by Joseph Forbes | Mar 28, 2013 | NERD NEWS
from the dude-you’re-buying-dell dept. Dell has confirmed it has received ‘two alternative acquisition proposals’ from billionaire investor Carl Icahn and the world’s largest equity firm Blackstone. These bids rival the $24.4 billion offer made...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 28, 2013 | MONEY, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
Profanity-laced news conference by T-Mobile CEO Legere launches an “un-carrier” with big LTE plans In a profane, foul-mouthed, ad-libbed presentation, T-Mobile CEO John Legere Tuesday trumpeted his company’s previously announced...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 27, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, MONEY, PIRACY, PRIVACY, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
The MPAA, RIAA and the Internet providers participating in the “six strikes” anti-piracy scheme have informed the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee about their plans. The MPAA’s Marianne Grant gave a detailed overview explaining how they gather evidence...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 27, 2013 | LAW, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, PRIVACY
from the did-you-really-expect-anything-else dept. Despite calls to limit the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, it looks like Congress is planning to drastically expand the law and penalties. walterbyrd writes with a few of the major changes listed in the draft bill (22...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 27, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET, TECHNOLOGY
from the meanwhile-my-att-dsl-crawls-along-poorly dept. The TCP protocol is closely coupled with the underlying IP protocol. Once a TCP connection has been established through one IP address, the other packets of the connection must be sent from this address. This...
