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Google hacking 2011

An interview with Johnny Long, “regarded as a leading authority on Google hacking. Between his speaking engagements and returning to Uganda, Long found time to straighten out my misperceptions”. via Google hacking: It’s all about the dorks | TechRepublic.

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Microsoft falsely labels Chrome as malware

“Wow, that’s certainly one way to win the browser war,” said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Security, over on Network World. Google has released a new version of Chrome after Microsofts antivirus software flagged the browser as … Continue reading

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1st impressions of Motorola Xoom: 5 quick insights

Takeaway: The Motorola Xoom is more of a PC replacement than the iPad, but it still has some frayed edges that need to be evened out before most early adopters will want to jump on board. via First impressions of the Motorola … Continue reading

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Google Rolls Out Two-Factor Authentication

From TechCrunch: Google Rolls Out Two-Factor Authentication For Everyone. You Should Use It. Another reviewer finds it unwieldy, from ZDnet: Google’s two-factor authentication: nice idea, but unwieldy. I have implemented this on my Google account… In my past I have seen the effectiveness of 2-factor … Continue reading

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Google vs. Bing: The Fallacy Of The Superior Search Engine

Very interesting stuff! [The author] evaluated 20 different searches split evenly between Transactional and Informational queries and the search engines’ ability to deliver quality results, admitting that quality is a very subjective term, but includes things like timeliness, 1 click access to … Continue reading

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Google Encrypted Search News

Google’s Encrypted Search Seems to Stop SEO Poisoning When you make a search on Google or another major search engine, you probably feel pretty confident that the first page or so of results will be relevant, valid and safe.   Not … Continue reading

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Google Search over SSL has an oops

According to Google’s Web Search Help blog, the search giant has decided it’s important to keep search inquiries from the prying eyes: “With Google search over SSL, you can have an end-to-end encrypted search solution between your computer and Google. … Continue reading

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