Thursday, October 1, 2009

Defending your digital freedom

We are overwhelmed by technology these days. Our lives evolve around going through our days being exposed to one or the other technical gadget or application. Without even realising it these collect all kinds of sensitive usage patterns about us.

There is an advancement in technology that has not yet been mirrored by appropriate and highly necessary legislation. Groups such as the ElectronicFrontierFoundation (see http://www.eff.org/about), which is an organisation dedicated to protect freedom of speech. Also backed by the World Intellectual Property Organisation.

Monday, September 28, 2009

Savers Prefer to Invest themselves!

An article that appeared today in the FT, according to an FT poll, savers feel safer and prefer to invest themselves rather than putting their money into investment banks.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0e13ea70-aba7-11de-9be4-00144feabdc0.html
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