To stream or not to stream?

Is streaming legal in Germany?

That’s what I hear / read almost every day now. Why in Germany? Well, because I live there of course, but also because new incomers might have heard about the strong policy Germany adopted against illegal downloads. That thing can frighten you, your family, your cat and even your grandmother. Especially if you come from France, where Hadopi nicely warns you twice before repressing. So I can understand the question.

Legal or not?

Just relax…

Sometimes, you have to take a break. You probably spend most of your time on a computer – or I don’t know how you arrived on this blog. But today it doesn’t work, you just lost your work thanks to a BSoD, or there is this new program which seems designed in order to make you angry, or the internet connection suddenly became slower than a snail on crutches, or you are just tired of looking at this screen 9 hours a day. In this case (and many others), a simple solution exists: just do nothing for two minutes. You are lucky, a website was designed to help you…

donothingfor2minutes.com

Internet Explorer, or Internet Exploder?

Internet Explorer is only good for downloading other browsers.

Maybe you know this sentence, or you’ve heard it somewhere? The fact is, even the total newbies in web technologies heard about the really bad reputation of the Microsoft Windows’ browser, the famous Internet Explorer. It must be admitted that the browser used to have really poor performances and a lot of compatibility issues with the web standards. But everything changed in 2011, with the incoming of the 9th version. And since then, Microsoft tries really hard to improve its image:

Understand the Web: Basic (but useful) tips – Part 1

In my last (and first) post, I wished you a safe travel in the IT world, remember? For most of you, the IT world is the worldwide web, and unfortunately, sometimes it is not a very safe place. You already know that, but between hoaxes, received ideas, rumors and disinformation, it’s easy to become careless and paranoiac at the same time. Well, this new post will try to teach you some tricks to survive out there.