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On March 19, I wrote about employers asking for your Facebook and other social media login information. On May 9, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Representative Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and several others filed the Password Protection Act of 2012 (PPA) in the Senate and House. The bill is meant to prevent employers from demanding employees and [...]

I guess Facebook does not have as many friends as it thought. With dismal stock prices from the start, Facebook’s initial stock offering started at $38.00 per share and closed its inaugural day of trading at a disappointing $38.23. Only up 23 cents for the day. Investors and technology industry watchers are closely tracking the [...]

Sure looks like a hostile take-over to me. I am referring to all the shenanigans at Yahoo. Fred Amoroso, Yahoo’s new board chairman released a statement saying they are confident that these changes will server the best interest of their shareholders. With Scott Thompson’s resignation and that of Patti Hart, who lead the hunt for [...]

So it Google at it again? Just two days into their launch of Google Drive, an online cloud storage solutions (that competes with our own product).  Google is already facing suspicion as it tries to persuade people to entrust their personal documents, photos and other digital content to the company’s new online storage service. If [...]

As we can all attest, one surety in the technology field is that Microsoft will continue developing software, whether we need it or not. Although, Microsoft’s target release date have been anything but accurate. As new technologies are introduced, the need to enhance and update software does seem appropriate. From desktop to server, nearly every [...]

While doing research for a previous article entitled “Your privacy – can an employer ask for your Facebook login and password?” I came across plenty of articles and topics related to the subject. Recently, while I was still reviewing some material for a follow on segment I came across an article at www.Baselinemag.com that not only [...]

I have become acutely aware that in this day and age you cannot expect any privacy once you walk out the front door of your house. Video and camera’s are everywhere and one just has to expect that your every move is being watch and scrutinized. It seems that not only is Big Brother keeping [...]

When Microsoft launched Windows XP, it was first released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, no one was sure what to expect. Would the operating system become a mega-hit like Windows 98 or would it disappoint customers the way other systems did? Now over a decade since its launch, Windows XP is widely considered [...]

I’ve been aware for some time that Google intended to update its privacy policies and I am reminded every time I log into my Google account about the impending change. So today when I grabbed my morning coffee and turned on the TV an interesting news story got my attention really fast. There was a [...]