The traditional PC is changing according to Bill Gates.

According to Bill Gates the traditional personal computer is dying and the mobile revolution is signalling a change to tablets and Metro applications instead of the traditional applications that all computer users are enjoying at the present time. But I believe that the standard computer form factor with a tower case, large screen and keyboard/mouse … Read more

New encryption bill would force app developers to put backdoors in HTTPS connections.

The new bill passing through parliament in Australia, would force app developers to put backdoors in apps intended for communication that use SSL to encrypt communications from one person to another. One of the ways #AABill gets access to systems is by commandeering employees of companies to write backdoors. But they’re not even allowed to … Read more

Theresa May to make encryption and free software illegal in the UK.

Theresa May is trying to make encryption illegal in the UK. She wants Content Service Providers to use Deep Packet Inspection to analyze the data sent over provider networks using probes embedded in the packet flow over the network. The Home Office seemed confident that this was technically possible. Other witnesses questioned whether it is … Read more

The Simpsons S9E14 “Das Bus”. A commentary on corporate America and Microsoft.

This is Bill Gates in the Simpsons. This episode features the billionaire software mogul as the evil mastermind that shuts down Homer Simpsons`s Internet company. This shows the reality of life in the corporate world, where you may not want to buy someone out, but you can shut them down in other ways. Microsoft are … Read more

NDAA bill currently before congress and some hope of defeating the bill.

http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/tqpjk/crazy_ndaa_news_judge_issues_injunction_against/. The American Congress are currently debating the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bill that will allow indefinite detention of American citizens. This means that any United States Citizen accused of terrorism will be indefinitely imprisoned, meaning that the Homeland is becoming a third world police state. Will they get the Stasi and have jackbooted … Read more

CISPA bill still a threat and awesome Linux shell tricks.

The Internet is still under threat, the SOPA and CISPA bills are threatening the freedom of speech that we are enjoying at the moment. The elderly members of Congress do not truly understand the Internet and are only interested in shutting down the freedom of speech to better control the flow of information that would … Read more

Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act to be a threat to freedom.

The CISPA Bill is a program that will enable more sharing of Internet user`s data to facilitate monitoring of the Internet use of civilians. This under the guise of protecting us from terrorists and keeping suicide bombers off planes. Of course there was the unencrypted data conveniently found in Osama Bin Laden`s hideout, that detailed … Read more

Free speech on the Internet to be lost.

The Internet that we know that has free speech and freedom of expression as its keystone is due to be restricted with free speech under attack under the guise of protecting against piracy and pornography. But they really want to take away our freedom to say what ever we want about the current state of … Read more