On Wednesday, Google took a major step in accelerating its efforts to scan tens of millions of books and periodicals. ReCAPTCHA, a well-known provider of CAPTCHA technology, is used to prevent spammers from using computers to automatically register for online services. By requiring users to type randomly chosen words that appear as images, the "Completely…
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Facebook lets users customize the URL on their profile
Your Facebook profile’s URL right now ends in a string of numbers that is not so easy for anyone to remember. The social networking site changed this on Friday by allowing users to customize a profile URL. This will make URLs on the site easier to remember,much cleaner, and give users the abbility to network…
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An “Unprecedented Crisis”: World Bank Under Cybersiege
Through various sources, including a Fox News report, there have been large-scale and possibly ongoing security breaches at the World Bank. "The World Bank Group's computer network — one of the largest repositories of sensitive data about the economies of every nation — has been raided repeatedly by outsiders for more than a year, FOX News…
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SEO and Southern California Computer Repair Businesses
PC Fixer has invested somewhat in Search Engine Optimization and is somewhat happy with the results. As we have learned, the whole process is part science and part art. That is because the algorhythm that Google and other search engines use is a closely held secret. For example, we have learned that there are hundreds…
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