Lines of Code (Photo by Lord James on Flickr) Computer coding (or programming) is a concept that is quite vague to most of us, including me. This is rather startling as you hear that computing will become even more ubiquitous moving into the near future. Large scale companies like Apple, want to […]
Good news Hoopla users! The number of items customers may borrow has been increased from 5 to 8 items per month. Please note that this is the maximum number borrowed per month, not the number that can be borrowed at one time. The borrowing limit is reset on the first day of each calendar month. […]
Check out this new collection to find popular urban romance authors Brenda Jackson, Beverly Jenkins and Donna Hill; download a classic by James Baldwin or catch up on a contemporary writer like Alice Walker, Maya Angelou or Terry McMillan. There are now over 600 titles to choose from in book and audiobook format. To […]
I remember the sense of amazement I felt when I tried Google Map Street View for the first time. The idea of the Street View Car travelling around everywhere to capture street imagery is fascinating! And it all started back in 2007. Was it only 2007, Google Maps Street View first started? Using Google Maps Street […]
As of Monday, May 12th, the number of checkouts and holds available on each Toronto Public Library OverDrive account has doubled to 30 each – that's 30 eBooks/eAudiobooks checked out and 30 on hold, at any one time. So, while you are visiting our OverDrive site to place more holds and checkout more eBooks and […]
(Credit: CBCNews.ca: URL: http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Technology%2Band%2BScience/ID/2453264922/ – Internet Explorer bug: what you can do – CBCNews.ca associate producer Lauren O'Neill shows you how to defend your computer against the IE bug – April 29, 2014; Duration: 1:11) Microsoft Corporation’s Security TechCenter issued Microsoft Security Advisory 2963983 entitled “Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution” (Published on […]
Earlier this month, it was revealed that there was a bug in software that is supposed to provide secure communication online. Called the Heartbleed bug, it caused the Canadian Revenue Agency shut down their online services for several days and made all other online services review their own security software. According to PC Magazine's […]
(Credit: CNN.com Video – Google's Gmail: 10 years of dominance – CNN's Max Foster speaks to tech expert Alex Wood about how Google's Gmail dominates the consumer email space – URL: http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2014/04/01/ctw-google-gmail-turns-10-alex-wood-intv.cnn.html ) (Credit: Daily Mail (UK) – 5 tips for staying safe on the web – Article: Google encrypts Gmail in […]
What is Cloud Computing? One way to talk about cloud computing is by explaining what it is not. It is NOT local storage using a hard drive and you are not using programs downloaded on your PC. Instead, you store and access data and programs over the internet. Remote servers are used to save your […]
(Credit: YouTube – Microsoft Trustworthy Computing – Update Tuesday Overview: April 2014 – Published on April 8, 2014) (Credit: CBS News – After 12 years of XP, Microsoft support set to end today, April 8, 2014 – URL: http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/microsoft-dropping-windows-xp-support ) Microsoft Corporation issued its final security patch updates on April 8, […]