What’s The Difference Between Linux Distributions If They’re All Linux? [MakeUseOf Explains]

When a user is first introduced to Linux, they might be told they're using Linux, but they'll quickly learn that it's called something else. Yes, Ubuntu, Fedora, Linux Mint, Debian, openSUSE, and so many others are all variants of Linux, or "Linux distributions". That's cool and all, but if you give it a little thought, you'll be asking yourself why there are so many different distributions in existence, especially if they're all Linux anyway.

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How To Sync Internet Explorer Tabs Across Windows 8.1 PCs

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Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari web browsers have been offering tab syncing for a couple of years now. While tab syncing might not be a deciding factor for many, users who constantly switch between multiple computers always prefer to use a browser that supports tab syncing. Although it’s possible to get tab syncing in Internet [...]

Learn Basic DIY Skills Online With YouTube

While DIY falls in and out of fashion depending on the state of the economy, individual styles, and the availability of professionals and materials, there will always be someone, somewhere keen to learn basic DIY skills . The Web is an invaluable resource for anyone in that position, with a multitude of websites and experts eager to spread the word.

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IFTTT Launches iPhone App Full Of New Recipes [Updates]

Do you automate your life with IFTTT? You can now do it on the go with the new IFTTT iPhone app. This much anticipated launch of IFTTT for mobile brings the power of IFTTT automation to your iPhone, with new recipes that are built on actions you perform every day.

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Get Windows 8 Style Picture Password (Pattern Login) In Windows 7

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Picture Password is one of the lesser known features present in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. This unique feature lets you use a picture as your user account password, hence the name Picture Password. You can use a combination of three gestures (circle, straight lines, and taps) to sign-in to your account, and according to [...]

What Should Be Done About Online Piracy? [We Ask You]

People are sharing copyrighted files over the Internet every day and in every part of the world. It's a huge problem for record labels, film studios, TV companies, and the creative people behind the albums, movies, television shows that are being shared. We want to know, What Should Be Done About Online Piracy? Many of the laws being used to tackle the problem of piracy are failing to prevent piracy.

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Restyle Your Resume For Instant Results On The Job Market

Today, I'm not going to share with you the golden secret to resumés that will guarantee you the job. That would be stupid. However, I can guarantee that your resume will be ahead of a few others. For the most part, I'm going to tell you the basics of what to do and what not to do. We'll cover a few topics that key in on current resume trends, old ones, and traits that will (most likely) never die out.

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You Can’t Handle The Cute: Where To Watch Real-Life Animals In Real Time

The Internet makes the world smaller, but there's something about watching real-life creatures, live, that makes that smallness more...tangible. True, there are cat videos from all over the world I could watch right now, but the idea that I'm seeing a cat as it exists, right now, somewhere in the world is a completely different experience. It's more spontaneous, and it's a much less distracting thing to leave open when you're trying to get work done.

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5 Ways To Contact Celebs Without Facebook Charging You

Facebook has been experimenting with various different methods for making money. One of which involves charging users to send a private message to someone not on their list of friends. Whether these experiments lead to any permanent change of policy remains to be seen, but the fact is it could cost you to contact someone through Facebook now and in the future.

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Enjoy The World’s Greatest Cars On The Web

Who doesn't like to live in the fast lane…with a Ferrari F430 for company? Okay, that's one of my favorite cars. Along with the Lamborghini Aventador, the Porsche 911, and anything from the BMW stables.No one will give us the keys to any of these cars in a hurry. So, let's make the web our playground and watch some of the world's greatest cars. A man (and woman) can dream can't he!

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Google's +1 Activity Updates

Until now, your Google+ stream only included the posts from people/pages/communities you follow and some posts from the "what's hot" section. Now you'll also see some of the posts +1d by the people you follow.



"Many of the best photos, articles and videos we find online are the ones recommended by friends. So we're making it easier to discover these recommendations in your Google+ stream. Starting today, we'll occasionally highlight posts that were +1'd by people in your circles and if you +1 a post, we may highlight it to your friends as well," says Shimrit Ben-Yair, from Google.



Now +1s for Google+ posts have more value because they're a signal for recommendations. If more people from your circles +1 the same post, then it's likely that you'll want to read it. +1 is now an indirect sharing tool: you're not sharing a post with anyone who is following you (or some of your circles), you're helping Google provide better recommendations.

If you want to control who sees your +1 activity updates, go to this page and change the "visible to" value. The default option is "extended circles", but you can pick "public", "your circles", "only you" or a custom list of circles and people. You can check the posts you +1d here: it's an activity log that starts to show data once this feature is available to you. Google is "rolling out this feature over the next few days".



Hopefully, Google+ will do a better job at recommending content than YouTube. Instead of only showing the latest videos uploaded by your subscriptions, YouTube also shows the videos they liked, their comments and more.

The Android Bug 8219321

There's a lot of talk about an Android security bug that affects almost all the Android devices, whether they're running Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich or Jelly Bean. Bluebox Security reported that "the vulnerability involves discrepancies in how Android applications are cryptographically verified & installed, allowing for APK code modification without breaking the cryptographic signature. Details of Android security bug 8219321 were responsibly disclosed through Bluebox Security's close relationship with Google in February 2013."



So the bug could allow someone to create a modified version of an system app and trick other people to install it. The modified version could include malicious code.



Actually, the bug is simple: APK files are ZIP archives and Android allows APK files to include files with the same name. "It's a problem in the way Android handles APKs that have duplicate file names inside," says Pau Oliva Fora, security engineer at security firm ViaForensics. "The entry which is verified for signature is the second one inside the APK, and the entry which ends up being installed is the first one inside the APK - the injected one that can contain the malicious payload and is not checked for signature at all."



The problem is that Android supported duplicate file names in APKs and the patch removed this support. The patch is extremely simple: return an error if the APK file has duplicate file names.

Apparently, Geremy Condra from Google wrote a patch in February. "Google made changes to Google Play in order to detect apps modified in this way and a patch has already been shared with device manufacturers," informs ComputerWorld. CyanogenMod included the bug fix in the latest release, faster than OEMs and even Google, which didn't update Nexus devices to address this issue.



The bug #8219321 is now a test that will show us how fast Google, OEMs and carriers can deploy security patches.