Is Google+ New or Just the New Google Wave?

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So that’s what Google has been working on for the past year+. Google made it official in their Google+ blog post that Google is going full bore (again) into “social”. Word is that this slow public release (think early days of Gmail, but maybe even slower) is designed to prevent failures like Google Buzz and [...]

Would You Teach Your Kid How to Hack? DEFCON Kids is for you.

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I first saw this piece in the Vancouver Sun this morning—Forget Spy Kids, try kiddie hacker conference—and while you might think a parent who sends their kid to DEFCON kids is out of their gourd, I’m thinking why didn’t I know about this sooner! Yeah, I would go with my kids to DEFCON Kids and [...]

Oh Dropbox, what’s the next mess?

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My unabashed love for Dropbox is certainly being tested. First there was the whole we can’t decrypt your files, okay yeah we always could issue, which while bad wasn’t terrible. Yeah, well Dropbox didn’t again, except this time much worse. This time Dropbox engineers pushed some code into production (made live, etc) that disabled password [...]

Tech Support Doesn’t Need Your Password (and shouldn’t ask for it)

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Let me make this absolutely crystal, freakin’ clear—tech support people don’t need your password. Folks, I’ve been in tech support and believe me, if we need to get into your account for some reason, we can. We can have your password reset ourselves. We can use system tools to manage your accounts. We have lot’s [...]

AppStorm Freelance App Bundle for $50

      Several great apps there that I do want, but a couple that I already have. I wish I could “gift” the licenses for the duplicates to someone! The AppStorm Freelance Mac App Bundle is on Sale! | Mac.AppStorm.

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