Michael Gracie 

Marketing maven Seth Godin thinks that projects of the like that he and his colleagues think about and work on daily can sometimes seem a little vague, and that applying some rigor to the process might produce better results. I couldn’t agree more. I have a newfound appreciation for a lot of disciplines I previously [...]

The battle continues in the fight for authentication standards. Microsoft recently made their “proprietary” offering, Sender ID, standard fare for Hotmail, but Sender ID’s sketchy beginnings made me question whether it would ever really take hold as a strategy for making it the norm everywhere. What starts bad rarely ends good. Now, a proposal is [...]

I guy produces a keylogging software package, and then sells it to a bunch of folks under the guise of keeping track of their loved ones online actions. This is an obvious violation of a ton of wiretap laws, and the auuthorities agreed. The “LoverSpy” creator AND his customers were indicted! The good news is [...]

Trout Unlimited Wild Trout Chapter’s benefit last night for the Eagle River Preserve was, in my opinion, a smashing success. Of course, my view was based on the number of folks with big smiles on their faces, sipping beers, and spewing good fishing stories. There were also lots of bids for the variety of items [...]

As if we don’t already have enough threats to our internet security, with all the phishing, pharming, keylogging, viruses creating zombies, etc., now comes a threat to virtual world security. Sophos reports that a virus is lurking around that steals multi-player online game data. The game is Priston’s Tale, and the virus steals usernames and [...]

While hundreds, or thousands or millions of new blogs are being created each day (I have heard all those numbers spewed), I never thought the crap would reach such a crecendo. Google’s Blogger offering has been under extreme heat as of late. No sooner did Blogger released its MS Word to blog tool, then people [...]

I was having dinner a few weeks back with an old friend, and the subject turned to the US economic situation. I’ve known this guy for roughly two decades and trust him like a brother; he is a very smart character who doesn’t pull punches. I was inclined to listen – the fact that he [...]

Privacy advocates don’t like personal data warehouse businesses (like credit reporting agencies) to begin with. I believe that if it was up to them, there would be no data, and of course our consumer spending-based economy would grind to a halt. But the companies in question have fallen victim to a lot of data theft [...]

we have the largest rate of originating spam in the modern world. Now we can add spyware to the list as well. And if that doesn’t pain you enough, the US also hosts more phishing sites than any other country with electricity. So…it comes as no surprise to hear that there is a big spamware [...]

I know a lot of people have no idea what spyware is, or it wouldn’t be around (and all the anti-spyware software development companies would be as big as Microsoft). But when better than 1 in 10 folks polled reply that spyware is a Star Wars weapon, I get a sick feeling in my stomach.