is no wonder this technology is becoming popular with a wide variety of industries. Many are touting it as the greatest advancement in Information Technology since the development of client-server architectures.

In fact, it has been rumored that cloud computing professionals are beginning to outstrip the demand for those with general Microsoft administration skillsets. As an IT professional, it may be worthwhile to acquire some cloud computing certifications to help you get your next job opportunity.
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Find When Someone Unfollow You On Twitter: TwUnfollow

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TwUnfollow is a new internet tool that let you know when anyone unfollow you on Twitter. This is very useful because Twitter has not a feature to notify you when anyone of your followers stop following you.

This service check your followers about four or five times in a day. So it’s very useful.

To use it is very simple, you just have to go on TwUnfollow homepage.

After that you have to click on the “Sign in with Twitter” button. Enter your Twitter username and password and press “Allow”.

Now you are in the TwUnfollow control panel. Now enter your email address and verify it.

After you pressed “Save” button, TwUnfollow will display on the screen how many followers you have and then it will notify you by email everytime anyone unfollow you.

Check it out and then let us know what you think!

Backup And Export Firefox Bookmarks In An HTML File

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If you want to export your bookmarks in an HTML file now is possible with Firefox with just a few clicks. This can be very usefull if you need to sync your bookmarks with another browser, backing up or moving from PC to PC.

First you have to open “Bookmarks” and then click on “Manage Bookmarks“. This will open up the “Bookmark Library“.
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