When most of us think of the Internet, our thoughts turn to search engines like Google, news sites like New York Times, social networks like Facebook or Twitter, tech blogs like Techcrunch, shopping sites like Amazon, free e-mail like gmail and our employers’ web sites. But those’re just the most Read More
Content producers are in the throes of death. Be it the New York Times, Washington Post, L.A.Times or any major news publication, they’re all in dire straits. Today it’s mostly middlemen (platforms) like Facebook, Trip Advisor, Yelp, Yahoo, Bing (Microsoft) and Google who leech on others’ content and make money. Read More
The holy grail for a Silicon Valley entrepreneur is getting funded by a venture capitalist. Here’s how a ‘hot’ Silicon Valley startup’s funding process goes: 1. A bunch of Rich White Men raise several hundred million dollars from pension funds, foundations, super-wealthy families and university endowments through the old boys Read More
These days online attacks on your server and/or your web site can come from any corner of the world. Every Tom, Mikhail, Mohammed and Ramesh with a penetration testing Linux distribution and a toolkit of free automated hacking scripts is on testosterone overdrive and out to wreak havoc online. A Read More
If you’re a newcomer to Ubuntu (or its derivatives like Linux Mint), you’re probably keen on installing and trying out the latest, greatest and hottest applications available in the open source universe. Unfortunately, a lot of new applications are not available through the official Ubuntu or Linux Mint repositories. So Read More
Sorry folks, it’s not just big corporations like Staples, Sony, Target etc that are being attacked by rogue elements. Several 100,000 WordPress sites, including presumably many belonging to average Joes, have been infected with a Javascript malware seeded by SoakSoak.ru, according to security services provider Sucuri. The malware causes malicious Read More
