NotScripts for Chrome disables JavaScript, iframes, and plug-ins

Posted by Erez Zukerman on Sep 6, 2010 in | 0 comments

Filed under: Security, Google, Browsers When we browse the Web these days, there's a lot of JavaScript going on all the time. That's what Google uses to track us via Analytics and what sites use to show animations, etc. But sometimes you might want to disable all, or some, of that JavaScript - either on a single site, or in general. Not just because you don't...

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The Attack Of Branded Content: Who Will Control TV On The Web? (TCTV)

Posted by faredigi on Sep 6, 2010 in | 0 comments

I’ve got to admit, the concept of “branded content” on the Web makes me cringe. It is generally used to refer to Web videos created and packaged specifically for an advertiser. Maybe I am old-fashioned, but I like my videos created for the audience first, not advertisers. And yet, in the budding Web video industry, branded content is...

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A leaked document reveals big Google spenders in June

Posted by faredigi on Sep 6, 2010 in | 0 comments

Did you know AT&T was one of the biggest advertisers with Google in June, spending over eight million dollars on search advertising during that month to push the iPhone 4? Neither did I, but thanks to a leaked client list we now have a pretty good idea what big brands spend on search advertising. According to [...]

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Nigerian 419 scammer gets 12 years in US jail

Posted by faredigi on Sep 6, 2010 in | 0 comments

A Nigerian fraudster has been sentenced to 151 months in a U.S. federal prison for his part in ‘advance fee’ frauds that netted him over $1.3 million. Okpako Mike Diamreyan was also ordered to pay over $1 million to his victims in restitution after cheating them out of the money between 2004 and 2009. Diamreyan was [...]

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First Custom ROM for the Droid 2 Released

Posted by faredigi on Sep 6, 2010 in | 0 comments

“And they said it couldn’t do that!” Following the string of scares that started with the Droid X regarding eFuse, locked bootloaders, and killer unicorns, many were skeptical of the device’s hackability. While there is still a lot of work to be done before the device is “truly” unlocked, Droid 2 owners can now say they...

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The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #209

Posted by faredigi on Sep 6, 2010 in | 0 comments

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is Issue #209 for the week August 29th - September 4th, 2010 and is available here. In this issue we cover: Farewell Ian Ubuntu 10.10 Beta (Maverick Meerkat) Released Xubuntu Winning Artwork New Ubuntu Lucid Proposed Kernel Announcing Ubuntu App Developer Week! Welcome New Members Why do you use Ubuntu? First...

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The first “custom” ROM for the DROID 2 surfaces

Posted by faredigi on Sep 6, 2010 in | 0 comments

The circle is complete. After all the nay-saying and fear that was surrounding the DROID X and the DROID 2 being locked down so tight that “modding” and “hacking” the devices would not be possible, it appears that the DROID 2 has its first “custom” ROM. We use the term custom lightly, this is actually just a...

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