Author: Bill Scobie
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FBI Issues New Rules For Getting Phone Records
And, I thought our FBI played by the rules. But, it seems that they have, and can, just call the phone company and get the records that they want. Sure, they have a letter “template” to follow, paragraph 2 in http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/ 03/19/AR2007031901775.html Yet, the Justice Dept has a different take on what it happening behind…
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All Microsoft updates phone home
I have gotten out of the habit of reading those wonderful privacy statements from software vendors, jaded and cynical from their weaseling out of notifying me of changed by placing the burden upon me to view their changes. And, just by agreeing once, I have agreed to any further changes, even if I don’t know…
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AirPort Disk, finally a way to get your files from anywhere
I have wonder, as others have, about how to get to an AirPort Disk from outside my LAN. And, finally some screen shots and enough english to give me hope. Thanks to Ars Technica, AirPort Extreme 802.11n Wi-Fi Wireless Base Station, AirPort Disk I now know more than I did.
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Office 2007 rant
Why I thought Microsoft would do something that I could understand with Office 2007, I don’t know. But, here I am, stuck with someone (a so-called early adopter) who sent me a .docx file and I am on a Mac. So, I can fire up a PC and use some remote desktop software (Remote Desktop…
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In the beginning …
… there was a web site, languishing in the wilds of the world wide web. Not really doing anything for anybody, and definately not helping the people who wanted help. So, how to help them. And, the answer came, use a blog and see if at least one bit of news or helpful hint could…