Several weeks ago, Canon announced that the latest version of its document management system, Uniflow 5, features a new security tool that allows a company to prevent its employees from printing, scanning, copying or faxing documents that contain keywords such as client or project names. The Uniflow server identifies prohibited keywords, which are designated by […]

Google calls out Facebook. Last month, Facebook added an information download feature that made users’ data portable. But there was one big exception. A user could download any content that he had uploaded or created — photos, wall posts, messages, etc.; however, he could only get a list of his friends, no contact information that […]

The NYT Bits blog broke the story of an Android app called the “SMS replicator.”  This odious piece of spyware is described here; unless it’s a prank, the idea is that a stalker type with momentary access to someone else’s Android phone can install it.  It doesn’t show up as an icon, but runs quietly […]

JZ asked for suggestions of good note-managing systems, and here’s what y’all said: “Scrivener on Mac is awesome.” “Zotero add-on for Firefox. Free and syncs across computers.” “Try Devon Agent + Devon Note for research and Avenir for writing.” “Tiddlywiki is the way to go.It is simple, versatile, portable, platform independent and very effective.” “If […]

T-Mobile gives its G2 Droid amnesia. The G2s appearing on T-Mobile shelves this week come with an extra piece of hardware, and it’s not a free car charger. If G2 owners teach their Droids (either by coding or downloading software) to do something that interferes with T-Mobile’s business model, the company-installed rootkit will induce short-term […]