by Joseph Forbes | Jul 26, 2013 | HACKING, HEALTH, SECURITY, Technicals
from the too-young dept. A shocking and sad day today in the security industry. Well known hacker Barnaby Jack has passed away, sending a shock through the security community. Jack, a famed white hat hacker, was scheduled to present at the Black Hat conference on...
by Joseph Forbes | Jul 24, 2013 | Blog Entry, TECHNOLOGY
from the bill-just-wants-a-vat-of-molten-salt dept. TerraPower, the Gates-chaired nuclear power company, has garnered the most attention for pursuing traveling wave reactor tech, which runs entirely on spent uranium and would rarely need to be refueled. But Terrapower...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 29, 2013 | SOFTWARE, Technical Support, Technicals
from the they-love-you-as-long-as-everything-works dept. When you call your business Penguin Computer & Telephone Solutions, it’s obvious that Linux is your favorite operating system. Company owner Frank Sflanga, Jr. happily works on Windows, Mac and...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 28, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, HARDWARE, SECURITY
from the insufficient-forethought dept. Using a Samsung Galaxy SIII — one of the most popular smartphones available in Canada — and a free app downloaded from the Google Play store, CBC was able to read information such as a card number, expiry date and cardholder...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 28, 2013 | HAPPINESS, MONEY, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
It’s the most common question I receive from aspiring freelancers of all types: How much should I charge? The question comes packaged in various different guises—whether it is a beginner dipping their toes in the freelancing waters for the first time or someone...
