privacy

Facebook Download Feature: Allowing Users to Transfer Networks?

by Mike Mansell October 8, 2010

As you may be aware, Facebook has recently begun the introduction of a feature that will allow users to download an offline copy of their social network profile that they will be able to view and tinker with as they see fit. While this does show Facebook’s sense of privacy in allowing you to see [...]

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Why I’m Fed Up With Facebook

by Mike Mansell September 26, 2010

As a long-time Facebook user, I have become more and more frustrated and fed-up with the social networking site over the the last few weeks. This frustration is being fueled by numerous instabilities and vulnerabilities on Facebook, some of which Facebook doesn’t even appear to be addressing. As you likely know, Facebook was the subject [...]

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Mixing Business with Pleasure: Personal Laptops in the Workplace

by Mike Mansell August 12, 2010

Notebook computers have the potential to be extremely productive in workplace environments because of their mobility and compact designs. For a traveling business person, there is no tool greater than a laptop, simply because it allows for a personal computing experience regardless of location. However, some workplaces do not opt to provide their employees with [...]

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Google Launches Google Apps Version Tailored for Government

by Mike Mansell July 27, 2010

I love Google Apps. All of my personal domains use Google Apps for email, calendar, and documents, and I highly recommend the product to anyone setting up email and collaboration services for a domain. I know I’m not alone in my love for Google Apps; thousands of businesses, organizations, and individuals use Google Apps for [...]

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If Zuckerberg Is Smart Facebook Will Acquire Diaspora

by Jeff Weisbein July 21, 2010

Facebook just officially announced that they have reached 500 million users. Diaspora is currently in pre-alpha stages, but as we wrote, it definitely has some potential to revolutionize privacy. Even Mark Zuckerberg reportedly pledged money to the Diaspora project. That’s great and all, but will Diaspora really catch on? Even if it does gain some [...]

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Diaspora: Revolutionizing Privacy

by Guest Author July 15, 2010

This article was written by Sam Phippen, who is a 19 year old computer science student at the University of Bristol in the UK. You can visit him on the web at teaisaweso.me. I genuinely believe that Diaspora is the future of social networking, and you should too. Here’s why: at the moment your interactions [...]

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Review: Passpack Online Password Manager

by Mike Mansell July 7, 2010

Recently, there was a widely-covered incident where four-hundred iTunes accounts were stolen and used to purchase content from the iTunes online store. At first, people quickly jumped to the conclusion that it was a “hack” and a “vulnerability” on Apple’s side, which caused a huge PR fiasco. However the truth soon came out to be [...]

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Privacy Wars: Google Me vs Facebook

by Jeff Weisbein June 29, 2010

Apparently, Google is working on their own social network modeled off of Facebook. The name? Google Me. Is it real? According to a tweet (since removed) by Kevin Rose (CEO of Digg) it seems likely. Additional insight has come from Adam D’Angelo, former Facebook CTO, in his post on Quora (his latest venture), where he [...]

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Facebook Revamps Connect Service

by Mike Mansell April 22, 2010

Just last night, I wrote about Facebook’s changing of terminology (changing “becoming a fan” to “liking”), and their implementation of community pages to tie in with the user information within profiles. Today, it seems that Facebook has taken the linking process a bit further, revamping their “Facebook Connect” service which allows websites to use Facebook [...]

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How To: Create Good Passwords

by Mike Mansell April 21, 2010

Few would object to the statement that passwords are a part of our everyday lives. Between computer passwords, email passwords, chat passwords, banking passwords, and all of the other passwords people use, the average human is sure to encounter numerous password dialogs several times throughout a normal day. Most people think nothing of it, but [...]

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