by jnelson | Jul 18, 2013 | How the Net Works, Interesting Items, News, Security
In the wake of ongoing revelations of online government surveillance, what many observers have suspected is now shown to be true. As Google CEO Eric Schmidt once famously said: there is no anonymity in the future of the Web. As the head of one of the companies chiefly...
by jnelson | Jul 10, 2013 | How the Net Works, Interesting Items
Internet and cellphone coverage was knocked out for a time up north in Taos last week. Some 1,800 Internet users and an unknown number of phone users were denied service for 20 hours before the break in the fiber cable between the city and I-25 could be repaired....
by jnelson | Jun 14, 2013 | How the Net Works, News, Security, Warnings
Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock lately, you know that recent revelations of the vast extent of government surveillance of the Internet and users have lit up a world wide firestorm. The brouhaha will doubtless continue, and further revelations are bound...
by Jamii Corley | Jun 10, 2013 | Events
Set aside the second weekend in September (14-15) for learning about WordPress, meeting other folks in the WordPress community and just having fun! WordCamp will be held at the Albuquerque Convention Center this year and we’re expecting a good sized crowd. If...
by jnelson | May 22, 2013 | How the Net Works, News, Warnings
When hackers boast of their exploits, they often claim that they had only the good of the victim at heart – no matter what kind of mischief they’ve been up to. They usually innocently say that they are exposing how they accomplished whatever remarkable invasion...
