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Do you want to build your own website but lack the knowledge on how to go about it? Do you want to learn but do not have the financial capacity to enroll in a computer school? Do not fret because there are a lot of resources online that can help you learn the basics in building a website. Below are some among thousands out there.

For HTML – W3Schools
For CSS – CSS Tutorial
For Java script – EchoEcho
For Photoshop – Tutorialized
For Flash – Flash Designer Zone
For Dreamweaver – Dreamweaver Tutorial
For Cold Fusion – Free Programming Resources
For PHP – PHP.net

Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, said that the U.S. government’s cybersecurity people are trying to come up with an early warning system to detect computer attacks on sensitive infrastructure. Some experts, though, think that this idea is not quite feasible. Present technologies are only able to detect a hack after the fact. Chertoff remains persistent, though not clear on the details as they are considered classified information. Chertoff’s department also aims to reduce Internet access to government agencies that would hopefully lessen the chances of getting hacked. The project would require experts from the private sector said Chertoff, but he did not yet say exactly how many they will be needing.

More information at CNN.com.

Image source: MSNBC

Social networking sites are not going anywhere soon. Many people benefit from them because they can make new friends, keep in contact with friends and relatives in other parts of the globe and expand their business networks. The need for social interaction is innate in each and every one of us. With its growing popularity, many have spawned, giving users hundreds of sites to choose from.

In 2007, Nielsen unveiled its top social networking sites according to traffic.

MySpace - launched in 2003, based loosely on the features of one of the earliest social networking sites, Friendster

Facebook - founded by Mark Zuckerberg while still studying at Harvard University and was launched in 2004.

Classmates Online – started in 1995 by Randy Conrads

Windows Live Spaces – launched in 2004 by Microsoft.

AOL Hometown – has a feature called the EasyDesign for hassle-free customization of your web page.

Image sources: GreasyGuide, GearyI, Classmates Online, Windows Live Spaces, AOL Hometown

Nowadays, blogging has become a part of the daily lives of millions of people around the world. If you are just starting out your own blog or looking to start a blog but haven’t decided yet which platform to use, here are some topnotch choices you can choose from.
Presenting the top blogging hosts for 2007 according to the Blogger’s Choice Awards.

Blogger - started in 1999 by Pyra Labs and later acquired by Google in 2003.

Multiply - a social networking site that allows users not only to blog but also to share media, from photos to music to videos.

WordPress - started out in 2005 with a lot of user-friendly features.

Populum - currently under construction but will relaunch on April 2008.

LiveJournal - launched by Brad Fitzpatrick in 1999, which revolves around the concept of having a friends list and syndication.

Image sources: Blogger, Multiply, LiveJournal, Wikipedia

A recent report from a European Union privacy panel calls for Internet search engine providers, like Google, Yahoo, MSN and AOL, to delete search data it collects from users after six months wherever their headquarters may be based. It emphasized that these search engines should abide by European data protection rules.
The report is expected to boil down to more stringent privacy policies. The EU is now revising data-protection rules.

Search engines collect the users’ IP (Internet Protocol) addresses, a set of unique numbers that identify individual computers. These sets of numbers can pinpoint a computer’s location or service provider, which obviously brews some security issues if stored permanently on a third-party system.

More details at ABCNews.

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