by Joseph Forbes | Mar 27, 2013 | Blog Entry, HACKING, HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, SECURITY, Technicals
from the say-cheese dept. Users’ desire to share things online has influenced many markets, including the digital camera one. Newer cameras increasingly sport built-in Wi-Fi capabilities or allow users to add SD cards to achieve them in order to be able to...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 26, 2013 | Blog Entry, ENTERTIANMENT
Near the beginning of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, as the noble pirate Jim Raynor and the psychic-soldier-turned-evil-Zerg-queen-turned-confused-human Sarah Kerrigan are escaping from a squad of invading marines, Kerrigan picks up a gun. “Been a long...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 26, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the trying-a-different-flavor dept. This should make VMware nervous. PayPal and eBay are yanking VMware software from some 80,000 servers and replacing it with OpenStack. Initially, PayPal is replacing VMware on about 10,000 computer servers. Those servers will...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 26, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, INTERNET, LAW, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the boy-this-slope-sure-feels-slippery dept. “The U.S. government is expanding a cybersecurity program that scans Internet traffic headed into and out of defense contractors to include far more of the country’s private, civilian-run infrastructure. As...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 25, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, MONEY, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
from the and-they’ll-pass-the-spendings-on-to-you dept. PayPal, Google Wallet and other online payment systems face higher transaction fees from MasterCard in retaliation for their refusal to share data on what people are spending. Visa is likely to follow suit....
