More on redacting or editing to hide your personal information. We’ve already shown you how to redact in Word, but what about images and PDF files? Images Almost any image editor will let you black out parts of the picture. Here’s how with Windows Paint, which comes with all versions of Windows. Start Windows Paint […]
Redaction is ‘black-lining’ a document so other people can’t see personal or confidential information. Governments, companies and individuals all do it, though few go as far as the European Commission which released a 14 page letter from a tobacco company with almost completely redacted including, in some cases, the page number (see bottom right). Redaction […]
As a long time space buff, anything NASA related will get a look from me but http://www.firstmenonthemoon.com/ is really impressive. Anyone interested in the first manned moon landing will love the site: They’ve combined and synchronized the audio, video and some data from the landing sequence into a single display. Hit Play and watch the […]
In the UK there’s a very sad example of email going awry. Hundreds of people with HIV being ‘outed’ when a London clinic sent out an email newsletter wrongly. A staffer at the clinic sent out a regular newsletter but put the names & emails of the recipients in the TO or CC box instead […]
Microsoft has released a new Office app called Snip. Snip is a way to grab images from your screen or camera, edit them and then insert into Office documents or emails as well as share on social media. Snip is from Microsoft Garage meaning it’s in preview and perhaps a test of concepts and technologies […]
