guardian.co.uk TechnologyArticles published by guardian.co.uk TechnologyDaniel Davies: The Tories don't have the faintest idea what government involves- August 13, 2008 I see that John Redwood is telling us that one of the ways in which his party are going to close the gap in the public finances is by having fewer big government IT projects. Oh yeah Allow me a moment's scepticism.The thing is, these big IT projects aren't just dreamed up by the government. They're sold to the government, by management consultants. Sure, the government of the day and the impartial civil service will tell you that they make the policy decisions and merely commission these...http://www.guardianfeeds.co.uk/c/288/f/7511/s/1a73d21/story01.htm Why deletion fails to protect your private data- August 13, 2008 The first time that I really became aware of computer forensics was around eight years ago when I arranged for some hard drives I had bought from a boot fair to be examined by Professor Neil Barrett, an expert in the field. The results were memorable. When Barrett rang me to say that he had found account details for a Paul McCartney - on a hard drive discarded by a merchant bank - I was prepared for the inevitable teasing."Sure, Neil, I suppose there must be quite a few Paul McCartneys." "Yes,..http://www.guardianfeeds.co.uk/c/288/f/7511/s/1a6f56e/story01.htm Yahoo launches Fire Eagle location tool- August 13, 2008 Yahoo unveiled its location tool Fire Eagle last night, in a move it hopes will support a new generation of location-based services for the web.First released in a closed trial in March, Fire Eagle allows users to update and manage information about where they are, so that third-party services can connect and use that information to tailor their service.Users can update Fire Eagle once, and that will update their location across multiple sites they use. The service is opt-in and users can...http://www.guardianfeeds.co.uk/c/288/f/7511/s/1a6f56b/story01.htm Dmitri Vitaliev: Corporate complicity with the Great Firewall- August 13, 2008 Like its precursor, the Great Wall of China, the Great Firewall was constructed to guard China from waves of foreign influence and information intrusion. With the world's spotlight on China and widespread criticism of its repressive actions, one should not forget that the knowledge and technology used to create the world's most prominent Big Brother society was designed in the west, often by the very same corporations whose advertisements on TV take up the time between the relay race and the...http://www.guardianfeeds.co.uk/c/288/f/7511/s/1a6dd74/story01.htm Google unblocks Scamp blog after 'hate speech' suspension- August 13, 2008 Google has unblocked Scamp, the UK's most popular advertising industry blog, following the removal of comments containing "hate speech".The comments, in a post on dating in the advertising industry, were removed after complaints were made to Google's "hate crimes" division.Scamp, which is run by advertising executive Simon Veksner, had been blocked since Friday by Google-owned blogging platform Blogger.Visitors to Scamp had been blocked, until today, from accessing posts and were instead shown..http://www.guardianfeeds.co.uk/c/288/f/7511/s/1a6dd75/story01.htm |