What is systemmigrationd?
If you see systemmigrationd running on your Mac, here is what this Migration Assistant process does.
Mac
2009
65 posts
What is SCHelper?
If you see SCHelper running on your Mac, here is what this system configuration helper does.
Mac
The Janson Directive by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Janson Directive, ex-agent Paul Janson rescues philanthropist Peter Novak from terrorists, only for the mission to fail spectacularly.
Books
Privacy Roundup #0031 • February 2009
February 2009 was dominated by the Conficker worm crippling courts and air forces, a Facebook revolt over who owns your data, and fresh scrutiny of location tracking and behavioural advertising.
Privacy
Monthly update #0226 • February 2009
Monthly update 226 • February 2009 • 2009-02-01 - 2009-02-28
Monthly Updates
What is diskarbitrationd?
If you see diskarbitrationd running on your Mac, here is what this disk mounting and ejection process does.
Mac
The Paris Option by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Paris Option, co-authored with Gayle Lynds, Covert-One's Jon Smith hunts a DNA computer after a lab explosion in Paris.
Books
Privacy Roundup #0030 • January 2009
January 2009 was dominated by the record Heartland card breach, the Conficker worm sweeping through hospitals and navies, and a run of high-profile account and database compromises.
Privacy
What is vsdbutil?
If you see vsdbutil on your Mac, here is what this volume permissions tool does.
Mac
Monthly update #0225 • January 2009
Monthly update 225 • January 2009 • 2009-01-01 - 2009-01-31
Monthly Updates
The $300 Million Button
The number of customers purchasing went up by 45%. The extra purchases resulted in an extra $15 million the first month. For the first year, the site saw an additional $300,000,000.
Development
The Sigma Protocol by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Sigma Protocol, banker Ben Hartman and agent Anna Navarro uncover a WWII-era cabal, Sigma, manipulating world events through assassinations and age-reversal tech.
Books
The Fourth Protocol by Frederick Forsyth
In Frederick Forsyth’s The Fourth Protocol, a gripping Cold War thriller, a Soviet agent named Valeri Petrofsky is sent to Britain to carry out a sneaky mission to blow up a nuclear device.
Books
Monthly update #0224 • December 2008
Monthly update 224 • December 2008 • 2008-12-01 - 2008-12-31
Monthly Updates
Privacy Roundup #0029 • December 2008
December 2008 closed the year with a landmark Strasbourg ruling against the UK DNA database, fresh deep packet inspection rows, and a clutch of payment and government data failures.
Privacy