Early on during the Second World War there was a period known as the Phoney War, a point when everyone had declared war but nobody was actually attacking anyone yet. The exact opposite is what we’re seeing right now with online cyber-attacks. Officially no one has declared war, but the attacks are happening all the […]

My 15-inch MacBook Pro is three years old — I got it in the summer of 2008 — and it has been a wonderful, beautiful, powerful computer, a constant and beloved companion, traveling everywhere with me. I’ve written mountains of words on this thing. But a few months ago something strange started to happen. First, […]