Internet users have a few choices when it comes to secure web browsing. It begins with modifications in the web browser, like installing the NoScript add-on to block all scripts from loading on websites, over sandboxing the browser like Sandboxie does, to virtual machines and Live CDs. Webconverger belongs to the Live CD group, with [...]

Categories: Security, The Web

Using the internet to save time and money is as easy as just doing it. In fact, there is no better way to save both time and money than by getting on the web. What are some of the ways you can save time and money? Let’s have a look. First of all, let’s have [...]

Categories: Misc

We all take for granted now that we have fast, reliable broadband and most of us can’t even remember the days of dial-up of even acoustic couplers.  Now the BBC have put a fascinating interactive map online showing the percentages of people online worldwide from 1998 and how many of us are using the Internet. [...]

Categories: Misc

Sometimes it’s hard to see just how much the internet has really changed things. The holidays are just one example of how things are intensely different than they were before. It’s not easy to always see the differences because they tend to creep up on us a little bit at a time. For example, you [...]

Categories: Misc

In the modern world, we all need software. Whether we want to edit photos, zip up files, or simply watch videos on our computer – the need is clear. The big question is, where can you get all that software. The answer is easy. On the internet. The internet is filled with numerous software downloads [...]

Categories: Software

It’s hard to believe that the web as we know it is still a teenager. No other teenager in all of history has had such a massive impact on life. Throughout world history, technology has fostered change in human society but never at such a rapid pace as the changes today. Like a person aging [...]

Categories: The Web

Microsoft has for years been accused of being shy about standard’s compliance.  For many years they said they could do the web better and, for many years the web went along with it. Recently though the company has taken a more pragmatic approach and has moved, slowly admittedly, towards full standards compliance.  With their next [...]

Categories: Microsoft

Dial up Internet users have to cope with several Internet connection related problems that their broadband brethren do not have to deal with at all. A major problem for instance is that the connection will be dropped after a specific amount of inactivity. Inactivity in this case means that no data is send or requested [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

By now most Internet users know what phishing stands for, or so they think. If you ask them to define phishing most will likely mention that it is about fake email links that lead to look-a-like copies of popular websites. What most users do not know is that their definition of phishing is not entirely [...]

Categories: Browsing, Security