Not that the newsletter isn’t always useful, but I just read the latest Spyware Info and I highly recommend it. It’s got a little bit of everything, including bits about RFID tags, fake spyware tools, SBC’s appalling behavior in California, and a good argument for privacy rights in general. Good stuff..
Update: There’s been an update to the SBC story, available at the same link.
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I was just flipping through my aggregator and read Neil’s post about using a news aggregator. I’d have to say, I pretty much agree with the complaints he has. I generally find that I don’t ever make it to the site to read the contents when those sites post only titles or short excerpts of…
If you’ve been paying attention to the link blog, you’ll probably notice that I’ve been pointing to things on one particular site on an almost daily basis. I figure it’s about time to give some props where they are due, so I give you the place where I’ve found more little freeware apps and tools…
Microsoft music, movie player collects log of users’ entertainment when will these companies learn that we don’t trust them enough to just sit by and let them track us. I don’t have WiMP here at work, and don’t have 8.0 at home either come to think of it, anyone know what file you need to…
Here’s a few thoughts on the current legal and tech scene: What is the best thing about the internet for us, and the worst for Big Media? There are very few barriers to entry when it comes to publishing online. You can do it for very little $$, it doesn’t take special equipment, or licenses….
I’ve already spent a good 30-45 minutes going through all the spam that my boss collected over the weekend. She seems to get more than most folks here, or at least seems more irritated by it, so I tried to go through it all and come up with some Outlook rules that will make things…
Maybe the next time someone at work gets the impression that I’m just a control-freak, mean, nasty IT guy who won’t let then use their PC the way they want to, I’ll point them to this Wired article on spyware. Maybe then they’ll get why things like Real are not allowed on our network? Yeah,…