The Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico is the foremost research site for nuclear power in the United States, and possibly in the world. There is a completely separate ... Read More

I have talked about this in previous posts, but there are certainly varying opinions about the ethics of monitoring computer activity. I think everyone is in complete agreement that companies ... Read More

Apple fanatics have maintained that Apple's operating systems and applications are simply more secure than Microsoft's. Others (myself included) have held the theory that the software is not necessarily more ... Read More

"National Security" has been burned indelibly into the vocabulary of average Americans ever since 9/11. Of course, prior to 9/11 we had enemies- even enemies who attacked us. We knew ... Read More

In the wake of Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account being compromised by hackers last week, Yahoo's VP of Mail, John Kremer, wrote a brief article highlighting ... Read More

I get a fair amount of email. I probably get more spam than the average person. Of course, it all goes to my Junkmail folder sight unseen, so I don't ... Read More

I know that many people tend to think of Microsoft as being monopolistic. There is one area where, contrary to what opponents might have you believe, Microsoft does not have ... Read More

Wireless networks are great. Taking the laptop and sitting at the patio table out by the pool sure beats working indoors (it would be nice if laptop manufacturers could work ... Read More

Should you send personal emails on your corporate or business email account? What about handling business using your personal email account? Well, there isn't really a cut-and-dry, yes-or-no answer to ... Read More

Have you ever used Microsoft's OneNote? I had heard of it, but I never used it until a few months ago. I love it. It is hard to even define ... Read More

What is SCADA you ask? That is a very good question to start with in order to understand why you might care if the SCADA networks are exploited. SCADA is ... Read More

It is one thing when TJ Maxx or The Gap are careless with employee or customer data. Everyone entrusted with sensitive information such as addresses, birthdates, credit card information, bank ... Read More

A while back I wrote a blog post called '4 Minutes to Compromise' noting that a recent report claimed that an unpatched and unprotected Windows XP system would not last ... Read More

You have probably noticed that most retail establishments now have you swipe your own credit card. That is based, at least in part, on a goal to never have your ... Read More

Google is jumping into the browser war. Chrome, the new web browser from Google, is set to take on Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and others. The current release is ... Read More