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Amateurs think the cloud is taking care of their data. Pros know it isn't, and can't. It's every user for himself and herself, now as in days of yore.
Don't want to lose your online data? There's an easy way to protect yourself: Google's two-step verification process
Attacks on Gmail, like that on my wife's personal account, appear to be spreading. Change your password. Now.
Lessons from a phishing attack, the most troubling I've been involved with in over 30 years of using electronic communication
Taiwanese artists explore American legal-techno-business culture
No, my wife was not just mugged in Madrid. But thanks for asking! A reminder of modern tech vulnerabilities.
Remember Yuri Gagarin and his historic trip around the globe, by all means -- but spare a thought for Clippy, Microsoft's word processing mascot, as well
If you're not using CloudMagic you're shortening your effective lifespan, plus sapping the economy, by wasting time
I know the old chestnut that while brilliant criminals make for great detective shows and thrillers, most criminals aren't bright
Concept maps showing the Palin/Obama and Obama/Obama contrasts
New roles for Schmidt and Page?
Another thing not to worry about
A device that offers a "huge morale boost," although it can be fragile
A modest way to improve life for service members
Just a coincidence..... or was it?
A chance to see one of technology's most original thinkers
Physicists, biologists, and others disagree on many points -- yet are strangely unified in their view of today's airport security
"Two words: Never Again"
Everything you wanted to know about "backscatter" imagery and ionizing radiation
Keeping track of where and how the TSA is using its new machines