Paul McNamara

Articles by Paul McNamara

Did ‘crowdsourcing’ impede Fossett search?

Search and rescue pros say the volunteer search added more complexity than it was worth

Who should pay for lost data?

If you don't back up your drive before taking it inn to be swapped, are you entitled to be compensated? Readers are split.

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Crustacean security still gets in real security

Exclusive reliance on a perimeter firewall gives you crustacean security: security with a hard outer shell, which when (not if) penetrated offers up a tender and easy-to-pick inside.

Hello, you have reached my iPhone

No one could possibly be so enamored of their iPhone

Why PDF spam went pffft

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E-mail etiquette question: Thanks or no thanks?

The unadorned thanks is considered by some to be gratuitous, at best, and at worst an annoying waste of everyone

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