Google announced today that they’re making changes to their privacy policy to make it simpler, and unify all the disparate policies for their various products under one canonical document. One of the things that surfaced out of the trimming down of language was that users are unable to opt out of Google using certain data …

On January 18, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing to hear testimony from technology experts and job creators about why the PROTECT-IP Act and Stop Online Piracy Act are bad.  In conjunction, some of the Internet’s largest sites will be protesting by shutting themselves down for the day. On January …

The WordPress.com statistics service generates a year-end report for sites that use it. If you’re interested, take a look at mine.

Amazon released an update for the Kindle Fire today aimed at fixing some of the bugs and interface frustrations people were complaining about. The update brings the Fire’s software to version 6.2.1 and so far does seem to be a noticeable improvement. Touch responses are far more accurate, and everything feels snappier in general. If …

You may have noticed when you came to this page that the site is loading a lot faster than it has in recent weeks. I’ve moved to a new server – one that’s all mine! Ok, so I don’t own the actual hardware, but I purchased a virtual server that gives me dedicated resources that …

For many months I’ve been using a Yubikey as a staple of my cyber security plan.  It makes me exponentially more secure and at the same time makes it easier for me to stay secure.  The only part of it that isn’t drop-dead simple is the configuration, though even that isn’t very difficult.  I’m going …

My office ordered a Kindle Fire for me to use, and it just arrived! Being an Amazon product, it arrived in what they call “frustration-free packaging” with which I would agree. All I had to do was pull a rip tab to open the box, and there was my Kindle. Below the device itself was …

Lastpass, my password manager of choice, has added support for Google Authenticator as a method of two-factor authentication.  For those unfamiliar, Google added two factor authentication support earlier this year, a component of which is a mobile app that generates a random 6 digit string that refreshes every 30 seconds.  The app is free, and …

It’s finally here!  Google+ for Google Apps accounts is a reality! I’ve been a Google+ user since it first launched, and I really like it.  The only issue I had with it was that I couldn’t use my Apps account (which is the only Google account I use on a regular basis), and had to …

I got a tweet this morning from a Twitter account I didn’t even know existed called TwBirthday.  The service apparently tracks when you signed up for Twitter, and messages you on your Twitter “birthday” – kind of a neat idea.