Companies and employers throughout the country are scrambling to put themselves in compliance with federal computer security regulations brought on by two far-reaching pieces of legislation. Known as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and...
“This message pops up on my screen all of the time, uh, I don’t know, something about an error.” “OK, what does it say? What kind of error?” “Gee, I don’t know, I just keep closing the message, and then the computer freezes up.” I’m involved in conversations like...
In my three previous articles, I’ve painted a rather bleak picture of how our money is being stolen, our privacy is being violated and our free speech rights are being trampled by those who desire to control the Internet. There is no doubt that businesses and...
In our country, we take the notion of the right to free speech entirely for granted. We don’t think twice when speaking up about our government, social institutions and each other in whatever public forum we find. We naturally expect the right to speak our minds on...