by Joseph Forbes | Mar 31, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, INTERNET, KnowledgeBase (KB), PRIVACY, SECURITY, Technical Support, TECHNOLOGY, Web Hosting
from the like-soapy-water-for-your-inner-tube dept. I’m a ‘prosumer’ website builder, have a few sites that are mainly hobbies, but I would like to know that they’re at least fairly robust. I’m thinking of the equivalent of a...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 31, 2013 | Blog Entry, MONEY, NERD NEWS
from the bank-error-in-their-favor dept. Almost no one likes their carrier. And with the behavior described in this article, it’s not surprising. TechCrunch catches T-Mobile taking money from a new pay-as-you-go customer after signing her up to its own premium...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 30, 2013 | Blog Entry, ENTERTIANMENT, HARDWARE, KnowledgeBase (KB), NERD NEWS, Technical Support, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
The iPhone and iPad are fantastic gaming devices, but unfortunately a lot of games still try to emulate gamepads with onscreen buttons on the touch screen and it just doesn’t work that well. Thankfully, a jailbreak app called Blutrol lets you turn a handful of...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 30, 2013 | Blog Entry, HAPPINESS, MONEY, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL
from the take-note-managers dept. The number of IT professionals considering leaving their job due to workplace stress has jumped from 69% last year to 73%. One-third of those surveyed cited dealing with managers as their most stressful job requirement, particularly...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 30, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, HACKING, INTERNET, SECURITY
from the phishing-the-space-station dept. How is spacecraft development — from the space parts supply chain to actual space operations — protected from those who would try to penetrate or disrupt the networks involved in that process? The U.S. Air Force Research...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 30, 2013 | Blog Entry, Cloud Apps, DATA, INTERNET, MONEY, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY, Web Hosting
Expion wins our test of eight enterprise-grade social media monitoring tools As businesses make more use of social networks, the number of engagement, analysis and monitoring tools has exploded. Enterprises are trying to understand their return on social media...