by Joseph Forbes | Apr 19, 2013 | Blog Entry, Data Recovery, KnowledgeBase (KB), SOFTWARE, Technical Support, Technicals
Windows 8 has been out for a while, featuring an interface that’s as cool as it is annoying . . . until you get the hang of it. But, like any computer operating system, it can fall over. Luckily, there is an easy way to solve the cause of most crashes; just call...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 19, 2013 | HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, SECURITY, Technical Support
Wireless IP cameras from Foscam and other vendors have serious security issues, researchers said at Hack in the Box Thousands of wireless IP cameras connected to the Internet have serious security weaknesses that allow attackers to hijack them and alter their...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 19, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the a-little-less dept. Lithium-ion batteries have long been thought to be free of the memory effects of other rechargeable batteries. However, this appears to be not the case. Scientists at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, together with colleagues from the...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 19, 2013 | Blog
With Java 7 Update 21, Oracle has made available a patch release that can be regarded as important. The release includes 42 patches that fix security issues; Oracle says that 39 of these issues potentially allow attackers to take control of computers without...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 19, 2013 | DATA, NERD NEWS, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
Going completely paperless has its advantages (and for many people won’t even take as much time and effort as you might think), but when you have paper documents going back many years (maybe even decades), it can be daunting and, plainly, not worth your time to...
