technology

Fight for your (digital) rights Members Public

I love it. Stave Ballmer, Microsoft’s head honcho these days, is desperately trying to persuade us [http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail/] that Digital Rights Management is, in fact, good for the consumer. This is, of course, nonsense but a simply marvellous read: > Consumers gain the most from

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
DRM

Roger the Spam Dodger Members Public

The BBC reports on the best ways to dodge an in-box full of spam [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2969783.stm]: > US researchers at the Center for Democracy and Technology set out to answer this question in the summer of 2002. They found that e-mail addresses

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
spam

The Pleasures Of Home Work Members Public

Two things make home working a really viable prospect for a mediocre hack like myself. The first is a good, robust broadband pipe into the flat. Check. The second is a work-supplied mobile phone. Check. These two in combination mean that I’m just as accessible at home as I

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
broadband