by Joseph Forbes | Mar 12, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET, Technical Support, Technicals
from the be-a-dear-and-install-the-cloud-on-my-computer dept. My mother uses a recent enough PC running Windows XP and has a broadband connection, but her primary method of interacting with the online world remains the AOL software. She also likes to download and use...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 12, 2013 | NERD NEWS
from the profit-above-all dept. It seems that the requirement to be online and save games on a remote server even in single player mode is leading to a less than ideal launch for SimCity 5. choke writes “Players attempting to play EA/Maxis’ new SimCity...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 12, 2013 | INTERNET, SECURITY, Technical Support, Technicals
On its March Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released 7 bulletins to close 20 security holes. Four of the updates are rated critical; they affect Windows, Internet Explorer, Silverlight (including the Windows 8 version), Office, and the Microsoft Server software....
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 11, 2013 | NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, PRIVACY
from the international-tantrum dept. Last week, North Korea promised a “preemptive nuclear strike” prior to a UN vote on new sanctions. Despite the threat, the sanctions were unanimously approved. North Korea has responded by killing a Red Cross hotline...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 11, 2013 | DATA, MONEY, NERD NEWS
from the using-their-keywords dept. Google senior vice president Amit Singhal, one of the executives heading up the company’s search-engine operations, sat down with Guy Kawasaki, former chief evangelist for Apple and author, at one of this year’s SXSW...
