In the June 2009 issue of Consumer Reports, they compared the best software for protection against viruses, malware, and spam. Interestingly, in addition to comparing commercial suites, they also looked at freely available software and came up with a “suite” of programs that could protect you as well as most of the commercial products.
Although using the software is economical, it may not be efficient. With separate programs, installation, maintenance, and updating can take three times as long. Whether it works for you depends primarily on your budget and resources.
Dallas Public Library: use the photographic records produced by Marion Butts, an African-American photographer and editor of the Dallas Express, as well as other primary source materials such as maps, Negro city directories and oral histories to develop a series of online Texas-focused, TEKS-based lesson plans targeting seventh grade students
University of Texas at Arlington Library: digitize and describe 13 oral history interviews from notable Tejanos and Tejanas from across Texas conducted in 1992-2003
This grant is a great resource for Texas libraries looking for funding for digitization projects.
digitization
of special and unique collections of photographs, oral history interviews and other
historical documents, making them more accessible to all.
Want to see how good you are in spotting phishing schemes? SonicWall created a quiz to test your knowledge — the SonicWall Phishing and Spam IQ Quiz. Good news? Test-takers are better able to spot a phishing scam now (86%) versus 2004 (69%).
Ever since I first heard about the cell phone being “the” device we’ll all use, I’ve always been sceptical. I’m not comfortable with the form factor for doing things other than making phone calls and, although I use it for Internet and texting, it isn’t easy. John Dvorak has ideas of what it would take to make a cell phone “the” device in an article in PC Mag.
I’d add one more thing — e-ink for the screen. As much as a cell phone could do, if you can’t see it, it’s useless.
OK– so there’s nothing technical about this one, but I had to post it. It’s for all the Moms out there — and even for those of you who had Moms. See if it reminds you of anyone.
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has long been the place to go for standards dealing with the web. The problem has been . . . well . . . that the site has always looked . . . old.
Check out some of these experiments! Using both Google Chrome and Javascript, programmers are showing us how fast and flexible this browser really is. As you’re playing with some of these experiments, consider how quickly it responds to your mouse/input. It’s very much like having an application installed on your computer — except that it’s not! These are web-based applications!
My favorite? Glad you asked — it’s the video jigsaw puzzle. Get all the windows/pieces in the right place and it’ll coalesce into a single window.
