Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot disk that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction.

Does technology liberate or enslave? The tension between technology as empowering versus technology as sinister control continues. The web versus the database, liberation or tool of tyranny?

by Lawrence Lessig

yay for brightnets!

an argument for open wireless home networks, by Bruce Schneier

Adobe CS is recording user data - evil and scary

on social networks and how they ought to work

this is not good

The theme at STL's twice-yearly Telco 2.0 Brainstorm is familiar: "How to making money in an IP-based world". But it has an added piquancy now.

Social network sites (SNSes) like MySpace, Facebook, and Bebo are ubiquitous and today’s youth are spending a great deal of time using these sites to access public life. How is public life shaped by social technology?

Internet cookies might not be as reliable an indicator of distinct Web site visitors as previously thought, according to a Monday report from Internet research company comScore.