Facebook winds down Beacon, hopes nobody notices
What type of tech news is released late on Friday, long after most bloggers, reporters, and readers have signed off for the day? Bad or embarrassing news, of course. In Facebook's case, the news concerns Beacon, the controversial people-tracking platform that the company rolled out in 2007.
HHS guts health-care breach notification law, groups warn
Privacy and civil rights advocates have accused the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services of trying to neuter a landmark data breach notification law for health care organizations that is scheduled to go into effect next week.
Surveilled to death
How much are we tracked? How much do we give away? What will the long-term outcome be?
Security & Data Privacy Compliance Guide
In today’s digital environment, it’s easier and more convenient than ever to share, access, and store data. Many organizations depend on technologies that make the data easily accessible and communicated to colleagues, partners, and clients in order to go about their daily business.
Silliest 'wiretapping' charges ever recorded
Chi Quang Truong, 46, is being charged by police in Natick, Mass., with "unlawful wiretapping and possessing a device for wiretapping," according to a story in The MetroWest Daily News. If you're thinking foreign spy or industrial espionage, think again. … Try an irate customer who kicked up a fuss at a car dealer's service department.
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Apple syncing patent can't come soon enough
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New Twitter features borrow from 3rd party clients
Esther Schindler
Open Source Changes the Software Acquisition Process
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How to set up continuous podcast play on the new iTunes
David Strom
Five important Windows 7 mobility features
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Guard your Wi-Fi for your own sake
Sandra Henry-Stocker
Grepping on Whole Words
Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News
Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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