The history of the Start Menu
It’s been a long time – almost twenty years, in fact – since the Start button was introduced by Microsoft. A key feature of the all-new Windows 95, the Start… Read more »
The Big Picture: Google Authentication Using OAuth2 and ASP.NET C#
For anyone who stayed with me through my first article series, I wanted to follow up today with a one-stop reference for everything we discussed. The three articles in this… Read more »
Validating Integrity: Google Authentication Using OAuth2 and ASP.NET C#
For those just tuning in, here’s a quick recap of what we’ve done so far: Part One explains why I’m not using DotNetOpenAuth and why you should reconsider blindly using… Read more »
Logging In: Google Authentication Using OAuth2 and ASP.NET C#
Previously, I covered an overview of how Google’s OAuth2 API works, as well as the initial URL and session data used to direct the user to Google’s login service. Google… Read more »
Getting Started: Google Authentication Using OAuth2 and ASP.NET C#
This is the start of an article series, provided that I don’t get distracted and forget to continue the series. I’ve been working on what is going to ultimately be… Read more »
The cake really is a lie…at least for Flickr users.
I hate to use a cliché, but you really can’t have your cake and eat it too. I logged in to Flickr yesterday rather innocently – I was updating some… Read more »
DriverGuide.com’s Not-so-surprising Scammy Tactics
Update 2014-05-31: It looks like Driver Guide removed the ability to use alternate browser agents to bypass their adware-infested downloader. Very disappointing, to say the least. I recently found myself… Read more »
Packagetrackr.com’s Windows Gadget
I rather like Packagetrackr.com, which has recently been migrating to a new site, Faranow.com. I buy stuff online a lot (mostly eBay these days), and having a single place to… Read more »
Can Apple really handle the needs of businesses?
On January 31, 2012, in the middle of the day for many users, Apple silently and stealthily blocked the Java web plugin on all Mac computers running 10.7 or 10.8…. Read more »
Reconsidering the GPL
An awful lot of software these days is released open-source, under various licenses. Gnu GPL is a popular one, in its various iterations. It’s a pretty great idea – software… Read more »