by Joseph Forbes | Apr 24, 2013 | NERD NEWS, SOFTWARE
from the houston-we-have-a-problem dept. Thousands of PCs have been crippled by a faulty update from security vendor Malwarebytes that marked legitimate system files as malware code. The update definition meant Malwarebytes’ software treated essential...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 23, 2013 | Cloud Apps, DATA, TECHNOLOGY
from the nicht-ohne-meine-ketten dept. In a recent blog post, Netflix details their plans to transition from Silverlight to HTML5, but with one caveat: HTML5 needs to include a built-in DRM scheme. With the W3C’s proposed Encrypted Media Extensions, this may...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 23, 2013 | HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
If you’re building an HTPC, a small workstation, or you just don’t want your rig to take up tons of space under or on top of your desk, you need a smaller PC case. Something that fits the important stuff, but doesn’t waste a lot of space on expansion...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 22, 2013 | HAPPINESS, MONEY
While I’m not one to advocate many personal development hacks, there is one “hack” that I think everyone should use: have high standards for yourself. Having high personal standards will almost immediately force personal growth, and will help you...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 22, 2013 | DATA, LAW, MONEY, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
A House committee doesn’t change the cyberthreat sharing bill enough to win support from some digital rights groups A U.S. House of Representatives committee failed to make the changes necessary to allay fears about government surveillance in a controversial...