Tuesday Ten-fer: Twitter in Iran, software finds, secrecy and security and geolocation

State Department Asks Twitter to Stay Up (and Other Notes on Digital Diplomacy)

Iranians are using Twitter and Friendfeed to post news and photos of post-election protests. I wonder if a distributed Ushahidi set-up would also come in handy here.

How To Communicate Securely in Repressive Environments

Tactics and techniques for maintaining your physical safety while still being an activist and / or citizen journalist* [Via White African]

Anonymous and Secure TorFox Browser Foils the Script Kiddies

Windows only: A mash-up of Firefox and Tor, Torfox anonymizes your browser activity and protects against click-jacking.

Geo: Soon to be Legit

Opera is working on it. Firefox 3.5 has it, and Safari for iPhone 3.0 will have it too. Geolocation is coming to the browser.

WordPress 2.8 released

I haven’t upgraded yet, but I may blog about it once I do.

Opera Unite

Unite lets you host a server through your browser. [Via Molly] Related: Opera “Reinvents the Web” with Unite, Makes Every Computer a Server from ReadWriteWeb.

Be the Difference: Mozilla Service Week!

Mozilla asks users to use their tech fu skills for good this fall. Sign up to get help or give help

64 Ways Location Independent People Earn a Living

Over five dozen ideas for how to earn a living from anywhere in the world.

Indexing the Web — It— s Not Just Google— s Business

Last week’s A List Apart offers guidance on when and why to use indexes with your database tables.

CoRD

An open-source alternative to Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Connection.

*I have a problem with that term because it implies that journalists aren’t and shouldn’t be politically engaged and civic minded. I suppose there is an ethical argument to be made about “objectivity,” but I think objectivity is an impossible notion and should be replaced by fairness.