by Joseph Forbes | Apr 13, 2013 | SECURITY, SOFTWARE, Technical Support, Technicals
from the but-thanks-for-testing-it dept. Microsoft announced last night that it has stopped pushing a security update originally released on Patch Tuesday because the fix is causing some PCs to blue-screen. Microsoft recommends users uninstall the patch, which is also...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 12, 2013 | INTERNET, Malware Reports
from the sometimes-that’s-just-what-you-want-to-find dept. According to an 18-month study from German independent testing lab AV-Test, searches on Bing returned five times more links to malicious websites than Google searches. The study looked at nearly 40...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 12, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET
from the get-off-your-duffs-and-invest-in-awesome-internet dept. Within hours of Google announcing that Austin, Texas would be the next lucky recipient of its Google Fiber initiative, AT&T released a statement indicating that it was willing to build a high-speed...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 12, 2013 | HAPPINESS, INTERNET, MONEY, NERD NEWS, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
from the good-god,-this-applicant-is-using-Lynx dept. The internet browser you are using to read this blog post could help a potential employer decide whether or not you would do well at a job. How might your choice of browser affect your job prospects? When choosing...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 12, 2013 | HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the take-a-look dept. Intel recently revealed a number of details regarding future Atom and Xeon processors and proposed server rack-level enhancements to improve efficiency and ease upgrades. The company will soon refresh its Xeon and Atom processor lines with...
