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June 21st, 2007

Firefox 2.0 Security Shocker

Here’s a fun one, try to find the setting in Firefox 2 for blocking third party cookies (cookies set by demographic tracking/ad serving systems like DoubleClick). Look as you might, it’s not there. I’ve long been a Firefox fan but this really pisses me off. They’ve squandered my loyalty.

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January 4th, 2007

Plaxo & Linkedin

Plaxo and Linkedin should merge. They both have cool functions but together they’d be awesome. By the way, you can read my Linkedin Profile.

December 13th, 2006

FolderShare Tips

I’m a big fan of Microsoft’s free FolderShare service. FolderShare is a piece of software you download for free and then it allows you to almost painlessly synchronize files between multiple computers. You can set up shared folders or files between your own computers (XP and/or OSX) but you can also invite others to share individual folders, and this is where it gets really useful.

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