by Joseph Forbes | Mar 15, 2013 | LAW, MONEY, PIRACY, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
from the you-can-trust-us dept. The Obama administration is drawing up plans to give all U.S. spy agencies full access to a massive database that contains financial data on American citizens and others who bank in the country, according to a Treasury Department...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 15, 2013 | Cloud Apps, DATA, HAPPINESS, INTERNET, NERD NEWS
Google announced today that it’ll be closing Google Reader’s doors on July 1st of this year, meaning you’ll need to find a new way to get your news fix. Here’s how to export all your feeds and put them into a new reader. Step One: Find a New...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 15, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, Technicals
A network storage device is one of the best ways to keep your data backed up, but it can be a little pricey to set up and leaving a computer on all the time sucks a lot of power. If you’re looking for a cheap and low power solution, How-To Geek shows off how to...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 14, 2013 | HAPPINESS, MONEY
We all know someone who loves to talk politics but sounds like a jerk every time they do. Talking about politics may be taboo for many of us but it doesn’t have to be. Discussing—not arguing—politics is important to broadening our horizons, cementing our...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 14, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
The company said it was working to restore access, while users complained they were unable to use their accounts Microsoft experienced disruptions for several hours to its online suite of mail, calendar and storage services, leaving many users unable to access their...