links for 2008-10-20

• Find, Follow and Share Comments — BackType
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• TouchGraph | Company Overview
  We are a team of interface designers who share a passion for creating better ways to visualize and interact with information.
  (tags: web2.0 visualization touchgraph software social maps library graphics mindmap network)
• Glance – Desktop sharing, web demos, presentations with one click
  Presentations that start with one click and connect instantly
  (tags: webex webconferencing web2.0 web tools streaming software sharing)

Stay ahead of the bad guys

It’s a shame but the number of people who would attack your computer and compromise your data is on the rise.  Is it healthy to be paranoid?  After all, what are the chances that someone is going to exploit a weakness in your computer?

It would be difficult to arrive at a figure, but all that it would take is one exploit to attack you and you and your information could be toast.  Or, worse than that, your identity stolen.

How do you stay on top of things?

There’s the common knowledge that you need to patch your operating system, patch all of your applications, run anti-virus, run anti-spyware, …

How do you know where to start?  How do you know if and when your applications need patching or attention?

For me, it’s Secunia, a Danish security firm.  This firm stays on top of rumours, announcements, and does their own research about the status of software packages.  Yes, there are advantages to having automatic updates turned on.  But, do you have them all turned on?  What about software that doesn’t auto-update?  What if your software hasn’t polled to get the latest patch as you download that attachment that arrived by email?  (btw, shame on you…)

Secunia offers an email subscription service.  As soon as they know of it, you will be notified by email.  If you are fascinated by this whole area of computing as am I, check out the Secunia blog.

This will keep you on top of the breaking security stories, and most importantly, keep your computer and your data safe.

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Palin Wordle

The internet is still abuzz with Governor Palin’s performance on Saturday night live.  What a YouTube world we live in!

I found this blog post this morning.  It’s the lyrics from the rap that was performed on the show.

Not yet done my morning coffee, I did what I could do best.  Turn it into a Wordle.

I hope you notice that plumbers are featured nicely!

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