Archive for December, 2008

How to remove your DNA records from police databases

By Surferbill - Last updated: Monday, December 22, 2008

A European Court has decided that the retention of the DNA of innocent people is illegal, so what do you have to do to have your information deleted? The Register has all the information you need on how to remove your DNA records from police databases.

Time Management: The Best of GTD and DIT

By Surferbill - Last updated: Monday, December 8, 2008

Whakate.com has a great article comparing David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) and Mark Forster’s Do It Tomorrow (DIT), probably the two most popular time management systems around today. Buy Mark Forster’s Do It Tomorrow book. Buy David Allen’s Getting Things Done book. The author describes the core features of each methodology, compares the two [...]

Googling Security, by Greg Conti

By Surferbill - Last updated: Sunday, December 7, 2008

This sounds like a good book: Googling Security, by Greg Conti. “When you use Google’s “free” services, you pay, big time–with personal information about yourself. Google is making a fortune on what it knows about you… and you may be shocked by just how much Google does know. Googling Security is the first book to [...]

Goodbye Pownce, Hello Six Apart

By Surferbill - Last updated: Monday, December 1, 2008

“In these troubled times”, Pownce is trounced by Vox. That’s one I’ll have to take off my daily read list.