Archive for May, 2010
Gary McKinnon’s fight with U.S. extradition #freegary
Gary McKinnon continues his appeal against extradition to America. He’s sought by U.S. authorities to answer charges of hacking into computers at NASA and the DoD, causing $800,000 damage. McKinnon has many vocal supporters in the UK; read on to find out why feelings run so strongly for this admitted lawbreaker. Let’s take The Long View…
Who trusts Facebook now?
Facebook’s new privacy controls are a good start, but new technology won’t fix the company’s privacy problems.
Firefox announces iPhone App
Mozilla has announced plans to launch a free iPhone Application that will let you access most of your Firefox browser data on the iPhone. Called Firefox Home , the native iPhone app gives you access to your Firefox browser history, bookmarks, and Awesome Bar. Home will also sync any currently open tabs from Firefox on your desktop to the iPhone, giving you “on the go” instant access to important Web pages.
Get a better view of your Gmail inbox with a desktop client
Everybody loves Gmail, right? Wrong. My friend Shelly is so fed up with its “threaded” conversation view, he’s ready to jump ship for Hotmail, Yahoo, or another service.
Apple replaces Microsoft as technology’s bad boy
There was a time when Microsoft was seen as the alpha predator of the tech world, destroying anything in its path by any means necessary, and Apple was a counter-cultural icon, succeeding through sweetness and light. That’s no longer the case. Today there’s a gentler, kindlier Microsoft, and Apple is being investigated for anti-trust violations and possibly illegal business practices.
Ask Amir #5: How to deal with gray reputation?
In this week’s Security Levity: a reply to a couple of reader questions about spam filtering techniques. Specifically, the types of techniques that can be used when the sender’s reputation is ‘gray’.
Microsoft shakeup shows Windows 7 Phone is in deep trouble
The retirement of Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft Entertainment and Devices division is a sign that Microsoft knows what the rest of the world has known for some time: Microsoft is falling further behind in mobile, and isn’t coming back any time soon. It’s not clear that this shakeup will help, though.
