How to Get Through Identity Theft. Really good advice, step by step.  [Schneier on Security]

The Value of Privacy. Last week, revelation of yet another NSA surveillance effort against the American people has rekindled the privacy debate. Those in favor of these programs have trotted out the same rhetorical question we hear every time privacy advocates oppose ID checks, video cameras, massive databases, data mining, and other wholesale surveillance measures:… Continue reading The Value of Privacy

Miralink Lowers Entry Price to Data Backup. The company aims to make enterprise-quality data backup and recovery easier and more affordable for small-and-medium businesses. [Datamation Product News]

As Steve Martin would say, the answer is to get small. I think that the article by Lew Rockwell that I just referenced is really worth reading: In Mises's view, in order to maintain peace and free trade, large nation-states had to become small nations based on the will of the people. Otherwise, he said,… Continue reading As Steve Martin would say, the answer is to get small

Notes and Tips: Finder Issues. “One interesting note about the design of OS X: it had zero user testing.” [MacInTouch]

I think I've had enough rain for a while.

One Page Sites. 37 Signals comes up with an interesting survey of one-page web site designs. The one-page site is an interesting kind of minimalism. And since minimalism is 37 Signals' stock in trade, the survey makes a lot of sense. If you're thinking about a Personal Information Page (and if you don't have one,… Continue reading One Page Sites

NSA Creating Massive Phone-Call Database. There's other NSA news today: USA Today is reporting that the NSA is collecting a massive traffic-analysis database on Americans' phone calls. This looks like yet another piece of Echelon technology turned against Americans. The NSA's domestic program, as described by sources, is far more expansive than what the White… Continue reading NSA Creating Massive Phone-Call Database

Major Vulnerability Found in Diebold Election Machines. This is a big deal: Elections officials in several states are scrambling to understand and limit the risk from a “dangerous” security hole found in Diebold Election Systems Inc.'s ATM-like touch-screen voting machines. The hole is considered more worrisome than most security problems discovered on modern voting machines,… Continue reading Major Vulnerability Found in Diebold Election Machines

Watch how a Web application is built. Those of you who've been following our How I Work features might be interested in a great blog from Carson Systems called Bare Naked App. They're “baring all” (or almost all) when it comes to the making of their next Web application. It makes for a great work… Continue reading Watch how a Web application is built