For Ballmer, Resistance Was Futile
http://allthingsd.com/20130823/for-ballmer-resistance-was-futile/
Apropos phrasing as I’ve always thought of M$ as the Borg of our times.
Category: Information Technology
Article: Lavabit founder: ‘My own tax dollars are being used to spy on me’
Lavabit founder: ‘My own tax dollars are being used to spy on me’
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/22/lavabit-founder-us-surveillance-snowden
I need to track down the blog “Groklaw” because the name immediately popped out at me.
Article: Microsoft Apologizes for Three-Day Outlook.com Outage
Microsoft Apologizes for Three-Day Outlook.com Outage
I just love this paragraph (it made me chuckle because it’s so true and typical of most of M$ software):
“The company blamed this particular incident on a failure of the caching service that interfaces with devices using Exchange ActiveSync, including most smartphones. The failure caused these devices to receive an error and continuously try to connect to Microsoft’s service, which resulted in a flood of traffic that the company’s servers did not handle properly.”
Article: Kansas Citians create a fund to help cross the digital divide
Kansas Citians create a fund to help cross the digital divide
http://www.kansascity.com/2013/08/14/4411448/kansas-citians-create-a-fund-to.html
Long overdue. I will add this local charity to my end-of-year donation list.
Article: What If Internet Providers Encrypted Your Emails So The NSA Couldn’t Spy On You?
What If Internet Providers Encrypted Your Emails So The NSA Couldn’t Spy On You?
Another reason to return to Germany.
Article: Lavabit’s closure marks the death of secure cloud computing in the US
Lavabit’s closure marks the death of secure cloud computing in the US
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/10/lavabit-closure-cloud-computing-edward-snowden
This is becoming even more ridiculous and scary.
Article: It’s Wednesday morning and it’s already been a tough week for IBM
It’s Wednesday morning and it’s already been a tough week for IBM
http://gigaom.com/2013/08/07/its-wednesday-morning-and-its-already-been-a-tough-week-for-ibm/
Big Blue is looking a little red.
Article: The Effort To Write Laws For Your Digital Life After Death
The Effort To Write Laws For Your Digital Life After Death
This is a reminder for me to setup my inactive account manager.
Article: The DEA reportedly uses NSA surveillance data to prosecute Americans, and is covering it up
The DEA reportedly uses NSA surveillance data to prosecute Americans, and is covering it up
http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/5/4590452/dea-nsa-surveillance-cover-up
The line between foreign and domestic or even worse terrorist and citizen is fading away in our government. I feel more threatened and violated, if that’s even possible.
Article: XKeyscore: NSA tool collects ‘nearly everything a user does on the internet’
XKeyscore: NSA tool collects ‘nearly everything a user does on the internet’
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/nsa-top-secret-program-online-data
Just when I thought I’d been mined out …