Monthly Archives: October 2014

Plug Pulled.

Anonabox, a Tor-enabled, router that raised more than 1/2 million dollars (not without controversy) was pulled by Kickstarter due to a number of concerns ranging from authenticity to security… (Source) Ars Technica: http://goo.gl/kwep0g

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Minecraft City Limits.

After two years, Titan City (a virtual city within said game) has been built… will they come? (Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/bGeqP0

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Yosemite.

Despite some recent missteps (i.e., a bendable smartphone that was in all probability missed / unintended when prototyping) Apple’s latest OS X Yosemite has a chance to both change the way people work (as well as crack the coveted Enterprise … Continue reading

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FAIL!

The still flawed (yet still in-effect) DMCA struck again as the ‘victims’ this time were non-DMCA-related, bloggers / videos that were essentially taken-down akin to how snare-net fishing can potentially capture everything in one fell-swoon. (Source) Wired: http://goo.gl/qQndNE

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Proof-of-Concept Worms…

One has to wonder if this is every cyber-thugs dream? (Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/brfYrt

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The ‘Snap-pening!’

Another day… another (reportedly) massive data leak from Snapchat no less! (Source) Sydney Morning Herald: http://goo.gl/l2iYTl

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Party Foul!

Microsoft’s CEO’s boneheaded comments on women not asking for pay raises (aside from bad form; dumb and foolish) personify so much of what is actually wrong with the entire (Tech) industry and why it is still male-centric! (Source) Reuters: http://goo.gl/FJKkZy

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Sustained Pressure…

As reports of the demonstrations in Hong Kong have to be filtering into the PRC (from people who are returning from overseas travel, using a VPN, etc.) one has to give pause to: when will Beijing realize that it cannot … Continue reading

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5 Hours?

Either there’s an internal bug; heavy end-user demand; slow throughout and/or problematic servers… whatever the case may be, a posted 5 hour update time for a file that is less 100mg harkens back to the dial-up, analog ‘net access! Clearly, … Continue reading

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Bravo!

Perhaps the America (aside from the remainder of the world) could take a page out of what’s happening in Hong Kong currently… While Social Networking is all fine and well: People matter and can be a ‘force’ for positive change!

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