Unidesk and Curvature violate their Privacy Policies

Each business day, I receive 5 to 15 cold calls and emails from companies wanting “just 15 minutes of my time” to tell me about their products and services. The voicemail box of my predecessor received 31 solicitation voicemails this week, and he left the company six months ago. While I understand those salespeople and …

Replacing Windows Media Center with a Tablo OTA DVR

In 2007, I cut the cord and adopted Microsoft’s Windows Media Center on Windows Vista Ultimate. I purchased a Shuttle XPC small form factor computer for one TV and an Xbox 360 with its built-in Windows Media Center Extender for remote access on another TV. Windows Media Center was wonderful. It had an elegant 10-foot …

Seeking Idera’s Data Privacy Officer

In the past year, I have received seven cold emails from Idera account managers Marc Colvin and Atif Siddiqui. For each, I replied something along the lines of “Please unsubscribe, please do not solicit, please opt-out” in both the subject and body. I often also cc:ed the following email addresses: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]