by Joseph Forbes | Apr 14, 2013 | DATA, ENTERTIANMENT, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, TECHNOLOGY
While Thou Shalt Not Steal is one of the best known ten commandments, there is no directive ordering Thou Shalt Not Copy. This glaring loophole in God’s law, which runs contrary to established entertainment industry doctrine, apparently allows priests to watch pirated...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 13, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, MONEY, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the year-of-the-linux-sorta-console-looking-thing dept. “Dell has launched a new Ubuntu gaming desktop (first ever?) . Alienware customers can now choose either Windows or Ubuntu when buying a new X51. Ubuntu option is initially available to U.S. customers...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 13, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, PRIVACY, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the please-see-previous-department-line dept. Recently, an article was posted on Slashdot about the claim that law enforcement made about being frustrated by their inability to decrypt messages using Apple’s iMessage. However, this article on Techdirt...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 13, 2013 | Blog Entry, HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, SECURITY, Technical Support, Technicals, Web Hosting
As you may know, Tuesday, a widespread “brute force” attack against WordPress sites started impacting sites across the internet. This attack is leveraging a botnet which looks to have more than one hundred thousand different computers at its...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 13, 2013 | NERD NEWS, SECURITY, SOFTWARE, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
One patch may be the first ever for Web Apps 2010 Windows 8 and Windows RT are subject to critical vulnerabilities that will be addressed on Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday next week, both by virtue of supporting Internet Explorer 10. The bulletin for the...
