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Jim RosicaNovember 17, 2015

Legislation that would protect one’s “digital assets” after death easily cleared its first review committee on Tuesday. The Senate Judiciary committee unanimously OK’d the bill (SB 494) on a 9-0 vote. Under the bill, someone of your choosing could have access to and control your financial accounts, social media and anything else you have online after your death. […]

Guest AuthorNovember 16, 2015

Over the weekend, images of wanton bloodshed in Paris were conveyed to Americans. Unlike ISIS’ other barbaric attacks, including the horrific bombing of a Russian airliner about a week previous, this attack seemed to hit closer to home. The Paris attacks raised the level of concern and awareness of the ISIS threat to this country. […]

Guest AuthorNovember 15, 2015

Over the weekend, images of wanton bloodshed in Paris were conveyed to Americans. Unlike ISIS’ other barbaric attacks, including the horrific bombing of a Russian airliner about a week previous, this attack seemed to hit closer to home. The Paris attacks raised the level of concern and awareness of the ISIS threat to this country. […]

Jim RosicaOctober 12, 2015

State Sen. Dorothy Hukill wants to protect your ghost in the machine. The Port Orange Republican has refiled a bill (SB 494) that would protect one’s “digital assets” after death, meaning someone of your choosing could have access to and control your financial accounts, social media and anything else you have online. Her bill last session died before […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 16, 2015

“Goodbye yellow brick road…where the dogs of society howl.” – Elton John My son Zachary had a date last year and she canceled on him twice at the last minute. The first time, he rescheduled without a problem. The second time? He suggested they move on. Fast forward to the first week of school this […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 15, 2015

Enterprise Florida is finally hanging up the tie. The state’s public-private economic development organization raised hackles a couple of years ago when it debuted a new logo that used a tie in place of the “i” in Florida. A slew of commenters took to the agency’s Facebook page to lambaste the logo as sexist. “I think […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 14, 2015

Windows 10 is here and people are jumping all over it like hipsters at Urban Outfitters. It’s estimated 50 million users have upgraded to the new version. The Start button in all its glory, has returned to the Windows Operating System, and making most users glad. The last version of Windows tried to embrace the […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 9, 2015

Debbie Wasserman Schultz was in Tampa last week for a fundraiser for the Florida Democratic Party, and when she confronted Alan Clendenin, things got a little chilly. It was “as good as it always goes,” says Clendenin of the strained meeting that took pace at the law offices of Swope, Rodante in Ybor City. Although the two mix like […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 4, 2015

It was famed actor, celebrity and humanitarian George Clooney who once said that he doesn’t tweet. “Just because, I like to have a drink at night. I could easily say something stupid, and I also don’t think you need to be that available.” But there are lots of folks who just can’t help expressing themselves via the tools of […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 3, 2015

Have you heard? A new drug is set to hit pharmacies in mid-October, called flibanserin, marketed as Addyi, and meant to treat “female sexual dysfunction.” Reports erroneously compare the drug to Viagra. Viagra increases blood flow to the penis and helps about 100 percent of the men who use it. Addyi works more like an […]

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Digital assets bill breezes through first committee

Steven Kurlander: Faux unité avec Paris — ditching internationalism to protect the American Dream

Steven Kurlander: Faux unité avec Paris — ditching internationalism to protect the American Dream

Dorothy Hukill tries again to protect “digital assets”

Catherine Durkin Robinson: No more emails or texts – my journey back to the personal

Enterprise Florida drops tie from logo

Blake Dowling: Windows 10 cool, but with caveats

FDP Vice-Chair Alan Clendenin not backing away from criticism of Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Mitch Perry Report for 9.4.15 – Sam Rashid is not backing down

Catherine Durkin Robinson: If women’s sex drive dips, a pill may not be the solution