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...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 22, 2013 | NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the back-by-popular-demand dept. According to media reports about leaked Windows 8.1 code, the next incarnation of Microsoft’s flagship operating system will have an option to boot directly to the desktop. People have discovered ‘references to a...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 22, 2013 | SOFTWARE, Technical Support, Technicals
from the high-cost-of-upgrading dept. During a recent trip to an eye doctor, I noticed that she was still using Windows XP. After I suggested that she might need to upgrade soon, she said she couldn’t because she couldn’t afford the $10,000 fee involved...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 21, 2013 | DATA, NERD NEWS, SECURITY
In the next couple of days Microsoft plans to introduce an extension that will make the login process for Microsoft accounts more secure. The method, called “two-step verification” in a blog post, will require not only a conventional password, but also a...
