How to obtain and install an SSL/TLS certificate, for free

How to obtain and install an SSL/TLS certificate, for free

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https accesses now the default for Gmail

Gmail now is always using the secure https protocol. Great for privacy especially for personal emails accessed from work. Yet it poses a challenge to corporate censorship.

via Default https access for Gmail.

Store and share files in the cloud with Google Docs

Let’s say you’re about to make a very important presentation to a prospective client on the other side of the country. Before you depart on your business trip, you download all of your presentation materials and InDesign® hand-outs onto your trusty thumbdrive. Just in case, you also email the files to yourself.

But [...]

Top 10 Threats to Your Network

1 Automated exploit of a known vulnerability 2 Malicious HTML email 3 Reckless web surfing by employees 4 Web server compromise 5 Data lost on portable device 6 Reckless use of Wi-Fi hot spots 7 Reckless use of hotel networks and kiosks 8 Poor configuration leading to compromise 9 Lack of contingency 10 [...]

Six Ways for Working Parents to Spend More Time Parenting [Parent Hacks]

Six Ways for Working Parents to Spend More Time Parenting [Parent Hacks]:

Creating a PPTP VPN connections in Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.x (Intrepid, Karmic). Article in Olaf’s Blog

Creating a PPTP VPN connections in Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.x (Intrepid, Karmic). Article in Olaf’s Blog: “Creating a PPTP VPN connections in Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.x (Intrepid, Karmic)”

The History of the Internet in a Nutshell

By far the most complete yet brief and friendly history of the internet:

While the complete history of the Internet could easily fill a few books, this article should familiarize you with key milestones and events related to the growth and evolution of the Internet between 1969 to 2009.

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The meaning of open

A great Article by Jonathan Rosenberg, Senior Vice President, Product Management. The articel or “Open Letter to Googlers” is full of thought and wisdom on openness in technology.

The meaning of open: “Last week I sent an email to Googlers about the meaning of ‘open’ as it relates to the Internet, Google, and [...]

0x1fff: 35 Google open-source projects that you probably don’t know

0x1fff: 35 Google open-source projects that you probably don’t know

Run Snow Leopard on Windows with VMware [VMWare]

Run Snow Leopard on Windows with VMware [VMWare]: “

VMware is a great tool for running Windows and Linux anywhere, but OS X clients are not supported. Snow Leopard can be made to run on Windows, and Mac-hacking blog iHackintosh has the nitty-gritty on getting it working.

In order to get Snow Leopard [...]