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Tuesday, 02 April 2013 16:30
Will the Google Privacy Investigation Be an Opportunnity or an Opportunity Lost?
Written by Sean Kalinich
When you think of Privacy issues two names come to mind; Facebook and Google. For some reason both of these companies feel they have the right to mess with their users’ right to privacy. In some cases, like Facebook, you…
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Tuesday, 02 April 2013 13:08
Rumors Pop up Claiming the Next Gen iPhone Might Have Been Designed By Steve Jobs, We Doubt It
Written by Sean Kalinich
As most of you are already aware Apple has built a very interesting corporate mythology that has allowed them to have a massive impact on the consumer electronics market. While we will not go so far as to say they…
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When I was a little kid I used to watch the cop and spy shows on TV. They were always full of exciting exploits where the good guys always triumphed over the bad buys without ever impugning on their morals.…
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Wednesday, 27 March 2013 13:04
Sorry Apple, Samsung, you are at least two years too late on Smart Watches
Written by Sean Kalinich
Lately the news has been buzzing with the possibility of a new battle ground for Samsung and Apple. This is the Smart Watch arena and both companies appear to be preparing to fight it out here. Already Samsung has made…
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Saturday, 16 March 2013 10:24
National Security Letters Ruled Unconstitutional; Could This Help to Kill CISPA and Other Bills?
Written by Sean Kalinich
An important step for privacy on the internet and actually people’s general right to privacy happened yesterday. Most of us have heard the rumblings of the CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) and also the Executive Order signed by…
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Tuesday, 19 February 2013 14:45
Facebook admits a breach and China gets exposed as the number one Cyber-Threat… again
Written by Sean Kalinich
Over the past year or two we have watched as companies like Microsoft, Crytek, Ubisoft and others push their business model into the cloud. At the same time we have watched as the number of cyber-attacks and data breaches increase.…
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Monday, 28 January 2013 12:41
The White House Throws Privacy Out The Window to Push an Agenda
Written by Sean Kalinich
The collection of personal data has reach an all-time high (or low as the case may be) today as it has been announced that a massive database of voter personal information has been released for the expressed purpose of advancing…
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Sunday, 27 January 2013 19:28
And Like That; Anonymous is Back and Looking for Justice Over Aaron Swartz's Death
Written by Sean Kalinich
After Anonymous pulled their support from WikiLeaks many thought the group would drift off into obscurity. After all, many in the press still think that Anonymous was formed after WikiLeaks started, so why not have that misguided opinion. The reality…
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Friday, 25 January 2013 21:54
Copyright Used to Make Unlocking a Cellphone Illegal; Where Did It All Go Wrong?
Written by Sean Kalinich
If you never thought that Copyright was out of hand then you might be interested to know that Copyright laws are being use to stomp on your right as a consumer to choose the mobile carrier you want and take…
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The consumer electronic market is an interesting one. It is probably one of the only markets (with the exception of possibly the auto industry) to have the massive number of incorrect segmenting of products. One of the biggest areas of…
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Tuesday, 22 January 2013 06:12
The Rebirth of Mega Shows That Kim Dotcom's Ideas Are Far From Dead
Written by Sean Kalinich
Saturday marked the day that Megaupload was reborn in the form of Mega. It was an event that has had much talk since Kim Dotcom first announced that he would be doing this last year. It is also an event…
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Friday, 18 January 2013 15:48
Why Did the MPAA and US DoJ Go After Megaupload and What is Next?
Written by Sean Kalinich
Over the last couple of days we have talked about the expected push from the copyright lobby for harsher laws and longer copyright periods (not to mention more control over the internet). This is a campaign that has been going…
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Thursday, 17 January 2013 22:04
The MPAA and The Rest of The Content Industry Are Prepping For a New Assualt Using Old Numbers...
Written by Sean Kalinich
Although the war for a free and open internet has fallen out of the front page news there are still rumblings about it going on in the background as the MPAA, RIAA BSA and other organizations gear up for another…
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Wednesday, 16 January 2013 14:21
Intel Vs. ARM; RISC against CISC all over again…
Written by Sean Kalinich
The rise of the ARM architecture has been a meteoric one and came as something of a shock to many of the mainstream players in the mobile industry. The concept for the ARM based SoC (System on Chip) is pretty…
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Sunday, 09 December 2012 09:51
To migrate or not to migrate to open source
Written by Damir Brodjanac
Since Microsoft Office price per seat per year for businesses is around $75 two public administrations in the German cities of Freiburg and Munchen decided to switch to OpenOffice. One of them went well while other one did not…
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Yesterday there was a flurry of news posts with dire warnings that Intel would soon be removing the ability to upgrade your CPU. The news talked about the future of Intel CPUs and their associated sockets after Haswell. When we…
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