Author: John
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Gapps Manager
If you’ve ever used a custom ROM, you know that due to legal reasons, most of them are released without Google’s proprietary applications, simply known as GApps. Those packages can be a bit finicky, as every version of Android needs a particular package, so sometimes it’s hard to choose the correct file to download. XDA…
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History of The Internet => The Joy of Missing Out
Web history has been turned into a comprehensive, interactive timeline by the Australian-based site Web Directions. Google turned 15 this year, and what surprises me is that I was there, right on the edge, on each one. But this year, well it is time for the Joy Of Missing Out, JOMO Scroll through webdirections.org/history and…
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"Weird Al" Yankovic – It’s All About The Pentiums
It is the Christmas Season and I had a moment of nostalgia when I saw this video cross my line of sight and heard the modem dial for AOL. I remember my ISDN line, first in the state of Oregon.
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EFF Encrypt the Web Report: Who’s Doing What
Encrypt the Web Report: Who’s Doing What We’ve asked the companies in our Who Has Your Back Program what they are doing to bolster encryption in light of the NSA’s unlawful surveillance of your communications. We’re pleased to see that four companies—Dropbox, Google, SpiderOak and Sonic.net—are implementing five out of five of our best practices…
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Users Adobe Passwords Were Stupid
Top 100 Adobe Passwords with Count We do not (yet) have the keys Adobe used to encrypt the passwords of 130,324,429 users affected by their most recent breach. However, thanks to Adobe choosing symmetric key encryption over hashing, selecting ECB mode, and using the same key for every password, combined with a large number of…