As we’ve noted before, there really is no privacy on the internet. Microsoft are literally handing the keys to gain access to your computer to the police. Malicious types are busy stealing personal data by the truckload from anyone and everyone. We should know better than to be shocked to hear someone new is going [...]
I was actually a bit excited when i first heard the news that Microsoft were extending support for XP in order to license it for ultraportable laptops. With excessive system requirements of Microsoft Vista, which was meant to replace XP but seems to have little chance of actually doing so, many light weight computers simply [...]
A decent respect for the opinions of mankind is all well and good, but what value is it if communication can not occur? The ability to easily share opinions is a hallmark of the digital age, but there are many who have great difficulty communicating at all. For one segment of that group, there may [...]
Most of us know better than to really expect that what we do on our computers is truly private. We all have seen a spyware infection, software which logs activities on your computer sending them off down the tubes of the internet to be sifted through by various nefarious sorts. We have heard tales of [...]
Linux reminds us again that sometimes, the best product isn’t the one created for profit. The open source movement has given us a number of fine products which never seem to be given a fair shake in our economy.