Iron Man (2008), directed by Jon Favreau, follows a billionaire weapons maker who builds a suit of armour to escape captivity and decides to use it to protect the world. Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark, a genius with more charm than sense.
If you see DesktopServicesHelper running on your Mac, here is what this Finder helper process does.
If you see hidd in Activity Monitor or in a firewall log, here is what this macOS process does.
In Robert Ludlum’s The Aquitaine Progression, a massive Cold War thriller, international lawyer Joel Converse gets entangled in a deadly conspiracy when a mysterious figure in Geneva drops a bombshell: a secret military cabal called the Aquitaine is plotting to take over the world.
Monthly update 215 • March 2008 • 2008-03-01 - 2008-03-31
March 2008 was dominated by Phorm's deep packet inspection scandal in Britain, alongside large card breaches, passport snooping and a fresh wave of biometric surveillance schemes.
Easter has become central to how I view the world. Jesus rose after his crucifixion to bring salvation.
Good Friday has become central to how I view the world. Jesus died on the cross to bring salvation.
The Golden Compass (2007), directed by Chris Weitz, is based on the first book of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. Dakota Blue Richards plays Lyra Belacqua, a young girl raised at Jordan College in Oxford who sets out on a journey to the frozen North to rescue stolen children.
In Frederick Forsyth’s epic thriller, The Day of the Jackal, a mysterious assassin known only as “The Jackal” is hired by the OAS, a French terrorist group, to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle in 1963.
February 2008 was dominated by the Phorm data-pimping scandal in Britain, a run of government data losses, and fresh proof that disk encryption keys can be lifted straight from a powered-down laptop.
In Robert Ludlum’s The Parsifal Mosaic, a heart-pounding Cold War thriller, intelligence officer Michael Havelock’s world crumbles on a moonlit Costa Brava beach.
Monthly update 214 • February 2008 • 2008-02-01 - 2008-02-29
If you see airportd running on your Mac, here is what this process does and why it manages your Wi-Fi.
In Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Ultimatum, the epic conclusion to the original Bourne trilogy, Jason Bourne faces his toughest challenge yet.
January 2008 was dominated by Britain's cascade of lost laptops and discs, the finalised REAL ID rules, and fresh proposals to wiretap encrypted internet traffic on both sides of the Atlantic.
Monthly update 213 • January 2008 • 2008-01-01 - 2008-01-31
If you see automountd running on your Mac, here is what this automatic file system mounting process does.
In Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Supremacy, the thrilling sequel to The Bourne Identity, Jason Bourne, now living peacefully with Marie St. Jacques in Maine, is dragged back into a dangerous game when a mysterious impostor using his name causes chaos in Asia.
Monthly update 212 • December 2007 • 2007-12-01 - 2007-12-31
December 2007 closed a grim year for personal data, as a fresh wave of lost British discs and laptops met social-network tracking, advertising mergers and a global surveillance league of shame.