Tag Archives : online personal data

Job hunting? Social media may be your best (and quickest) means

Job hunting? Social media may be your best (and quickest) means

Yes, there’s more to Facebook than FarmVille. Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn may just be your passport in landing that great job of your dreams. David Grant shares to us some invaluable social media tips in The Christian Science Monitor. Firstly, get off that Mafia Wars and quit that 15th photo album on the last time you watered your garden plants. [...]
Cloud Computing: Big Brother, Your Datakeeper

Cloud Computing: Big Brother, Your Datakeeper

Cloud computing is the latest battle arena in the computer industry, with various computer firms, big and bigger, competing to exploit the latest rage. Industry watchers predict that the race ‘to dominate cloud computing will increase competition and innovation.’ The concept behind cloud computing reeks of a Darwinian jungle in an Orwellian world. [...]
Google now targeted in industry-wide phishing scam

Google now targeted in industry-wide phishing scam

Experts believe that there is an ‘industry-wide phishing scheme.’ Based on the ‘more than 30,000 account details’ that have been posted online, it looks like phishing may yet be the current Internet scourge, and we are well-advised to change our online passwords every three months as well as not use the same log-in details for multiple sites. [...]