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How to Get Easter Egg Dye off Your Hands 31 Mar 2013 | 10:56 pm
Why are there so many top ranked answers for how to get the dye out of your or your kids' hands that just don't help? Dishsoap? Baking soda or toothpaste plus lots of scrubbing? Feh. Well, consider th...
Add context option to open file in administrator level Notepad 13 Jan 2013 | 09:26 pm
One of the more irritating oversights in Windows 7 is that when you open configuration files from Windows Explorer (txt, ini, etc), they open in Notepad as expected, but when you go to save, only then...
Choicepoint 6 Apr 2012 | 06:38 am
LexisNexis (which acquired ChoicePoint) is the largest data-broker in the world. They create vast profiles on people and use that information to create various reports that they sell to companies of a...
LexisNexis 6 Apr 2012 | 06:36 am
LexisNexis (which acquired ChoicePoint) is the largest data-broker in the world. They create vast profiles on people and use that information to create various reports that they sell to companies of a...
What Does Lexis Nexis Know About Me? 5 Apr 2012 | 07:03 am
LexisNexis (which acquired ChoicePoint) is the largest data-broker in the world. They create vast profiles on people and use that information to create various reports that they sell to companies of a...
Sequoia Voting Machines Hacked to Play Pac-Man 1 Feb 2012 | 05:44 am
Sequoia, Diebold... what's the difference? None of them are doing their job right. This is your Sequoia touch-screen voting machine with Pac-Man hacked onto it without disturbing any of the "tamper-e...
Man Hunts and Beats Teen for Mocking Him Online 1 Oct 2011 | 01:33 am
For anyone who's participated in forums, online games, or any other system where you can communicate with random strangers, you've probably encountered people who make you angry. Some are just people ...
Facebook Tracks You Even When Logged Out 29 Sep 2011 | 11:15 pm
So yesterday, we learned that OnStar tracks you even if you're not a customer and today, we learn that Facebook will track and monitor your web usage without your knowledge or permission… even if you'...
OnStar To Spy On People (Big Shocker…) 27 Sep 2011 | 11:25 pm
As if we didn't see this coming So all that time I spent warning people about OnStar seems to have been completely justified. OnStar was recently admonished by several senators for its plan to spy o...
4th Amendment Summary by the EFF 7 Jul 2011 | 11:26 pm
source)" width='192px' height='128px' /> Searching...(source) You can't use rights you don't know about or don't understand. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has posted a summary of your 4th amendm...
