A few months ago someone brought me a laptop saying that it needed its virus software updated. When I looked at it, I found that attempting to run any Windows process resulted in a popup window saying that the file was infected with a virus and that the antivirus software needed to be updated (in [...]

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Just before Facebook’s privacy blow up, the company announced that they were going to make the service more secure against hackers.  I encountered something that was undoubtedly a result of these new measures.  Below is what happened with my own account.  I logged in to see the following: This type of monitoring seems to be [...]

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I am excited that CLEAR high-speed wireless internet service is available in the Washington, DC area as of June 1. I’ve been anxiously awaiting its arrival since attending the Baltimore launch event more than a year and a half ago. CLEAR is a wireless internet service that boasts speeds up to four times as fast [...]

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Most people are not comfortable telling the entire internet their whereabouts but they may be doing so unintentionally. One seemingly innocuous photo could result in people knowing the exact GPS coordinates of your house.

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In October 2007, Thomas was found guilty of distributing copyrighted songs and ordered to pay a fine of $222,000 ($9,250 for each of the 24 songs involved in the case).  A year later the verdict was thrown out because of faulty jury instructions.  Last week I followed the Ars Technica coverage in the retrial of [...]

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