Anyone who’s used one knows that USB flash drives are fast, ultra-portable, hold an incredible amount of data, and are very convenient to use.

For the past few months, I’ve carried a 4GB one that holds all of the data, tools and documents that I need and want to be able to access while I’m at work. When I was doing more tech support, I carried a [more...]

Regular readers of this Journal have seen me rant about it many times: The fact that nearly all of the viruses and other malware that you ever read or hear about affects only Windows users; yet the news coverage of all of those types of malware rarely mentions that fact.

They may call it “PC viruses and malware” — but really, it’s Windows viruses and malware.

All of that junk doesn’t affect [more...]

One of the main reasons that, around the year 2000, I started looking for an operating system that could replace Windows on my PCs — and I began using Linux full-time instead of Windows in 2006 — was that I was sick and tired of Windows’ swiss cheese-like security and the constant need to learn about and deal with all of its security vulnerabilities.

Now here we are, ten years after I started looking [more...]

Sometimes, it seems like, no matter how many times this type of thing happens, and no matter how egregious the events are, many people choose to either ignore them or downplay their significance.

Especially those who have either allowed or caused them to happen.

But something just happened that I think is incredibly important [more...]

Ah-ha! I can tell that you’ve visited this site before!

In fact, you’ve been here several times before.

Do you want me to tell you exactly what days and times you were here, and exactly which of this site’s links you clicked on, and exactly which of this site’s pages you visited? [more...]