Faintly distracting, but ultimately unsatisfying, ad for the new Treo, where people walk across an intersection doing different things depending on what feature of the Treo the ad is pumping. I have a couple of questions: Why do none of these people ever look left and right before crossing the road? Why is there no … Read more
Ok, not the question on the tip of your tongue, but bear with me. Geoencryption, or geo-encryption, boils down to: How about if you could only access data when you’re at a certain spot? It’s not a new idea: the brains behind it, Dorothy Denning, a veteran of cryptology has been talking about it for … Read more
Here’s something I recorded for the BBC World Service Business Daily show on presentations. Email me if you’d like the transcript. If you want to subscribe to an RSS feed of this podcast you can do so here, or it can be found on iTunes. My Loose Wire column for The Wall Street Journal Asia … Read more
A Loose Wireless podcast on the security of mobile phones, courtesy of the BBC World Service. http://www.jeremywagstaff.com/LW061203.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
I shouldn’t boast too much about this, I know, since you’re all going to get horribly jealous, but I just received a very exciting email, courtesy of the nice folks over at eBay, congratulating me on an impressive year (or is it 10?) of dedicated custom: Now my friend Jim says this is the lamest … Read more