Michael Becker is the Web Editor of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. He has been a blogger and professional journalist since 2005, covering subjects ranging from nonprofits and crime to engineering and technology.
The Montana Department of Labor and Industry is warning employers in the state of a emailed phishing scam that is after former employees’ information. Labor… Read More »Email phishing scam seeks former employee information
We got a press release today from the local NBC affiliate, KTVM, promoting an upcoming special report it will air next week on guns in… Read More »News station sends press release saying it’s doing news
UPDATE: [The Great Falls Tribune has posted a story](http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20130212/NEWS01/302120010/Montana-s-zombie-hoax-likely-linked-similar-false-alert-Michigan) with more details and which also mentions the Michigan hacks. Reporter Michael Beall spoke with the… Read More »UPDATED: Hackers transmit zombie alerts over EAS in Great Falls and Michigan
Yesterday, I rolled out a redesigned version of our [photo galleries page][gallery] that aims to simplify what had been a cluttered and mostly overlooked page.
A website unveiled Thursday by Gov. Steve Bullock lets the public look at portions of the state of Montana’s checkbook in detail. Bullock announced the… Read More »Montana launches online checkbook site
Responding to a court order, a newspaper in Redding, Calif., will release contact information for an anonymous commenter on its website who may have witnessed… Read More »Court orders compelling some U.S. papers to “out” anonymous commenters
“Today I have on my desk a smartphone, a tablet, and a Mac computer. To move data between them, today the request goes all the… Read More »The Internet is growing in complexity and networking labs are trying to keep up
The really cool thing about this $25 computer is that its leaps and bounds more powerful than the $1,600 Packard Bell monster I got in… Read More »Simple, $25 Raspberry Pi computer an unexpected hit
The Montana Legislature began yesterday, and I found myself looking for a good Twitter list of legislators to follow. After several pleas on the social… Read More »Creating a systematic Montana legislator Twitter list
Here’s a quick note to let you dear readers know that I am, indeed, still alive and have survived the Mayan apocalypse intact. In fact,… Read More »Absence of posts explained