Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

Sony’s PS3 network hit by hackers; customer information compromised

I don’t write much about things these days, but this situation has called for it. The Sony PlayStation Network and Qriocity, their media service, which boosts around 70 million active users, had been hacked into last week. Last night I get an email from Sony stating the following: =================================== PlayStation(R)Network =================================== Valued PlayStation(R)Network/Qriocity Customer: We [...]

Facebook Leads to Depression in Adolescents

Go figure… In a report released yesterday, the American Academy of Pediatrics said that adolescents are particularly prone to depression after spending a lot of time on social media sites such as Facebook. But researchers, however, said they weren’t sure whether “Facebook depression” is a stand alone condition or an extension of depressive disorders that [...]

There is a New Home-wrecker in Town and her name is…Facebook!

How many lover’s spats started with “That’s not what you said on Facebook.”? Too many to count, huh? Well, lets hope your lover’s spats over Facebook never end in murder or incarceration. Unlike, Ms. Shemicka McVey…SMH An Indiana woman last night allegedly stabbed her boyfriend with a kitchen knife after he would not allow her to [...]

The Full Body Scan vs. The Full Body Frisk

I told myself I wasn’t going to write about this nonsense, but the news broke up with the new TSA standards all hell has broken loose. You can’t seem to watch the news, or show for that matter, without hearing about these new body scanners placed in the airport. It hurts me to talk about [...]

Microsoft Outlook, social networking, bad mixture

I came across an interesting article this morning. It seems Outlook 2010 is bundled with a suite of social networking apps: Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn. While this may seem awesome to many of you out there, from an I.T. department and an enterprise point of view, it’s a terrible idea. For one, since when has [...]