30
2012
Is it worth basic slavery?
Your ipod, ipad, iwhatever? Is it worth the “coolness” factor of Apple? Is it worth the technology innovations? I am just not sure that it is, I think we have overstepped the bounds of humanity in the way we treat other country’s workers. According to a recent New York Times article, our technology comes at a high cost. Under age workers, no breaks, standing all day, dangerous deplorable conditions, sleeping in 1 room shacks with […]
25
2012
Symantec Security Breach
Symantec recently had their pcAnywhere source code breached, basically meaning anyone who has it better disable it ASAP. Of course, this happened FIVE YEARS AGO. They decided they should probably not mention that to anyone, that whole stock price and everything. I highly recommend setting up a VPN for at home or at work if you need remote access. Most of even the most basic routers can do this now, with a little tinkering. If […]
23
2012
MegaUpload
A lot are curious what this site was all about, or they might know too well. It was basically a storage site (Flickr, YouTube, Picassa are others), that also allowed others to see your files with the right link and/or password. Though it was often used to store copyrighted material like movies, games, and popular TV shows, it was also used by some for legitimate storage. A lot of small businesses used it as a […]
16
2012
Please call your representatives (SOPA)
I could not believe this when I read about it, but companies are even trying to get CraigsList taken down. http://www.craigslist.org/about/SOPA To kill something great like that would be horrific for a lot of small businesses. ABC supporting it is pretty horrific as well, I hope they will listen to their customers (there are some write ins going on already). I will post some more links about this soon, but this is a great one. […]