http://www.pawprint.net News from PawPrint.net - Technobloggle en Copyright (c) 1992-2012 PawPrint.net web@pawprint.net PawPrint XDe News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:25:23 -0500 120 http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/140/Web-Design-in-1995/ http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/140/Web-Design-in-1995/ Inspired by an article about the history of web design shared by @timothywhalin I went hunting in my archives to find the oldest web design for which I still had a copy. Since I started building sites in 1992 I wasn't sure how far back I could go - Managed to find my moldy oldies from 1995 through 1998 and though I'd share them for fun. http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/139/Google-Facebook-Pay-Pal-and-others-anti-phishing-email-protocol/ http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/139/Google-Facebook-Pay-Pal-and-others-anti-phishing-email-protocol/ The plan surrounds the existing systems DKIM and SPF and from a quick read seems to basically be an attempt to back and promote these existing systems with a few add-ons. To quote the dmarc.org web site "A group of leading organizations came together in the spring of 2011 to collaborate on a method for combating fraudulent email at Interenet-scale." http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/138/PHP-5-4-nearing-release/ http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/138/PHP-5-4-nearing-release/ In a recent post on Google+ the opening is laced with humor "We are in the final push to PHP 5.4 and we need your help. Everyone who is using PHP can give us a hand here, regardless of your technical abilities. Facebook employees, take a break from calculating your stock option scenarios and give us an hour of your time...." http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/137/What-did-the-SOPAstrike-accomplish-/ http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/137/What-did-the-SOPAstrike-accomplish-/ After the dust settled on what some refer to as the SOPAstrike and others are calling the largest Internet protest ever what was the result. Did it acomplish anything? All initial reports would seem to concur that is a resounding Yes! http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/135/Google-Search-Going-Social/ http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/135/Google-Search-Going-Social/ Google is starting to do exactly what everyone thought they would and combining more and more of the content from Google+ (their new social network) directly into search results. Now they have announced that you can control your search results to include the personal "social" results and/or global results in a Google Blog Post. The important thing to consider is how all this affects you when you're seeing where your web site fits in the search results. http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/133/Use-Klout-to-build-your-Social-Network/ http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/133/Use-Klout-to-build-your-Social-Network/ The outward focus of Klout is to measure social influence online, but it is also a great way to grow that same influence, using Klout as another place to interact and meet new people. Their +K system for assigning influence can be a great way to grow and help others do the same. http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/132/Resolve-to-be-more-secure-in-2012/ http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/132/Resolve-to-be-more-secure-in-2012/ This new year, protect yourself by taking a little time and updating your passwords around and about your digital world: New year = new passwords - it is well worth the time. Here are some tips for creating and managing secure, easy to remember passwords. http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/130/Windows-7-Fresh-Install-Tips/ http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/130/Windows-7-Fresh-Install-Tips/ Having just completed a fresh install of Windows 7, it seemed fitting to share some tips for starting off right with your new (or renewed as was the case for me) system. A good fresh install for an existing system may take several days but the speed and space improvements are usually worth it every couple of years. http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/129/Adobe-Edge/ http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/129/Adobe-Edge/ Adobe released the first preview of their new HTML5 media authoring tool called Edge. To give this a ultra-fast test-drive we wanted to see what we could produce in just 5 mins using the software for the very first time and what that output actually looks like. The results are actually quite impressive. http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/127/The-Google-Real-Names-Policy/ http://www.pawprint.net/news/article/127/The-Google-Real-Names-Policy/ Everyone is talking about the real names policy and how it's partly there to help prevent against abuse. The sad thing is - I sincerely doubt it will do that at all. As with most proactive software controls the abusers will find a way to circumvent it and the only people that are affected are legitimate users who would appreciate some anonymity.