Neowin is one of the most informative techie sites out there, always worth a regular read. Today, they’ve got part one of a reclaim your online privacy series. The tips are quite drastic and in part two they’ll show you how to get some privacy back without going quite so far.

It is very hard to keep a low profile if you are online – Google, Twitter, Facebook etc know a lot more about you than …

I started a Twitter “meme” on Friday, #mundanemetal. Idea was a bit of fun on a Friday: substitute a word or two in a rock song title for something more mundane, as in “Boat on the Water” instead of Smoke on the Water, the Deep Purple Classic. “Stairlift to Heaven” as an alternative to the Led Zeppelin masterpiece and …

A new WordPress plugin makes it rather easy to uncensor sites that have been blocked for whatever reason. In just a few clicks you can establish a proxy site using the well-known blogging software.

It could become an essential tool for users in countries that restrict free speech, which is pretty much everywhere to a greater or lesser extent. The plugin would also help defeat implementations of  PIPA or  SOPA  in the US that will, should …