O estado da blogosfera 2008

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State of the Blogosphere / 2008

Welcome to Technorati’s State of the Blogosphere 2008 report, which will be released in five consecutive daily segments. Since 2004, our annual study has unearthed and analyzed the trends and themes of blogging, but for the 2008 study, we resolved to go beyond the numbers of the Technorati Index to deliver even deeper insights into the blogging mind. For the first time, we surveyed bloggers directly about the role of blogging in their lives, the tools, time, and resources used to produce their blogs, and how blogging has impacted them personally, professionally, and financially. Our bloggers were generous with their thoughts and insights. Thanks to all of the bloggers who took the time to respond to our survey.

Day 1: Who Are the Bloggers?
Day 2: The What And Why of Blogging
Day 3: The How of Blogging
Day 4: Blogging For Profit
Day 5: Brands Enter The Blogosphere

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Segurança online

Quando criamos uma conta de e-mail ou o acesso a um serviço na Internet, nem sempre temos consciência da facilidade com que essa conta ou esse acesso pode ser utilizado por outros, nomeadamente hackers. O segredo está nas perguntas de confirmação.

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Those Crazy Internet Security Questions
By Kate Pickert Wednesday, Sep. 24, 2008

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Think carefully before you answer. The question above is from the password retrieval system for Virgin America's Elevate frequent flyer program, one of several a user may be prompted to answer in order to verify his or her identity. But it's not just Richard Branson's own quirky take on the standard "What's your mother's maiden name?" query, widely used for verification purposes by many banks and e-mail services. These days, security questions are getting more creative because they have to. As we make more and more personal information freely available online via our blogs, Facebook profiles, Flickr photos and Twitter, security questions based on biographical data are becoming less and less secure.

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