inventions
Most Controversial Facebook Post Yet
20 Years in Prison for a Facebook Post? And just yesterday, my post was The Danger with Facebook Pages ‘On May 1st, Cam allegedly posted some lyrics to a rap he was writing on Facebook. It contained a vague reference to the Boston Marathon bombing and political speech calling the Whitehouse a “federal house of […]
Why Fund-transfer Services Can’t Defeat PayPal
Latest Health Hurdle: Buying Insurance Without A Bank Account ‘The consequences could be severe.’ ‘The federal health law requires most Americans to carry health insurance starting next January. The presents a particular problem for those households. Most health plans accept a credit card for the first month’s premium payment and then require customers to pay […]
FBI’s Online Wiretapping and your Computer
How the FBI’s online wiretapping plan could get your computer hacked ‘The fundamental problem is that eavesdropping facilities are a double-edged sword. They make it easier for the U.S. government to spy on the bad guys. But they also make it easier for the bad guys to hack our computers and spy on us. And, […]
The Anonymous Inbox by Aaron Swartz
The New Yorker finally launches Strongbox Use Strongbox to contact writers and editors at The New Yorker ‘Before his suicide in January, hacktivist Aaron Swartz was working on an ambitious project: an encrypted dead drop system that could receive and protect files from anonymous sources. Wired editor Kevin Poulsen, who met Swartz when his site […]
Are Facebookers Anti-activists?
Unbelievable. These haters are so cheap they even bully the respected paralyzed professor ‘…Israelis reacted angrily to the decision and Prof Hawking, 71, was subjected to a spate of abusive messages on Facebook mocking his physical disability. ‘Israel Maimon, the conference chairman, called the decision “outrageous and wrong” and added: “The academic boycott against Israel […]
Bill Gates: iPad Users are Frustrated
‘During a CNBC interview this morning, Gates continued to toe the party line insofar as he praised the benefits of Microsoft’s tablets and Windows 8 while explaining that iPad users are frustrated because they have trouble typing and creating documents. With Windows 8, Microsoft is trying to gain share in what has been dominated by […]
Darndest Things Kids Write
I’m still not sure if this one is funny or not. In fact, I think a psychologist should see the writer These 14 others are surely darndest Google Will Dare You to ‘Do-No-Discoverable-Evil’ Google Seeks ‘Do-No-Discoverable-Evil’ Patent Policy Violation Checker Abstract Methods and systems for identifying problematic phrases in an electronic document, such as an […]
Double-trouble for Taking Revenge on ex-Boss
If you will take revenge on one person, target wisely and don’t punish the innocents. This one got his revenge but doubled his troubles ‘Michael Meneses was employed at the company until January 2012, where he specialized in developing and customizing software used by the company to run its business operations, according to the FBI. […]
EULA and the Advantage of Free Apps
EULA – acronym for End-user license agreement This EULA Will Make You Rethink Every App and Online Service You Use ‘…Without the public road, and utterly unencumbered access to it, a child’s lemonade stand would never turn a profit. The real business opportunity would be in privatizing other people’s roads. ‘Similarly, without an open, unified […]
Is Fight About Online Privacy Futile?
Even the supercybersleuth Eugene Kaspersky says forget about it ‘…the Internet is not only a place to be humiliated. It’s also a place for people or companies to pick up even more information about you. That includes your address, gender, date of birth and, with a little sleuthing, your Social Security number and credit history. […]
