TechLinks (weekly)
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Big data and privacy rights have always been in conflict, with the growth in data collection, this conflict will be central to our relationship as individuals with employers, commercial and governmental organizations, and maybe even each other. Add in a little artificial intelligence to create predictive models, and soon those organizations will know exactly how…
There’s a nice little call for boycott going on over at Spyware Info. Looks like some company is trying to trademark the word “spybot” and is threatening legal action against the makers of SpyBot Search and Destroy. The article has all the relevant info.. Follow these topics: Uncategorized
Anyway, the search for blogs to link to the Child Abuse blog continues, I added a couple today, but it doesn’t seem like blogging the details of everyday life for abuse survivors or people dealing with depression or other obstacles has caught on quite the way I would have thought. Submissions are always welcome, and…
A technology company engaging in anti-competitive behavior. The installation for their software makes sure that their peripheral will only operate with said software and disable it’s ability to communicate with the competitor’s software. Why that no good lousy, Bill.. What’s that? Oh it’s Apple. Nevermind…. Yes that was sarcasm, personally, I don’t use iTunes or…
Microsoft Upgrades Hotmail I noticed it this morning, and I like it, for the most part. They did get rid of one thing that I used to really like about hotmail though, the stuff at the top of a message (delete, next, previous, move, etc.) used to show up at the bottom of a message…
Yesterday was almost an entire day trudging through the world of faulty DNS records, broken telephone cords, unexplained inability to dial outside, which just as suddenly started working again, a lost internet connection that kept me from updating our website database, and various other semi-emergencies. I was so busy putting out fires that when 3PM…