The bounty hunter is a staple character of fiction (see, e.g., Steve McQueen’s last film), fascinating because of the inherent moral ambiguity. He, or in this post-masculine era, she, enforces the law but is also rather outside of it, often suspected of freely crossing the legal line according to the advantages dictated by a flexible [...]

I asked Microsoft for a response to their failing score on my “Online services security report card” for their Hotmail service and got the response that Hotmail customers were hoping to hear. Microsoft will fix the problem and enable full-time SSL browsing for Hotmail this month.

The authors investigate recent studies on employment in the communications industry and whether recent Federal Communications Commission regulation proposals have an effect on the industries investments.

New data suggests that 10% of broadband subscribers use Netflix and they consume 20% to 90% of bandwidth during peak evening hours and some are suggesting that this might destroy the Internet. But everything will be fine with good network management, capacity investment, and the freedom to offer voluntary enhance services.

Now that the problem of user account “sidejacking” can no longer be ignored, I’ve created an online services report card that highlights which websites protect your account and which don’t.

The Entertainment Software Association has released their 2010 Essential Facts regarding the computer and video game industry. Those interested in this sector will most likely find a lot of the information intriguing, in some cases simply to understand what is happening within the industry.