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How a CNN User Propelled the Network into Twitter’s Top Slot
James Cox, a web developer, wrote a five-line Ruby script that yanked CNN’s emails and turned them into brief messages on a Twitter account called, somewhat inelegantly, @CNNbrk. The CNN Breaking News feed is now the most popular account on Twitter and projected to reach 1 million followers sometime tomorrow.
Search App for iPhone Lessens Rolodex Frustration
How many phone numbers do you know by heart anymore? I think I’ve got about two committed to memory, not counting my own or 9-1-1. My iPhone, on the other hand, is stuffed with phone numbers, street addresses, email addresses, alternate emails, notes, companies, birthdays and phonetic pronunciations of first names. If you sync your iPhone to a cloud service like MobileMe or Google, you might have an email address for almost everyone with whom you’ve ever exchanged a message.
Does Social Media Make Us Better People?
New technologies have opened up the very real possibility that every action you take, whether in a public space or in seemingly private emails and text messages, is being logged and possibly shared with thousands of people. How does this change the way we act? Might it actually make us…nicer to one another?
Favorite Passwords: "1234" And "Password"
Better think twice before choosing a password for emails, online bank accounts and airline tickets.
Protect your Privacy! How to Send Encrypted Emails in Linux
While no one may have a real reason to spy on you, relying solely on security through obscurity has always been a poor policy to live by. Because of this, encryption is the only real option you can trust. We teach you how to put your emails in a lockbox before sending them off to their destinations.
