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The dangers of the filter bubble
Personalization has become a new buzzword. All major websites are now offering personalization services to make your experience on their site
Gripe with Facebook’s choice of media partners
First, I would like to say that Facebook’s new Timeline is awesome. It is a beautifully designed profile upgrade. The
Why I am against the death penalty
I am vehemently opposed to the death penalty. I find it a barbaric practice that has no place in the
Security Software: Open Source vs Closed Source
I recently had a discussion on Google Plus about the relative merits of open source vs closed source security software.
Using fork() and exec() on Linux
In a previous post, I explained how the fork() and exec() system calls are used to create processes on Unix. In this
How a process is started in Unix
First, let us define what a process is. There are many definitions for the term process, but, for the purpose