by Joseph Forbes | Mar 11, 2013 | DATA, INTERNET, LAW, MONEY, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, PRIVACY, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
The launch of the six strikes anti-piracy scheme in the United States has boosted demand for VPN services and BitTorrent proxies. Data from Google reveals a big surge in searches for terms such as “BitTorrent VPN” and “BitTorrent proxy” over the past two weeks. Some...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 11, 2013 | DATA, INTERNET, NERD NEWS
from the listen-up dept. Nate Silver feels a little odd about his fame. That’s not to say that he hasn’t worked to get to his enviable position. Thanks to his savvy with predictive models, and the huge readership platform provided by The New York Times...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 11, 2013 | Blog Entry, MONEY, NERD NEWS, Technicals
If your job sucks, and there’s nothing you can do about it, you may be tempted to look for another one. Be careful: remember job interviews are sales pitches as well as candidate evaluations, and all that glitters may not be gold. Here are some ways to cut...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 11, 2013 | HAPPINESS, MONEY
According to LIMRA’s 2011 Life Insurance Ownership Study, only one-third of Americans have individual life insurance coverage. While 56% of all workers have group life insurance through employers, that’s still a somewhat dismal number. It’s clear...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 11, 2013 | HACKING, SECURITY
Apple has fixed a security problem that had existed for some time in its App Store application on iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad). In July 2012, Google researcher Elie Bursztein found and reported to Apple that there were numerous vulnerabilities in its App Store app...