Though Nigerian email scams may be the butt of late-night comedian jokes, online fraud is still alive and well. Scams involving individuals, such as identity theft and financial scams, cost their victims nearly 240 million in 2007 over four times as much as they did in 2004. Sadly, the numbers...
No one needs to be told how bad this economy is. Every week it seems thousands more are losing their jobs while countless more are having to scale back their rates or the hours that they work. Incomes everywhere are being choked, causing families to cut corners and miss bills. This has led many...
When picking a web hosting plan, many people are looking for the best balance between price and quality. However, many of the cheapest web hosts are also the most unreliable. You don't want to be paying for something that doesn't work. So when looking for a low-priced web hosting plan, you want...
Even as little as seven years ago, trying to obtain video on the Internet, much less watching a movie, was a complete nightmare. With much of the Internet still on dialup, it could take hours to download even a three minute music video, days for a feature-length film. Furthermore, the video-watching...
The Digital Millennium Copyright ACT (DMCA) is one of the best-known and most-controversial pieces of legislation passed in recent years. It has had a greater impact on the Web than virtually any other piece of legislation and is largely responsible for much of the Web we see today. One of the...
Australia is a land of deadly creatures that seem to take obscene joy in killing you — and not just Queenslanders hunting down anyone who's brown. No, the entire ecosystem seems specifically designed to kill, what with the horrible desert, deadly animals, annoying insects, and constant worry of...
HTML, or Hyper Text Markup Language, is a kind of computer language that is basically used for use on the internet and in viewing files on web browsers. HTML code can also be used in email. HTML is a deceptive language. When seen at first glance, it looks very complicated but the truth is HTML...
The internet is a visual medium. Our eyes are the ones that do the “traveling” when visiting a web site. Adding photos to web site is one of the more effective ways of attracting attention, giving emphasis to content, and illustrating important points. But if you think that posting photos is merely...
Web design is the umbrella term for the various steps and activities that are part of making a web page—particularly the way it looks and how the users will interact with it. When people use a website, they will first notice the colors, pictures, fonts, as well as how the topics are organized....
The MeditationsBy Marcus Aurelius Written 167 A.C.E.Translated by George Long Book One From my grandfather Verus I learned good morals and the government of my temper. From the reputation and remembrance of my father, modesty and a manly character. From my mother, piety and beneficence, and...
