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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.
Latest Posts
Dealing with the Pain of Giving Up IE6
Browsium's CEO explains why they've created a Web extension that will let users run IE6 inside of newer versions of Internet Explorer.
God help us: Internet Explorer 6 Lives On
We all know that Internet Explorer 6 needs to die, but early Web-based applications still rely on it, and now--NO!!!--there's a browser extension that will let you run IE 6 in later versions of Internet Explorer.
Herding Firesheep
The only real answer for Firesheep is for all Web 2.0 sites to start using security. That won't be easy. Here's how to start.
Five Ways to Shear Firesheep
Firesheep has made it possible for any moron to raid your Web use, but there are ways you can stop it. Here are a few of them.
Firesheep's Real Lesson: Take Wi-Fi Security Seriously
Firesheep has people in a panic because it makes it easy to grab useful information when you're using public Wi-Fi. Big deal. You could always do that. The real worry is that businesses' Wi-Fi networks were, and are, often just as vulnerable.
Wi-Fi Direct: Really Fast but Really Necessary?
Wi-Fi Direct will let you connect devices at 250Mbps, but why bother when you probably already have an 802.11n network?
The Internet belongs to Netflix
What's program is the single largest consumer of Internet bandwidth today in the U.S.? Believe it or not, it's Netflix.
Practice Safe DNS
Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) is finally being rolled out by major ISPs like Comcast, so it's high time to start using it.
Fixing Windows 7 IPv6 Headaches
Windows 7 does a decent, but not perfect job, of supporting IPv6. Here's how to get it to do better.