Month: August 2015

Microsoft’s New Privacy Statement Is Appalling

As Microsoft shifts their products into the “cloud” generation it seems they have decided that your data is their data. The recent release of Windows 10 has brought attention to their privacy statement which says: Finally, we will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other […]

Stop Skype and PulseAudio From “Uncorking” Media Players

PulseAudio has a neat feature that allows applications to “uncork” media players like Rhythmbox, Banshee, etc when certain events happen. For example: when a call comes in Skype pauses your music so you can answer without fiddling around to pause manually. Unfortunately Skype also deems the “contact coming online” and “contact going offline” events as […]