by Joseph Forbes | Feb 28, 2013 | Blog Entry, HAPPINESS
When I was a young designer, I always asked other people how they got noticed for their work. The answer I most consistently received was “do good work.” Now, when people ask me the same question, I respond with the same answer. Good work always speaks for...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 28, 2013 | Blog Entry, INTERNET, SECURITY, Technicals, Web Hosting
from the keeping-the-lights-on dept. There has been worldwide (all locations) total outage of storage in Microsoft’s Azure cloud. Apparently “Microsoft unwittingly let an online security certificate expire Friday, triggering a worldwide outage in an online...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 27, 2013 | Blog Entry
Jean-Ian Boutin, who works for AV firm Eset, has discovered trojans that carry a valid digital signature. This potentially allows online banking spyware to pass superficial tests as harmless. Apparently, the certificate in question was issued by the DigiCert...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 27, 2013 | Blog Entry, GMAIL, Technical Support, Technicals
Maintaining inbox zero and dealing with old emails takes work (for some, too much work!). This Google Apps script lightens the load a bit by automatically archiving or deleting old emails that are cluttering your inbox, based on a schedule you set. Whipped up by John...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 26, 2013 | Blog Entry, TECHNOLOGY
from the mr.-fusion dept. If Joseph Zawodny, a senior scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center, is correct, the future of energy may lie in a nuclear reactor small enough and safe enough to be installed where the home water heater once sat. Using weak nuclear...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 26, 2013 | Blog Entry, HACKING, HARDWARE, Technicals
from the thanks-for-the-tablet-sirs dept. At last year’s RSA security conference, we ran into the Pwnie Plug. The company has just come out with a new take on the same basic idea of pen-testing devices based on commodity hardware. Reader puddingebola writes with...
