RFID Tracking Students By Tagging Their Uniforms
Nothing like treating people like animals to be tagged and tracked. Of course, it's much easier to start by tracking kids because they don't have much choice in the matter and when they grow up, they'll be less resistant to the practice. Enter surveillance society…
But let's not get ahead of ourselves. They portray the tests as successful, .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Big Brother, Kids, RFIDMicrosoft Messes Up Again, Installs Unwanted “Feature”
Microsoft slipped another bomb into their "critical updates" in the form of a Windows Desktop Search. The reports say that besides being an unwanted feature, it has been slowing machines down considerably.
The worst part is that somehow Microsoft thinks they can change the way our machines work without our consent. But this wouldn't be the first time.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Microsoft, Windows UpdateComcast May Get Sued for Blocking Certain Types of Traffic
Comcast has been in the news recently for blocking high-bandwidth traffic in an attempt to keep people from using their Internet "too much". If we're lucky, this story about them possibly getting sued for it is true. As bad as Comcast is in service and customer service, it would be nice to hold their feet to the fire when .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Comcast, ISP, net neutrality5 Expenses You Should Cut Until Your Credit Debt is Under Control
This is a nice article explaining the five major monthly bills you should be ditching until you are debt-free (on your credit cards and accounts anyway). Included is the whining they know you'll do when you hear their recommendation:
5) Cable. Your Excuse: "But, but, but I need cable! I get a good deal! It's .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Identity Theives Use Mostly Low-Tech to Steal Your Identity
Due to the data breaches and high profile cases of laptops gone missing, people can easily forget that ID theft is easy to pull off without high technology skills.
[the study] found that, by and large, much of today's identity theft is still carried out using old-school methods, such as mail theft and dumpster diving. Thieves .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Comcast Actively Blocks High-Bandwidth Traffic
I already reported on Comcast blocking Peer-2-Peer filesharing traffic, but apparently they've extended the blocks to enterprise software (in this case, Lotus Notes).
When Lotus Notes users attempt to send e-mail with larger attachments over Comcast's network, Notes will drop its connection. Instead of a successfully sent e-mail, they're greeted with the error message, "Remote system no .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]New Video Game Forces Adware Functionality to Play
Hellgate, a soon-to-be-released video game includes a license agreement that forces players to accept the harvesting of identifying information from their machine. This is part of an in-game advertising scheme that, so far, doesn't quite reach the level of what the Penny Arcade cartoonists prophesied, but it's getting closer.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: adware, Gaming, MicrosoftSenator Blocks FISA Bill Because of Telco Immunity!
Finally! Some guts!
Senator Chris Dodd will block the FISA renewal bill as long as it grants retroactive immunity for their involvement in the illegal spying. Of course, the FISA bill should have been blocked anyway. I didn't read through it, but Bush signed it.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Congress, FISA, SpyingVista Out of Memory Bug When Copying Files
Vista apparently runs out of memory when copying over 13,000 files in one go without any warning. While that is a lot of files, this seems to be a fairly large bone-head mistake. First of all, why can't Microsoft figure out that file transfers should be pausable and resumable (same as when downloading from the Internet). Of course, even .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Windows, Windows VistaVerizon Helped Spy On Us
Adding another nail to the coffin for citizen trust in Verizon (assuming there was any to begin with), it turns out that they did in fact participate in the illegal spying program.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Spying, Verizon