John Oliver told people to flood the FCC's comment system over net neutrality, and they did it hard enough to crash the site. A personal take on why that's a genuinely new kind of public pressure.
I spent my entire weekend messing around with Apple's brand new Swift language instead of doing anything productive, and I regret nothing.
Microsoft unveiled the Surface Pro 3 this week calling it "the tablet that can replace your laptop." Here's why the pitch doesn't quite add up once you look at the actual price.
A weekend spent poking at Apple's brand new Swift language and its Playgrounds live-coding view, two days after the WWDC surprise announcement.
Apple's new Swift language was the real surprise out of WWDC this week, not because of what it looks like but because of how nobody saw it coming.
Google's new right-to-be-forgotten removal form went live Friday and reportedly pulled in 12,000 requests overnight — a look at the clunky process and the editorial mess Google just inherited.
After finally resetting my eBay password following their big breach, I spent a night setting up 1Password for real and figured I'd write up what I learned.
TrueCrypt abruptly warned users it's not secure and told everyone to switch to BitLocker. Three days later I still have no idea what to do with my encrypted backup drive.
Apple just bought Beats for $3 billion and everyone's covering the deal terms. Here's my actual complaint: I still don't get why anyone pays that much for headphones that sound like a subwoofer.
The eBay breach finally pushed me to set up a real password manager. Here's what that actually looked like, LastPass vs 1Password included.
TrueCrypt's website suddenly warned users the software isn't secure and told everyone to switch to BitLocker, with no explanation from anyone. Here's what's weird about the timing.
Microsoft unveiled the Surface Pro 3 this week claiming it can replace your laptop. A skeptical ex-Surface-RT owner picks apart the kickstand, the pen, and that claim.
