dan tynan on Dec 08 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, National insecurity, Privacy, Spy v spy, politics
Location, location, location. It’s not merely the key to success in retail. It’s also the key to your privacy — or what little is left of it. And that too is rapidly disappearing, thanks to that wondrous gizmo you probably carry with you at all times: the cell phone.
Earlier this week, security researcher and [...]
dan tynan on Aug 03 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Spy v spy, politics
Rumors that Uncle Sam wants to use our own computers to spy on us are raging across the blogosphere. Fortunately, they’re not true, no matter what Glenn Beck says.
dan tynan on Jul 01 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Web 2.0, politics
US citizens have a brand new tool to gauge how well their government is performing — at least, when it comes to IT. Cringely says it’s about time.
dan tynan on Apr 28 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Gadgets, Infoworld, National insecurity
(This post originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
by Robert X. Cringely
A Mexican press attache walked off with “six or seven” Blackberries belonging to US officials at a summit between the presidents of Canada, Mexico, and some guy named Bush in New Orleans last week.
Press officer Rafael Quintero Curiel was captured on video [...]
dan tynan on Mar 09 2008 | Filed under: Da Web, PC World
In researching my PCworld.com story on wunderkids, I tossed a few questions via email at Ben Casnocha, founder of Comcate, which makes software that allows local governments to track and respond to citizen complaints. It’s the third company he’s started since age 12. Casnocha has also written a book, My Start-Up Life: What a [...]
