by Joseph Forbes | Apr 5, 2013 | MONEY, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, TECHNOLOGY
from the also-conducive-for-uninformed-panic dept. NASA researchers have compared nuclear power to fossil fuel energy sources in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution-related deaths. Using nuclear power in place of coal and gas power has prevented some...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 5, 2013 | HAPPINESS, HARDWARE, LAW, MONEY, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, TECHNOLOGY
from the not-the-best-resume-builder dept. Last fall, the state of Washington passed a marijuana legalization referendum, and needed to acquire an outside consultant to run the program. ‘As it normally does, the state put out a request for proposal for a...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 4, 2013 | HACKING, INTERNET
from the north-korea-has-a-flickr-page? dept. With tensions on the Korean peninsula continuing to rise, Anonymous hacked into the government-run North Korean Flickr site to post a ‘wanted’ poster for NK leader Kim Jong Un. It says that he is wanted for...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 4, 2013 | Blog Entry, LAW, MONEY, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
from the postcard-vs.-envelope dept. Alfred Anaya was a custom stereo installer who branched out to making secret compartments for valuables, who the DEA sent to prison as a co-conspirator when a drug dealer used his creation to smuggle drugs. But Wired points out the...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 4, 2013 | SECURITY, SOFTWARE, Technicals
In celebration of spring’s onset, today we’re providing advance notification for the April 2013 release of nine bulletins; two Critical and seven Important. The Critical bulletins address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer, and the seven...
