The new microblogging service identi.ca has been online for some time now and its user base is growing steadily. It hasn’t gotten as much attention as Twitter or Jaiku to name a few, but identi.ca offers some features that are quite compelling to geeks as myself.
Perhaps the best thing about identi.ca is that its an [...]

I don’t think there’s any geek that hasn’t read (or at least knows about) the novel 1984. The literary work of George Orwell tells the story of Winston Smith, a citizen of the futuristic nation Oceania. Winston lives under the constant watch of Big Brother. No doubt many of you are more familiar with the [...]

A report on an Italian blog informs us about a new law that could pass in Italy that will require all bloggers to register their blogs or website, produce certificates, pay a tax and have a ‘responsible director’. Looks like the end of Free Speech in Italy…

According to this Article over at Ars Technica, the UK government can now demand that you hand over your encryption keys or provide full access to the decrypted data. Up to 5 years in jail if you fail to comply with police or military orders to release your encryption keys or your data in [...]

It has been unleashed unto the world, well at least to the USA, the iPhone. It’s bound to be as successful as the iPod, this little wonder of technology. But the truth is that the iPhone is a seriously crippled device.
Many features that should have been there are missing: Java, decent Bluetooth support, and [...]

In this article I’ll help you get started with GnuPG, the GNU Privacy Guard. Instead of writing another GnuPG manual, I’ll teach you how to generate your first keypair, sign/verify files and encrypt/decrypt files.

If you don’t know what GnuPG is, this description from the official website will clear things up for you.
GnuPG is the GNU [...]