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Microsoft Azure goes down across Western Europe

Microsoft is bringing their legendary reliability (sarcasm!) to cloud computing.   From TheRegister.com: Microsoft Azure is having an up-and-down kind of day as the cloud platform struggles to get any […]

Google Talk goes down GLOBALLY

If your business (or life) revolves around GoogleTalk, you were in for a rude surprise last week.   GoogleTalk, Twitter, Salesforce, Microsoft Azure…each went down for hours on-end, globally.   […]

NSA Whistleblower – You're automatically suspicious until proven otherwise

TV, Movies, History, Social Studies, Civics and law classes have trained us to believe that in the US, everyone is innocent until proven guilty. Post 9/11, that’s no longer true. […]

The NSA has dossiers on every American – HOPE 9

At some point, we LOST the cold war and the AXIS powers won.   Soviet-style media clampdown?  Taken care of by the media cartels. East German-style spying?  Facebook, Google, ATT, […]

Microsoft proactively kills Windows Gadgets via Windows Updates

Usually, when we/I talk about cloud threats, it’s usually in the context of something negative – data loss, privacy breach, etc.   In this case, Microsoft collaborated with security researchers, […]

That’s Not My Phone, It’s My Tracker – NYTimes.com

In case you missed my Social Media & Cloud Computing Threats to Privacy, Security & Liberty or A Global Perspective on Mobile Security, Privacy and Safety presentations, here’s a fantastic […]

What happens to your Cloud data when the datacenter burns down?

Let’s say you’ve done your research, and have determined that shifting applications to the cloud makes sense for your business.   Let’s also assume that you picked a Tier-1 vendor […]

P.T. Barnum, The Art Of Money Getting

PT Barnum wrote a book in 1880, sharing his wisdom with the world.   Amazing how many of his lessons STILL apply to every business today.   Here’s the TABLE […]

What's the REAL impact of the LinkedIn, eHarmony, Yahoo and other password breaches

For years, I’ve been talking about drive-by-lootings, where security screwups on part of CompanyA cause damage to innocent Company B.   In this case, Microsoft (legally!) used the leaked password […]

ZTE shares dive 17% due to FBI investigation

What do Walmart & ZTE have in common?   Both stocks dropped significantly in value after running afoul of the US anti-bribery laws.   Moral of the story:  Bribe, er, […]