>

Court Ruling Renders Google’s Privacy Policy Useless

July 3rd, 2008 Catherine Posted in Opinion, Technology and Science No Comments »

A New York court ruling effectively renders Google’s privacy policy useless. Google, the owner of YouTube, must surrender all data about site visitors to YouTube:

Read the rest of this entry »

AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Identity Theft and Confounding Government Suggestions

July 2nd, 2008 Catherine Posted in Opinion, Politics and Government, Technology and Science No Comments »

There is universal agreement that identity theft is one of the trends in crime in the technological age. Identity theft not only can rob a person of his/her financial resources. It can destroy one’s name and reputation. In the case of medical identity theft, it can be a matter of life or death. An identity thief can use a stolen identity for medical treatment which eventually can harm the person who true identity was used.

Read the rest of this entry »

AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Natalie Coughlin: SuperStar

July 2nd, 2008 Catherine Posted in Opinion, Sports No Comments »

If you wander over to the ESPN site and look for a story about Natalie Coughlin on the front page, you won’t find one there. You won’t find a Natalie Coughlin story on the front page of Sports Illustrated either. However, you will find a Natalie Coughlin article here, on the front page of PublicRadar. She deserves the recognition.

Read the rest of this entry »

AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Medical Practice in Rural Communities

June 30th, 2008 Catherine Posted in Health, Opinion, Technology and Science No Comments »

In a theatre of war, there is a term that is known universally to all military personnel. That term is “the golden hour”. Simply it means that the first sixty minutes after a trauma are critical. It means life or death.

Read the rest of this entry »

AddThis Social Bookmark Button

EDitPad Lite: A Free Text Editor

June 27th, 2008 Catherine Posted in Deals, Opinion, Technology and Science No Comments »

EditPad Lite has the same efficiency as the paid version, EditPad Pro.  For most text editing functions, this trim version of EditPad Pro is more than ample to handle the job.  “EditPad Lite works with Windows NT4, 98, 2000, ME, XP and Vista.”

Read the rest of this entry »

AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Responding to a Security Breach

June 25th, 2008 Catherine Posted in Business, Opinion, Politics and Government No Comments »

The nightmare scenario is a data breach that involves sensitive, confidential data.  This could be a government agency, an educational institution, private business…  the list is extensive.  None of these people are prepared to respond to a security breach.  It is not something that an agency or a business trains to do.  As such, well meaning people are forced to learn as they go forward in handling a breach of what could involve hundreds of thousands - perhaps millions - of personal information files.

Read the rest of this entry »

AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Team USA: Enough from Long Range?

June 23rd, 2008 Catherine Posted in Opinion, Sports No Comments »

The final selection for the USA Olympic basketball team was named and there were not really any surprises:

Read the rest of this entry »

AddThis Social Bookmark Button