What Exactly Is “Private” Browsing?
I may not speak for everyone but when I think of Private Browsing I get the idea that I can surf the web and leave no digital trail. Well that’s not completely true, especially after taking this...
View ArticleVIDEO: How to delete cookies and browsing history
Note: deleting cookies from your web browser will not delete data websites have already collected on you. Some websites, like Google, will give you error messages if cookies are blocked. Private...
View ArticleEric Schmidt on Colbert
Last night, popular satirist Stephen Colbert had Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO on in a goofy, Colbert style interview. About 5 min in length, check out how well spoken Schmidt is. At 30 seconds in, he...
View ArticleScroogle
It is no secret that Google retains its user’s information and uses it at later time and dates. This is one of the social norms that many people have adapted to and ultimately given Google the power of...
View ArticleGoogle’s WiFi Whopsie
Google Maps implemented their Street View program in May of 2007, however they have been quietly combing streets since taking photos since 2006. In that time, they have been doing a little more than...
View ArticleNews Flash: Facebook collects data
A recent uproar has been made on capital hill recently about privacy concerns on Facebook. Particularly, third party applications, mostly games, and advertiser are collecting and using data on the...
View ArticleAmazon’s 3G Kindle leaps ‘Great Firewall of China’
According to yahoo news, the Kindle, an eBook reader developed by Amazon, can circumvent China’s firewall and allow citizens access to the entire internet. Sites such as Facebook and Twitter, which are...
View ArticleScreen Blogging: A Voluntary Loss of Privacy
As a regular contributor to Network World, blogger “Ms. Smith” recently examined people who hand over their privacy voluntarily for the sake of productivity. Apparently there is a whole class of...
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