Revelations that the Department of Justice has been secretly spying on reporters should ring alarm bells for anyone concerned about their own privacy and freedom. Here’s how journalists (and anyone) can keep prying marketers, hackers and the Feds out of their business.
Tag Archives: avoid
A guide for journalists (and everyone else) to avoid government snoops
Posted by Gsurface
on May 20, 2013
No comments
How to Avoid Another Flash Crash
Posted by Gsurface
on May 7, 2013
No comments
How to monitor an incredibly complicated, increasingly automated system that thrives on secrecy.
Today marks the three-year anniversary of the 2010 Flash Crash, when the U.S. stock market lost 1,000 points in a matter of minutes before recovering most of these loses a few minutes later.
In Iceland, Tap Cellphones To Avoid Incest
Posted by Gsurface
on April 18, 2013
No comments
Kozar_The_Malignant writes “Students at the University of Iceland have written an Android app that helps you avoid dating your cousins. The app accesses the Icelandic national genealogical database that contains information on all living citizens and their ancestors going back 1,100 years. Tapping two phones together will bring up an alert if you share a common grandparent.” Just one of the consequences of having a population small enough (and well documented enough) to have a well-known genetic makeup.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Riding On The Wings Of Angels, VCs Avoid The So-Called Series A Crunch
Posted by Gsurface
on March 3, 2013
No comments
Editor’s note: Erik Rannala is co-founder and managing partner of MuckerLab.
Much has been written about the Series A crunch that is facing entrepreneurs and their investors. Those who believe the crunch is upon us contend that a significant number of seed-funded startups will not be able to raise follow-on financing. A cursory review of the data reported recently by CB Insights would seem to support the fact that the Series A crunch is a market reality.
TechCrunch
Avoid Oklahoma! Social-media map warns of flu hotspots
Posted by Gsurface
on January 22, 2013
No comments
Track the germy spread of influenza with a social-media map of tweets and videos complaining of symptoms and outbreaks. [Read more]
CNET News
What to buy – or avoid like the plague – on Cyber Monday
Posted by Gsurface
on November 27, 2012
No comments
Russian technology firms agree to avoid poaching each other, keep salaries in check
Posted by Gsurface
on November 23, 2012
No comments
American companies that reach no-poaching agreements do so behind closed doors, as it’s considered illegal and anti-competitive. No such reservations appear to exist in Russia, as several of the country’s top technology giants have openly admitted to reaching an unprecedented verbal deal: Acronis, Epam, Kaspersky Labs, Parallels and Yandex have all promised not to actively recruit each other’s staff. They contend to CNews that it’s a way to prevent salaries from getting out of control as staff are lured away, and that fear isn’t entirely without justification — there’s a well-known salary war between Facebook and Google in Silicon Valley, for example, that makes it tough for smaller companies to attract the same talent. Whether or not the pact stands may be another matter. There’s no history of Russian court action versus anti-poaching deals, but concern exists that the truce may not be strictly above-board.
[Image credit: Jennifer Boyer, Flickr]
Filed under: Internet, Software
Via: The Next Web
Source: CNews (translated)
Google may avoid FTC anti-trust investigation, report suggests
Posted by Gsurface
on November 21, 2012
No comments
If, When, And How To Avoid Hiring A CEO
Posted by Gsurface
on November 11, 2012
No comments
Editor’s note: This is Part I of a two-part guest post written by legendary Silicon Valley investor Vinod Khosla, the founder of Khosla Ventures. In Part II, he will examine the signs it might be time to hire a CEO.
Though debated among some venture investors, in my view, it is always better for a founder to grow into being a CEO. When there’s a choice, the founder’s vision, culture, and approach are usually more important than “good management” alone. While I’ll offer some insights for investors, this piece is primarily addressed to the founders themselves.
TechCrunch
Ask Slashdot: How To Avoid Working With Awful Legacy Code?
Posted by Gsurface
on October 24, 2012
No comments
kramer2718 writes “I have worked for about a decade as a software engineer. I am almost never hired to build new software from scratch, so my work satisfaction tends to be proportionate to quality of the legacy code I have to work with. Some legacy code has been good. Most of it is bad. I know a few questions to ask during an interview to determine the code quality: Are recent technologies used? Are there code review processes? Is TDD practiced? Even so, I still encounter terrible quality code. Does Slashdot have any advice for other questions to ask? Any other ways to find out code quality beforehand?”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
A better reason to avoid Huawei routers: Code from the ’90s
Posted by Gsurface
on October 10, 2012
No comments
Security researcher Felix Lindner has a more compelling reason to steer clear of routers from Huawei Technologies than fears about its ownership.
Computerworld News
French Science and Higher Education Programs Avoid Austerity
Posted by Gsurface
on October 3, 2012
No comments
ananyo writes “Bucking a trend of cutting science seen elsewhere, the French government has committed to increasing spending on research and development in its draft austerity budget for 2013. France’s education and research ministry gets a 2.2% boost under the proposed budget, giving it a budget of just under €23 billion (US$ 29 billion). Most other ministries get a cut. The upshot of the cash increase is that 1,000 new university posts will be created, no publicly funded research jobs will be cut and funding for research grants will rise (albeit less than inflation) by 1.2% to €7.86 billion. The move to spend on science during a recession is notable and means that French politicians understand that a sustainable commitment to public spending on science is vital for long-term economic growth. The situation is in stark contrast to that in the U.S. and in the UK, where a recent policy to boost hi-tech industries, unveiled with much fanfare, failed to do much for science. Meanwhile, in Australia, there’s alarm over proposals to freeze research grants— a step that could jeopardize 1700 jobs.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
International Space Station plans move to avoid debris collision
Posted by Gsurface
on October 3, 2012
No comments
Most Apple users avoid iOS 6 upgrade
Posted by Gsurface
on October 1, 2012
No comments
New radar tech helps pilots nimbly avoid severe weather
Posted by Gsurface
on August 20, 2012
No comments
The latest iteration of Honeywell’s IntuVue software was designed to give substantial warning and detailed information on turbulence, hail, and lightning in planes’ paths.
[Read more]
CNET News
Giants’ Cabrera created fake Web site to avoid drugs ban?
Posted by Gsurface
on August 19, 2012
No comments
A report emerges that the San Francisco Giants Melky Cabrera allegedly contributed to creating a fake product and Web site in order to fool investigators after his testosterone levels were elevated.
[Read more]
CNET News
Iranian State Goes Offline To Avoid Cyber-Attacks
Posted by Gsurface
on August 6, 2012
No comments
DavidGilbert99 writes “The Iranian minister for telecommunication has said that the government will be taking key ministries and state agencies offline in the next month to protect sensitive information from cyber-attacks. However this move is just the initial step in an 18 month plan to take the country off the world wide web, and replace it with a state-controlled intranet. From the article: ‘The US began offensive cyber-attacks against Iran during the presidency of George W. Bush when the Olympics Games project was founded. Out of this was borne the Stuxnet cyber-weapon, which was designed to specifically target the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility in Iran.’”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Pretexters avoid jail time after guilty plea in HP spying case
Posted by Gsurface
on July 13, 2012
No comments
A judge sentences Joseph and Matthew DePante, a father and son team involved in Hewlett-Packard’s infamous spy scandal, to three years probation and six months of house arrest as part of a plea agreement.
[Read more]
CNET News
Google working on software patch to avoid Galaxy Nexus sales ban
Posted by Gsurface
on July 4, 2012
No comments
The code is being pushed to the flagship Android phone to avoid a U.S. sales injunction rooted in a patent rumble with Apple.
[Read more]
CNET News
Apple Gives In, Drops iPad ’4G’ Tag To Avoid Lawsuits
Posted by Gsurface
on May 13, 2012
No comments
Back in March, Apple was sued in Australia and criticized in Europe over its marketing of the iPad as supporting 4G speeds when it only did so in the U.S. and Canada. Now, reader TheGift73 writes with news that Apple has given in and changed the ‘Wi-Fi + 4G’ label to ‘Wi-Fi + Cellular.’ From the article:
“In the U.K., a number of complaints by customers pushed the ASA into acting against Apple for its misleading advertisements. The regulator had received ‘dozens of complaints’ from customers, and had pushed for Apple to remove any mentions of ’4G’ from its websites. It should come as little surprise considering Britain has yet to see its mobile networks divide up its 4G spectrum without bickering furiously about it. Some networks had even opted to avoid litigation directed at them by including stickers to inform potential buyers that the new iPad will not work on existing 4G networks, or even 4G networks that don’t even exist yet. This should come as bittersweet news for consumers. Apple has already sold millions of iPads across the U.K., Europe and Australia, while the vast majority are unaware that they will not be able to connect to high-speed mobile broadband networks.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
How to avoid July 9 ‘Internet Doomsday’: fix the DNSChanger malware
Posted by Gsurface
on April 23, 2012
No comments
IEEE Vet: Carriers Capping LTE Services To Avoid Fixed-line Cannibalization
Posted by Gsurface
on April 18, 2012
No comments
alphadogg writes “Roberto Saracco isn’t buying carriers’ claims that they need to put data caps on their LTE services due to excessive traffic causing massive engineering challenges. Saracco, a senior member of the IEEE and the director of the Telecom Italia Future Centre, said during an interview Tuesday that the major reason carriers are placing data caps on their LTE services is to prevent users from going exclusively with wireless data services and ditching their landline connections. ‘You’re always going to want to make the maximum amount of value,’ he said. ‘And you don’t want to have your fixed-line network being cannibalized by mobile.’”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Antitrust experts: Feds should avoid enforcement in IT industry
Posted by Gsurface
on March 15, 2012
No comments
U.S. government agencies should be wary of bringing antitrust complaints against tech companies such as Google or Apple, because of the ever-changing nature of the industry, some antitrust experts said Wednesday.
Computerworld News
(Founder Stories) SoftTech VC’s Clavier: How To Avoid The Series A Crunch
Posted by Gsurface
on January 29, 2012
No comments
At the top of this Founder Stories episode featuring SoftTech VC’s Jeff Clavier, Chris Dixon mentions much has been written about the “Series A Crunch.” It’s the occurrence of seed stage companies hitting the end of their initial funding cycle at roughly the same time and having to compete for big checks from a limited supply of VC. There’s just not enough money or VC interest to keep all entrepreneurs afloat for another round.
TechCrunch
Things Entrepreneurs Should Avoid When Raising Capital
Posted by Gsurface
on January 15, 2012
No comments
Alright, in my last post I argued that bootstrapping is just as over-rated as raising venture capital. But for those who decide to pursue fundraising, here are some things entrepreneurs should avoid when raising capital.
For all of the talk about how much excess capital there is, it’s actually hard to raise capital because very few projects fit the VC profile—even though many VC-funded projects come across as frivolous, me-too projects.
TechCrunch
How Can Local Businesses Avoid The Horror And Structure More Effective Daily Deals?
Posted by Gsurface
on December 11, 2011
No comments
Couponing has been around forever, but the popularity of digital offers, daily deals, and group buying is fairly new. We’ve gone through the honeymoon period, watched the meteoric rise of Groupon, its overvaluation, IPO — and thankfully, through it all, we’ve seen increasing scrutiny on the space, especially over just how profitable daily deals actually are for local businesses.
The debate has raged over the daily deal model’s clever repackaging of old ideas and just how valuable the Groupon model is as an advertising mechanism for local merchants. Rocky was probably a little overzealous in saying that Groupon is poised for collapse, but there is no doubt that there are holes in its business model, just as there is no doubt that there are upsides to the model as a whole, both as an advertising channel and a tool for customer acquisition and retention.
TechCrunch
How to Avoid Cyberscams Surrounding Qaddafi’s Death
Posted by Gsurface
on October 22, 2011
No comments
How to Avoid Cloud Code Breakage, Part 2
Posted by Gsurface
on October 19, 2011
No comments
Last week, we covered how to evaluate code that is developed to extend cloud applications. Now we're going to take a look at coding and system modification strategies that can make the system more fragile over time. Since CRM systems have requirements that seem to evolve endlessly, durability of your code is a key success factor to long-run success of these systems.
Computerworld News
Galaxy Nexus Designed To Avoid Infringing Apple Patents
Posted by Gsurface
on October 19, 2011
No comments
An anonymous reader writes with an except from an article on Geek.com about the Galaxy Nexus: “Samsung has been on the receiving end of many an Apple lawsuit in recent months, and in some cases a ban on selling its products. The Galaxy Nexus smartphone, which was unveiled last night, could also come under close scrutiny in the courts once Apple takes a look at it. But unlike previous Samsung Android devices, the chances of that happening are apparently going to be diminished or even non-existent. Shin Jong-kyun, the president of Samsung’s mobile division, admitted yesterday that the Galaxy Nexus has been developed taking into account Apple’s patents.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Obama looks to avoid more Wikileaks-type incidents
Posted by Gsurface
on October 9, 2011
No comments
President Obama Friday issued an executive order that aims to reform rules for the sharing and securing data by federal agencies.
Computerworld News
SatelliteAR Android app now tracks falling UARS, helps you avoid being smooshed
Posted by Gsurface
on September 24, 2011
No comments
You may have a better chance of winning the lottery or running into Captain Kirk at the mall, but when it comes to being impaled with pieces of the now defunct Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite as it plummets towards Earth, it’s better to be safe than sorry. The SatelliteAR Android app has added a temporary feature that gives stargazers the ability to monitor this space junk’s trajectory to avoid impact when it re-enters the atmosphere sometime later today. NASA has assured us that the bus-sized satellite won’t land anywhere in North America, but if it touches down at night, people on the ground could witness a pretty sweet light show wherever it does land. Android users determined to avoid a Wicked Witch of the East-like fate can download the app at the source link below and check out the video demo after the break.
Continue reading SatelliteAR Android app now tracks falling UARS, helps you avoid being smooshed
SatelliteAR Android app now tracks falling UARS, helps you avoid being smooshed originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink 
Yahoo | 
Android Market | Email this | Comments
Engadget
Track NASA’s crashing satellite to avoid getting hit by space junk
Posted by Gsurface
on September 24, 2011
No comments
An old NASA satellite is set to crash to Earth sometime today, and the Satellite AR app can help you avoid getting clocked with a hunk of space junk.
CNET News.com
Recent Comments