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JuicyCampus, free speech, and personal responsibility: JuicyCampus, free speech, and personal responsibilityOn ending anonymity.When people write about ending anonymity, I always wonder how something like that could be accomplished. For example, how does any social site, forum, what-have-you actually _verify_ the information I give to them? Sure, they can log an IP address, but...; Tags: internet, workforce management, juicycampus, personal responsibility; Discussion threads 2008-03-20
Big storage is watching you: Kudos to Larry Dignan for an informative post on the system that caught NY governor Eliot Spitzer canoodling with a prostitute. Modern information technology enables 24 hour surveillance of every citizen. Should we care? Of course not. Every citizen is a potential terrorist. You want to...; Tags: database, president, surveillance, information technology, storage, personal responsibility, gps, government, handhelds, telecom & utilities, consumer electronics, personal technology, hardware, robin harris; Blog posts 2008-03-12

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Last.fm is rocking on various mobile operating systems: While I enjoy listening to music, I actually have a very small personal collection and primarily listen to the FM radio or stream my music over the internet. The recent iPhone 2.0 update opened my eyes to Pandora, AOL Radio, and Last.fm on mobile devices. I enjoy listening to Last.fm...; Tags: apple iphone, microsoft windows mobile, nokia corp., mobile, operating system, music, last.fm, advertising & promotion, tablets, marketing, hardware, notebooks & tablets, matthew miller; Blog posts 2008-08-07
Google doubles its cookie tracking: Will you opt out?: Google on Thursday rolled out improvements to its ad network and will add DoubleClick tracking across its sites. Google also made it easy to opt out of its double dose of cookies with one click. The larger question is whether users will choose to go cookie free. ...; Tags: google inc., advertisement, doubleclick inc., cookie, larry dignan; Blog posts 2008-08-07
News to know: Mozilla; Windows Server; LinuxWorld; Apple: Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Talking Firefox security with Mozilla's Window Snyder Mary Jo Foley: What's next for Windows Server Microsoft finalizes SQL Server 2008 TechRepublic: 10 questions and answers about Microsoft Live Mesh Dancho Danchev: Today's...; Tags: google inc., larry dignan, microsoft windows server, server, apple inc., mozilla corp., linux, phishing, smart phones, service-oriented architecture (soa), cyberthreats, microsoft windows, operating systems, unix, open source, software, security, spam and phishing, consumer electronics, personal technology, web services, enterprise software; Blog posts 2008-08-07

TSA vendor finds lost laptop, remains suspended: Travelers who use the Transportation Security Administration's Registered Traveler program might be verified as good security risks but the same can't be said about Steven Brill's Verified Identity Pass, one of the TSA vendors that operates the program. VIP, under the brand name Clear, lost a laptop containing...; Tags: transportation security administration, laptop computer, vip, notebooks, hardware, notebooks & tablets, richard koman; Blog posts 2008-08-06
The social media corporate identity crisis: The recent "hijacking" of the ExxonMobil brand for Twitter use made a whoosh as the news traveled around the socialsphere. It also brought into view a lot of questions around brand validity and responsibility in terms of social networking. Joel Postman, principal of Socialized, authored this guest piece on the...; Tags: brand, social media, twitter, joel postman, popeyes chicken, q., branding, social networking, marketing, online communications, advertising & promotion, jennifer leggio; Blog posts 2008-08-06
Consumer Reports urges Mac users to dump Safari, cites lack of phishing protection: Consumer Reports urges Mac users to dump Safari, cites lack of phishing protectionWhen a feature is not a featureIf a feature is too hard to use then it is not a feature. Jobs did extensive case studies and found that warnings about phishing simply confused people and that in the...; Tags: cyberthreats, spam, security, consumer reports, phishing, apple inc., apple safari; Discussion threads 2008-08-06
CLEAR has a "Senior Moment": CLEAR has a "Senior Moment"Not reassuredWhat happened to the laptop during the week it was missing? How do we know where it was or wasn't?I work in public health, where the release of such "limited personal information" as was described in the article would be taken very seriously. ...; Tags: healthcare, clear; Discussion threads 2008-08-06
Six steps to an effective data governance program: As data governance becomes a key benchmark of a company's responsibility to enhance and protect data, here are six simple steps that start to develop a program based on individual needs. In the past few years, dozens of high-profile incidents involving data mismanagement have gained international attention. Caught off...; Tags: data, organization, corporate governance, tools & techniques, pricing, databases, business operations, corporate law, management, marketing, enterprise software, software, data management, data governance, mismanagement, steve alder, ibm, special to zdnet; News items 2008-08-06
"I Am Rich" iPhone app - a steal at $999.99!: "I Am Rich" iPhone app - a steal at $999.99!DangIf they'd just throw in tip calculator functionality with it, I'd snap it right up. :-PNothing "remotely scammy?""but I can't see anything remotely scammy about this since what the app is and does is clearly explained in the description."Other than the...; Tags: pet rock, apple iphone; Discussion threads 2008-08-06
Useful: Cradlepoint PHS300 Personal Hotspot: The Cradlepoint PHS300 (US$179) creates a personal hotspot with a mobile broadband card like the many EV-DO data cards from carriers like Verizon. I recently got a chance to test a PHS300 on a trip to Bonnaroo in Manchester, TN. Several of us were traveling to the...; Tags: card, hotspot, mobile broadband, cradlepoint phs300, wireless, jason d. o\'grady; Blog posts 2008-08-06
CLEAR has a "Senior Moment": AP Newswire is reporting this morning that CLEAR has found a laptop also see CLEAR Press Release that had gone missing for over a week from one of its kiosk locations that contained the "personal data" of over 30,000 enrolled members at San Francisco International Airport,...; Tags: clear, enrollment, laptop computer, ap newswire, notebooks, hardware, notebooks & tablets, jason perlow; Blog posts 2008-08-06
Zittrain explains the future of the Internet: Oxford professor and Harvard pioneer Johnathan Zittrain came to the CBS Interactive offices in San Francisco on Tuesday to speak and sign copies of his new book "The Future of the Internet... and How to Stop It". His presentation was called Civic Technologies. ...; Tags: router, technology, zittrain, internet, routers & switches, networking, andrew mager; Blog posts 2008-08-06
Don't trust Google with your data: Don't trust Google with your dataNo, I don't trust Google BUT...I trust Google more than I trust me. There is a bigger chance that I'll lose my own data than Google will. I don't have the energy nor do I choose to spend the money to constantly backup all of...; Tags: backups, cloud computing, google inc.; Discussion threads 2008-08-06
Today's assignment : Coding an undetectable malware: Today's dynamic Internet threatscape is changing so rapidly, that the innovations and creativity applied by malware authors can easily render an information security course's curricular on malware outdated pretty fast, or worse, provide the students with a false feeling of situational awareness about today's malware that's driving the entire cybercrime...; Tags: malware, antivirus software, virus, cyberthreats, spyware, adware & malware, viruses and worms, security, dancho danchev; Blog posts 2008-08-06
It's not good for everything, therefore it's not good for anything: It's not good for everything, therefore it's not good for anythingScientific vs. Data Processing: Did you just switch sides?Even in a research institute, most of the people will use boring finance and word processing applications that are well supported on all the major computing platforms. On the other hand, niches...; Tags: internet, desktops, operating systems, nich, sun ray, mission critical, institute, pc, sun microsystems inc., research institute; Discussion threads 2008-08-06
Indictments in huge hacking & theft case: Indictments in huge hacking & theft caseNo sympathy on my partThere's something terribly ironic that hackers "concealed the data in encrypted computer servers that they controlled in Eastern Europe and the United States." I thought information was suppose to be free...I'm not interested in hearing about good hackers and...; Tags: security, wi-fi, retail, hacker, hacking, huge hacking, wireless, manifesto, theft case; Discussion threads 2008-08-05
Copying pasting blogging = trouble: Copying pasting blogging = troubleAgreeI agree... Too many people talking about the same thing.RE: Copying pasting blogging = troubleIt drives me nuts. The amounts of comments pinged back to my blog are purely regurgitated, as if it's been automatically picked. It's just...; Tags: blog, blogging, cut-and-paste; Discussion threads 2008-08-05
Apple: Shut down MobileMe immediately: Apple: Shut down MobileMe immediatelyWhat about .Mac?I'd have been happy with them waiting to release it until it was perfect, but in it's current state it's exactly like .Mac with a flashier interface. I don't see how it's really a detriment to keep it going. MobileMe's sync actually...; Tags: recruitment & selection, mme, apple inc., shut-down mobileme, mobileme, shut-down, job, apple macintosh; Discussion threads 2008-08-05