Posts Tagged ‘Internet’

Google Dashboard

Have you ever wondered how much data Google stores in your account?  Check out the Google Dashboard, a new tool that shows you a list of every service that you use and provides links for managing your preferences.  This tool will be tremendously helpful in figuring out exactly where your data is.  Check it out!

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The Dangers Of Not Paying Attention

This blog post from the Internet Storm Center over at SANS highlights the need to pay attention to the setup of your server systems.  We aren’t using this particular blacklist but it still highlights the point.  This is why I spend so much time following mailing lists and keeping up with my feed reader.  This [...]

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FCC To Propose New Network Neutrality Rules

The FCC will be unveiling new rules on network neutrality at a presentation for The Brookings Institution tomorrow.  This is a very exciting development for the protection of consumer rights on the Internet.  It was also a major plank of President Obama’s technology platform.  We should all be watching the outcome of this important development. [...]

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The Digital Beyond

My friend Evan Carroll is working on an interesting project called The Digital Beyond.  This project seeks to explore what happens to our online data after we die.  We spend a lot of time creating gigabytes worth of data on all of our favorite social networks.  What happens to that data when we pass on?  [...]

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Who Killed Twitter?

PC Mag Editor Lance Ulanoff writes about who killed Twitter.  The answer is that we are the ones killing it through a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack. The DDoS problem is a whale of a different color, however. All you people who I’ve warned over and over again to install or update your security [...]

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Did You Know?

This is another video that I have used during presentations.  It lays out the staggering speed of change when dealing with technology.  This could be applied to other areas as well.  Highly recommended!

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WordPress For Blackberry

Very interesting new Blackberry application.  Now I can blog from anywhere!  You can find out info on how to download this app here.

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Google Voice

Google Voice is finally here!  You can sign up for it at www.google.com/voiceinvite.

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Internet Surveillance In Iran

Chris Good wrote an excellent article on internet surveillance in Iran.  It isn’t as easy as you might think.  Even though all network devices have the capability to monitor internet traffic, it can often be very difficult to track down an individual. And, more broadly, how does Internet surveillance work? How can the government restrict, [...]

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