Archive for the ‘Software’ Category

This caught my attention this morning, and ofcourse was no surprise to me: A BLOKE WHO used to work for the CIA, Robert David Steele said Google and the CIA are “in bed” with one another. Dozens of radio listeners tuned in to hear the remarks on the Alex Jones show Ex-spook Steele reckoned in bed with the CIA was … Continue reading

I wrote before about the trend we’re now seeing on the Internet of centralizing services where managing user data (private, behavioral, content etc.) is involved. In that article I also mentioned how the companies offering those kinds of services will increasingly encourage users to give them and trust them with more and more of their data. Even, and indeed especially, … Continue reading

The Inquirer’s Charlie Demerjian reports that we’re all about to become DRM roadkill. Or, at least the people who were stupid enough to buy DRM protected music. Microsoft is setting the example and is showing everyone what corporations can do to those who buy DRM protected content. Just head on over to Microsoft’s PlaysForSure website and take a look at … Continue reading

On the picture above, you can see Bill Gates during happier days, or at least, what he thought were happy days. As you may be able to recall, Gates posed for that picture when Windows XP went gold. That was, as you can see on the picture, 62 days before the launch of Windows XP. Microsoft had introduced their Product … Continue reading

Actually, FireFox security probably isn’t getting worse, but what may be happening is that people are now beginning to wake up to, and find, the security vulnerabilities in the software. When FireFox first became available, everyone seemed to believe the hype that it was the most secure browser available. As a result, many people started using it, thinking all of … Continue reading

Microsoft seems to be taking their DRM crap a bit further with Windows Media Player 11. The Inquirer’s Charlie Demerjian reports that in WMP11 you will no longer be able to back up your licenses because they are tied to a single device. And if that device breaks, you loose your content as well. The most evil team at Microsoft … Continue reading

I’ve seen the future of the Internet, and it does not involve centralized services like Live.com and Google. Why not? One of the biggest and most important reasons for this is that these kinds of huge centralized services take control away from the user. Control over various things, such as property, content and privacy, just to name a few. It’s … Continue reading

A group of people, friends of those running the popular Bittorrent tracker called The Pirate Bay, have made a movie on filesharing called “Steal This Film“. You can visit the website and download the movie for free (various formats available) using a Bittorrent client. As you may already know, organizations in the US like the Motion Picture Ass. of America … Continue reading

I sat down today with my delicious cup of Irish coffee and read Cringely’s latest article, only to confirm once again that he’s probably smoking something highly illegal. Not only that, but this latest article has led me to suspect that he might be injecting something directly into his bloodstream as well. I’m fairly certain that he’ll find CIA agents … Continue reading

I’m sure by now you’ve noticed that the costs of energy are going up, and will only continue to go up in the future. And this is true not only for oil, but also for other types of energy depending on oil and gas, such as electricity. All of this has to do with something most of the media is … Continue reading