by Joseph Forbes | Apr 11, 2013 | Blog Entry
Many of the comments were written at the time (which explains why some of them are in the first person): 100 email hacks (e-book). No matter how good you are at managing email, there’ll be something useful for you in this little treasure trove, which was written by...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 11, 2013 | Blog Entry
from the protect-ya-neck dept. The questioner on Quora asks: ‘When is the difference between 99% accuracy and 99.9% accuracy very important?’ And the most popular answer provided cites an example familiar to all of you: service level agreements. However,...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 10, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET, Internet Scam Notices, SECURITY, SOFTWARE, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the or-perhaps-a-catalog-of-people-doing-dangerous-things dept. This is an article about a search engine that is designed to look for devices on the net that are not really intended to be viewed and used by the general public. Devices include pool filters,...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 10, 2013 | Microsoft Security Response Center, SECURITY
Windows XP was originally released on August 24, 2001. Since that time, high-speed Internet connections and wireless networking have gone from being a rarity to the norm, and Internet usage has grown from 360 million to almost two-and-a-half billion users. Thanks to...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 10, 2013 | DATA, GMAIL, HAPPINESS, INTERNET, MONEY, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the assuming-north-korea-leaves-it-intact dept. As earlier rumors suggested, Google Fiber will indeed roll out in Austin, Texas, with the first homes receiving service in mid-2014. The delay is due to the need for a whole new fiber network to be deployed for the...
