The auditor for Hotels.com is Ernst & Young, and one of their staff working on the audit had their laptop stolen from their car, compromising the credit card data of approximately 243,000 customers. These things will happen, but what I don’t understand is whether they’re just assuming whoever stole the laptop is going to beContinue reading “Auditor laptop stolen, confidential data included”
Category Archives: Technology
Amazon’s 1-click patent to be reexamined
It was recently announced that Amazon.com‘s 1-click payment patent will be reconsidered by the USPTO, but what is so interesting is that it was not filed by one of Amazon.com’s business competitors or by an NPO like the Electronic Frontier Foundation which protects online freedom, but from a New Zealand actor who paid the reexaminationContinue reading “Amazon’s 1-click patent to be reexamined”
Top ten coolest laptop cases
Check out the Top 10 Coolest Laptop Cases. I like the Knomo Frinton, and not just because it’s fun to say.
Corporate intranets and their effects on productivity
A post by Jeffrey Veen talks about the typical corporate IT department and how it influences (negatively) external and internet web projects. The thrust of the post is that a centralized corporate IT department consists primarily of “technologists [more] accustomed to controlling resources and managing services” than user-centered design and the user experience. I canContinue reading “Corporate intranets and their effects on productivity”
Wireless internet theft affects us all
A story in the New York Times about your friendly neighborhood wireless thieves. I have to admit I’m guilty of this when I’m not at home, but it pretty much does serve you right if you don’t secure your network. Maybe municipal wi-fi will cut down on this “phenomenon”… Edit: If only Twitter were inventedContinue reading “Wireless internet theft affects us all”