In a tiny apartment in the Spanish coastal town of El Masnou, just outside of Barcelona, Kris de Decker runs a website completely powered by a small solar panel crammed into the corner of his balcony. With its light blue background and low-res imagery, the site for Low-Tech Magazine is intentionally retro—a callback to blogs and self-hosted sites from the[…]
Read moreAnonymous navigation, incognito mode and many other similar terms are becoming commonly used terminologies thanks to the numerous implementations of different navigation methodologies to surf the web without leaving a trace. Available on all the most common browsers and on all the most widespread operating systems, these operating modes have given rise to some minor misunderstandings and, if on the[…]
Read moreThe web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated information-sharing between scientists in universities and institutes around the world. Tim Berners-Lee, while working at CERN, implemented the first successful communication between a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) client and server via the internet, so he invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989. The WorldWideWeb (W3) is[…]
Read moreWhy should you use Tor everyday? To protect your privacy, defend yourself against network surveillance and traffic analysis, have a more secure navigation experience. Tor is free software, open-source and open network; it helps you defend your personal freedom, privacy, activities and relationships. Here an extract from the Tor Project official website: The Tor network is a group of volunteer-operated[…]
Read morePhoronix.com turns 15 years old. The Linux related website that began with a case review and some peripheral reviews on a system running Knoppix. I started Phoronix for the poor Linux hardware support at the time and it’s been an amazing turnaround since that point. No longer is it a battle of getting network devices or input devices working on[…]
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