by Joseph Forbes | Mar 23, 2013 | DATA, LAW, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, POLITICAL, TECHNOLOGY
from the still-hungover-from-sopa dept. Slashdotters may remember the launch of the Internet Defense League, a network for website owners that would allow for the replication of a media campaign similar to the one that took down SOPA. Now it plans to spring into...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 23, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, TECHNOLOGY
from the and-many-moore dept. Intel’s Pentium processor was launched 20 years ago today, a move that led to the firm becoming the dominant supplier of computer chips across the globe. This article has some original iComp benchmark scores, rating the 66MHz...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 23, 2013 | DATA, NERD NEWS, SECURITY
from the who-do-you-trust? dept. “A vulnerability discovered by researchers at UC Berkeley enabled attackers to eavesdrop on and modify calls and text messages sent using T-Mobile’s ‘Wi-Fi Calling’ feature. According to Jethro Beekman and...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 22, 2013 | INTERNET, LAW, MONEY, NERD NEWS
SonicSpike excerpts from CNet’s coverage of the latest in the seemingly inevitable path toward consistently applied Internet sales taxes for U.S citizens: “Internet tax supporters are hoping that a vote in the U.S. Senate as early as today will finally...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 22, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, NERD NEWS
from the why-since-you-asked dept. Microsoft has released a report of all the subpoenas and other requests it got from law enforcement in 2012, and the way it responded to them. This is similar to the Google Transparency Report.
