Month: August 2011

it never ceases to amaze me…

…how often companies botch the termination process for an employee with “destroy the network access” and are then shocked, shocked I tells ya, when the…

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telex to freedom / telex to chaos

When I read about Telex, a research project aimed at making it easier to get past Internet censorship, my “split personality” – lover of freedom…

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fish radio zero tango

Over the past few days, a lot of folks at work have been sending me links to this really excellent XKCD cartoon:   I think…

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pulling the plug on 21st century mobs?

OK… I have no problem with police departments (such as those in New York City and London) setting up units to look  at (public) social…

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hackers hit hong kong stock exchange, halting some trading

This morning, Reuters is reporting that the HK stock exchange was forced to suspend trading in a number of names on Wednesday due to a…

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