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Saturday, 24 March 2012 10:20
Give Up Your Facebook; or You Won't Get Hired...
Written by Sean Kalinich
Facebook has not always been on the side of user privacy. In fact they have gotten into hot water about many of the features that they want to, and indeed have implemented. These are features like auto-tagging and facial recognition,…
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Thursday, 22 March 2012 21:24
Most Breaches In 2011 Were Simple Exploits That Should Not Have Happened
Written by Sean Kalinich
You know, back a very long time ago (sometime in 2007 or so) I wrote an article on how dangerous the idea of cloud computing was (and is). The article centered around the fact that in almost 99 cases out…
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Thursday, 22 March 2012 16:52
Windows 8 on ARM to Support 2K and Above Resolutions... Of Course
Written by Sean Kalinich
If there is one constant in the world or IT (in indeed the world) it is change. I remember learning that back in physics class many, many years ago. Change is not stoppable it is not something that you can…
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Wednesday, 21 March 2012 11:31
Bad Cybersecurity Laws All Boil Down To Ignorance and Greed
Written by Sean Kalinich
We have always been a supporter of certain Internet freedoms as well as individual privacy (no surprise there huh). Bills like PIPA and SOPA showed us a glaring issue with the existing level of knowledge currently held by the people…
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Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:09
Are the New iPad's Heat Issues a Sign That Things Are Cooling Down?
Written by Sean Kalinich
Ever since the release of the “New” iPad we have been trying to get through the marketing hype, the incorrect bench marks and some downright incorrect conclusions on what is and is not going on with the latest tablet from…
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Friday, 16 March 2012 16:04
More "New" iPad Hype hits the Internet; Fuzzy Logic and WAGs ahead...
Written by Sean Kalinich
There are more claims showing that the “New” iPad is more powerful than the Tegra 3. This time they are using some very interesting evidence to show this off. One site in question is claiming that they are able to…
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Monday, 12 March 2012 12:36
The Internet Faces Serious Growing Pains as it Matures, But it Will Survive Even the Most Restrictive Law
Written by Sean Kalinich
Today is a busy day on the Internet (it usually is on a Monday morning). There are multiple articles and comments that are all related to the freedom of the Internet and how the world is evolving to embrace it…
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Friday, 09 March 2012 11:16
Apple's New iPad Launch the least of their Worries
Written by Sean Kalinich
Momentum is an amazing thing. When an object or company has it, it can seem like nothing can slow it down and indeed is can be hard to stop something that has built up momentum. For example, Apple has had…
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Thursday, 08 March 2012 18:58
The FBI's recent arrests will not slow Anonymous down regardless of what the news sites say
Written by Sean Kalinich
There is an article going around the internet (again coming from CNet) that has an alleged former Anonymous member making the claim that she identified who Sabu really was back in February. What makes this claim even more interesting is…
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Thursday, 08 March 2012 09:27
Are Apple's Claims of 4x the Graphical Performance of Tegra 3 to be Trusted? *Updated*
Written by Sean Kalinich
The internet was all a buzz with Apple’s announcement of “The New iPad” which is what Apple has decided to call the 3rd generation of the iPad instead of following a numerical progression or (as some thought) adding HD to…
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Tuesday, 06 March 2012 11:30
The Cybersecurity FUD Campaign begins its big push...
Written by Sean Kalinich
Only days ago we published an article telling you that you would begin to see more and more news relating to the only activist movement (which includes Anonymous, but is not limited to Anonymous) and how it is dangerous, related…
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Symantec, perhaps in an effort to reclaim some of their reputation, has released a report claiming that some people involved in the DDoS attacks after the MegaUpload take down may have been tricked into downloading a data stealing virus. In…
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Friday, 02 March 2012 21:53
Apple's Injunction Win over Motorola Could Have Interesting Consequences
Written by Sean Kalinich
The Apple folks are all excited about today’s injunction awarded to them over Motorola Mobility over a patent that honestly should never have been awarded in the first place. There is a small catch though, Apple did win the injunction,…
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Thursday, 01 March 2012 20:31
Despite what you might read, Apple is worried about what Windows 8 means to their market share
Written by Sean Kalinich
In a recent article I published about Apple being nervous over Windows 8 I made the statement that Apple has never released a developer preview like this before and also that Apple does not do public Betas. Both of these…
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The internet is not a safe and secure place (I know this is a HUGE surprise to everyone), but many do not know just how insecure the system is and how continued legislation to “make it more secure” is actually…
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Thursday, 23 February 2012 15:42
Why We May Never Have A Truly Free and Open Internet
Written by Sean Kalinich
In the very recent past the NSA and other governmental agencies have tried to show Anonymous as a terrorist organization. To do this they are using very basic definitions of the term; after all a terrorist uses fear to achieve…
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