1. Reel ’em in The scammers know who you are when it comes to spear phishing. Instead of pumping out millions of emails to anybody…
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OPLIN 4Cast #105: The Economy, Bandwidth Limits, World Records, Library Competeition
Posted in 4cast, Amazon, Google Shared Storage, and OPLIN
1. The struggling economy: How is it affecting libraries? Economics of New Media: Pay to Play or Free? (Mashable) Libraries fight economic woes with information…
OPLIN 4Cast #104: MS Book Search, Broadband, 2.0, Land Lines
Posted in 4cast, AOL, cellphones, communication, GDrive, LinkedIn, Second Life, social network websites, TwitterThoughts, and Web 2.0
1. End of MS Book Search It’s all up to Google now…or is it? Why killing Live Book Search is good for the future of…
OPLIN 4Cast #103 Hyperconnectivity, Tourists needs, FBI told no, Phlashing
Posted in 4cast, desktop applications, and Internet
1. We’re hyperconnected That means that we each a minimum of 7 devices for work and 9 connectivity applications. The lines between business and personal…
OPLIN 4Cast #102: Aggregation, Library of Congress Goes Tech, Online Searching, Blogging Help
Posted in 4cast, blogs, Cinematic Internet, Facebook, Google, Library of Congress, LinkedIn, social network websites, Web 2.0, web browsers, and Wikipedia
1. Are you aggregated? Several major companies have launched new data portability sites recently, all in the hopes that you will use them as your…
OPLIN 4Cast #101: Ban Second Life? Backscatter, Spam is 30, Xobni
Posted in 4cast, backscatter, social network websites, spam, techies, and wireless
1. Virtual worlds in the hot seat As reported in the 4Cast last week, there are 100+ youth-oriented virtual worlds in existence. With that kind…
OPLIN 4Cast #100: By the Numbers
Posted in 4cast
OPLIN 4Cast #100: The top social networking tools, learning tools, online tools, tech gadgets This milestone edition will be packed full of numbers. Wait! We…
1. Bloggers can use Encyclopedia Britannica If you blog regularly and your site qualifies, you may be permitted to include Encyclopaedia Britannica links in your…
1. Map fans rejoice! The Open Geospatial Consortium has approved submission of the Google KML markup language as an open standard. Keyhole Markup Language (KML),…
1. Google gets intrusive As if Google isn’t already imbedded in our everyday online lives, now they are in our front yards, too. One Pittsburg…