How to keep your face out of LinkedIn ads
After all this talk about Google's new privacy policy and Facebook's Timeline, people are now waking up to the fact that LinkedIn too may be making use of your information in ways you don't want.
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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, aka sjvn, has been writing about technology and the business of technology since CP/M-80 was the cutting edge PC operating system. SJVN covers networking, Linux, open source, and operating systems.
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Closing Megaupload unlikely to even slow piracy down
If you really think shutting down Megaupload is going to even slow down online piracy, think again.
Weekend Anonymous attacks bring down major websites
CBS, Universal Music, and Vivendi, among others, were brought down by Anonymous DDoS attacks over the weekend. Is Facebook next?
How Anonymous took down the DoJ, RIAA, MPAA and Universal Music Websites
Anonymous, the Internet-based hacker and protest group, did it with a distributed denial of service attack, here's how they did it.
All IPv6 Internet, All the time
The Internet Society has announced that it's gotten many of the world's major Websites, Internet service providers, and home networking equipment manufacturers are committing to delivering IPv6 Internet services by June 6, 2012.
Who, besides Wikipedia, is going dark and why
UPDATED: On January 18th, Wikipedia, Reddit, Imgur and numerous other Web sites will be going dark in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA). Others, like Google, will be protesting in other ways. Here's who's shutting down and why.
SOPA Derailed
According to a prominent U.S. Congressman, SOPA will not come up for a vote and is, thus, effectively dead, but PIPA remains active in the Senate.
Google search: This time it's personal
Google is now taking your Google+ relationships and information into consideration when you do searches. Here's how it works and how to use it.
Reddit's anti-SOPA "Nuclear" protest is a good start
But, to really make an impact on Congress, other major Web sites must follow Reddit's lead to stop the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP laws from being passed.
802.11ac: Gigabit Wi-Fi Devices will be shipping in 2012
Broadcom introduces the first 802.11ac chipsets at CES and networking may never be the same.