From https://blog.twitter.com/2013/improvements-to-login-verification-photos-and-more :

“Today’s Twitter for iOS and Android updates let you enroll in login verification and approve login requests directly from your mobile app. Now, in addition to the SMS-based login verification that we released in May, you can use login verification without relying on text messages.”…….

“As you type your query, the search menu with suggestions will include social context, so you can see how you’re connected to other users. We just introduced this last week on twitter.com.

We’re also adding a new photo gallery in search. Before, when photos were returned in search results, you could swipe through thumbnails and select photos to view full-screen. Now, you can select a new “View more photos” option that will lead you to a photo gallery of all the photos related to that search.”

Read rest of blog post at https://blog.twitter.com/2013/improvements-to-login-verification-photos-and-more

A new version of the Windows Sysinternals utility “Autoruns for Windows” has been released.

Version 11.70 can be downloaded from the Sysinternals site.

What is Autoruns for Windows? It is a valuable tool to look at the various locations where programs can run when Windows boots up or when you login. There are many (many!) locations where programs, including viruses, spyware and malware can surreptitiously install themselves. With Autoruns for Windows, you can view all of the programs that launch during Windows bootup and select which program you want to disable. Obviously, you have to pay attention or you may disable a critical Windows component resulting in a non-booting Windows installation

You can also use it to troubleshoot offline Windows installs, meaning you can take a suspect hard drive with an installation of Windows and disable startup entries on that hard drive. 

The Defrag Tools: #5 – Autoruns and MSConfig show demonstrates Autoruns in action, at around the 13th minute.

If you interested in these type of tools, check out our All Purpose Windows troubleshooting and upgrading USB or DVD drive article. 

The Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) has posted a draft version 2.0 of its Caribbean Internet Governance Policy Framework (CIGPF) document for general review and comments.

According to the CTU:

The CIGPF was first issued in 2009 and is the product of inputs, discussions and feedback compiled from the Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF), a multi-stakeholder group which has been convened annually by the CTU since 2005, initially in conjunction with the CARICOM Secretariat.

The document articulates a vision and mission for Internet Governance in the Caribbean, identifies key focus areas and recommendations for priority policy and operational actions. The CIGPF is intended to be used as a reference for regional governments and regulators in particular and other stakeholders generally, in navigating the increasingly complex world of Internet Governance by identifying appropriate priorities for Caribbean stakeholders.

This new issue of the CIGPF incorporates updates and additions warranted by new developments in this dynamic field and feedback inputs over the past few years. This draft is being posted now in advance of the 9th CIGF to be held in September in Curacao at which all further comments would be collated to enable subsequent official release of Issue 2.0. Key updates in this issue include:

• rewording of the statement of Mission for Caribbean Internet Governance to highlight enhanced emphasis on security and lawful use of the Internet.
• refinement of the strategic focus areas on infrastructure to reflect current thinking on the need for universal broadband access and development of critical Internet infrastructure
• addition of a specific strategic focus area for “Legal Frameworks and Enforcement” (separate from the Internet Content focus area) in recognition of current global thrusts in these areas
• new priority recommendations consequential to the above
•  other general updates required by new information, technology, social developments or prior achievements.

Version 2 of the CIGPF is a marked-up version which highlights amendments made to the first CIGPF in January 2009, with sections shaded in blue indicating either new text or text appropriately relocated within the document. 

View/Download

• Draft version 2.0 of Caribbean Internet Governance Policy Framework (CIGPF) (PDF ; 823K) 
• Mirror of Draft v2.0 Caribbean Internet Goverance Policy Framework on cs.tt

Comments can be submitted via email to CTU-CIGF@ctu.int or the CTU’s website at http://ctu.int/internet-governance

From Ars Technica : http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/07/hands-on-with-the-leap-motion-controller-cool-but-frustrating-as-hell/

“I’ve spent about two days with the Leap Motion Controller, a Kinect-like PC accessory that uses infrared sensors to translate the motions of your hands into input for applications. The device I received is one I pre-ordered more than a year ago; I’ve been anxiously awaiting its arrival ever since I saw the first video of the device in action.

The Leap costs $79.99, and for your money you get a tiny little aluminum rectangle. It fits easily in the palm of my hand, and once situated on the desk it’s essentially invisible. There are precisely two external features: the green power LED and its USB port.”

Git (http://git-scm.com/) is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. As such, Git to used to manage and distribute the code in many Free and Open Source projects. 

Six Revisions has a detailed article “How to Quickly Get Started with Git” to show how you can use Git at http://sixrevisions.com/web-development/easy-git-tutorial/

This article is inspiring me to consider using Git for our TTCS OSSWIN DVD, the free and open source collection of Free and Open Source software collection for Windows that the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society makes available for anyone to download.

I’ve been the sole lead maintainer for many years now, and I would like others to help

• update the text used to describe the programs
• add new programs to the collection with descriptions, screenshots, etc
• update the design of the webpages

There is a mirror of the web interface of the TTCS OSSWIN DVD online at http://hodsondts.org/FOSS/index.htm

Persons wanting to help with improving the TTCS OSSWIN DVD and taking it to the next level, let me know at admin@ttcsweb.org

Microsoft Windows NT was launched on July 27, 1993. The Windows NT core continues to be in use in many Microsoft products, including Windows 8, Windows Phone and Xbox One.

ZDNet’s  Mary Jo Foley takes a look back at Windows NT:
http://www.zdnet.com/microsofts-windows-nt-turns-20-7000018597/