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Privacy enemies of the Internet

Part of the allure of the Internet is the idea that one can operate with virtual anonymity.  In the early days, anonymity was a given, as the powerful tracking and Internet forensics tools in use today simply didn’t exist.  A fascinating book dealing with the subject,...

Financial enemies of the Internet

As much as we might like to think that the grand, collective fantasy known as the Internet is somehow a free and sovereign, untouchable entity all unto itself, the Internet is under attack from many different directions.  Extremely powerful forces desperately desire...

OS, king of the programs

Comments received from readers of last week’s column have shown me that a few basic computer concepts and terms need clarification.  After reading my discussion of Apple’s OS X operating system, some readers still didn’t really know what an operating system was.  So,...

Will Apple do right with OS X?

In June of 2005, Apple Computer raised many eyebrows and quite a few hopes when they announced that by June of 2006, they would begin delivering models of their Macintosh computers based on microprocessors made by industry giant Intel, and utilizing their wildly...