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How Google Became the World's Largest Internet Company
By Filipe Serrano Review: In the plex Biographies often show the small stories behind decisions that had a big impact on the world. With In The Plex (no edition in Portuguese), it is no different, but the biographed, in this case, is Google. The latest book from writer and tech journalist Steven Levy,…
How to choose a hosting provider and your domain
How do you choose a hosting provider when there are thousands of hosting companies available online? It's like going through the yellow pages trying to find hamburger restaurants. There are many of them. Hopefully these tips will guide you in the right direction.Important factors in selecting a web hosting company include the percentage of uptime…
The Civil Rights Framework for the Internet - Law 12,965
Helena Martins – Agência Brasil Reporter Edition: Carolina Pimentel The Civil Rights Framework for the Internet was appointed as a global reference for legislation that should deal with the world wide web, during the NetMundial – Global Multisectoral Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance, which brought together governments, companies, experts and activists in discussions about the future of the network.…
DuckDuckGo takes on Google with invisible searches
DuckDuckGo calls itself “the research engine that doesn't watch you”. After the revelations in the US National Security Agency files, this seems tempting. Named after the American playground game “duck duck goose”, the site is not only betting on the support of paranoid people about GCHQ, the…
What is Physical and Virtual Firewall?
A firewall (in Portuguese: Wall of fire) is a computer network device that aims to apply a security policy to a certain point on the network. The firewall can be packet filters, application proxy, etc. Firewalls are usually associated with TCP/IP networks. Physical Firewall The firewalls in…