Sysinternals: Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far. The entire experience was frustrating and irritating. Not only had Sony put software on my system that uses techniques commonly used by malware to mask its presence, the software is poorly written and provides no means for uninstall.

IBM developerWorks: Take off the training wheels. The result is similar to what many people find after putting training wheels on a child's bicycle: the vehicle is more cumbersome and the child never learns to ride it properly. This month I'll count the ways excessive protections make computers harder to use and more accident prone.

Scott Berkun: The data death spiral. Data is good: it dispels ignorance and raises questions, but it has its place. Data doesn’t make decisions or come up with good ideas: people do. As soon as you discount people in the name of data, the downward spiral begins.