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FYIJSYK: Facebook Privacy Update…

Written by The Digitante on April 23, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: FYIJSYK, Facebook, networking, security

Look at this: two FYI-just-so-you-know posts within the span of a week. That is certainly a record. It’s for good reason though. Facebook announced the other day that they are changing some aspects of Facebook – “Share on Facebook” is giving way to “Like on Facebook”, further integration between third party sites like CNN will [...]

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FYIJSYK: Your Tweets and the Library of Congress…

Written by The Digitante on April 16, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: FYIJSYK, Twitter

Did you know you are published in the Library of Congress? Well, if you use Twitter, you soon may be. On their blog, the Library of Congress announced that they will be storing every public tweet ever. This quite obviously does not mean Direct Messages or any tweets on accounts that are set to private. [...]

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FYIJSYK: ZERO Charger…

Written by The Digitante on March 18, 2010 - 2 Comments
Categories: FYIJSYK, cell phones, gadgets

You’ve got your phone plugged in for the night after a long day of yapping on the phone. The next morning, you hop out of bed, grab your phone, and head to your job at Uncle Ted’s Used Bubble Gum Emporium. You may think that after unplugging your phone, no more electricity is being used, [...]

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FYIJSYK: Apple vs. HTC…

Written by The Digitante on March 4, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: FYIJSYK, Google, cell phones

If you pay much attention to gadget news, you probably heard a bunch of stuff about Apple’s lawsuit against HTC for all types of patent infringement. So what is the story? Is Apple justified in these lawsuits? Can HTC stand up to the onslaught of the Apple lawyers? What does this mean for HTC’s phone [...]

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FYIJSYK: Internet Explorer Hole…

Written by The Digitante on February 5, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: FYIJSYK, Firefox, Google, security

I’ve got a brand new FYI: Just So You Know. It seems that Internet Explore (you know, the little blue ‘e’ that is used to browse the internet) has a massive security hole and the worst part is: it can’t be patched. This means that any time you browse the internet using Internet Explorer (any [...]

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