by Joseph Forbes | Feb 7, 2013 | Blog Entry, GMAIL
by Thorin Klosowski Gmail is one of the best email clients out there, but even though it’s packed with features out of the box, it’s still not perfect. With that in mind, here are some of our favorite browser extensions and plugins for taking complete...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 6, 2013 | Blog Entry, HARDWARE, NERD NEWS
from the tiny-penguins-with-hats dept. Barebones mini PCs have been around for a while, and the latest one from Zotac is pretty unique. For $270, the Zbox ID42 offers a Sandy Bridge CPU, a discrete GeForce graphics processor, and all the integrated I/O and networking...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 5, 2013 | Blog Entry
from the all-a-secret-plot dept. “Yesterday afternoon, Kaspersky Labs released a definition update that blocked all Internet and Intranet access on Windows XP workstations. While there has been no official communication from Kaspersky, their forum is lit up with...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 5, 2013 | Blog Entry, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL
from the hope-the-repository-doesn’t-go-down dept. Aeon Magazine ran a longform critique of Open Source politics last week titled ‘Open Sesame: “Openness” is the new magic word in politics – but should governments really be run like...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 4, 2013 | Blog Entry, HEALTH
If America’s shorelines begin shrinking at an alarming rate, it may not be due to global warming. It may just be that we’re so fat we’re in danger of sinking an entire continent. Okay, a hyperbole perhaps, but the report just out, from non-profits Robert Wood...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 3, 2013 | Blog Entry
If you like to pay with plastic at your local department store or independent retailer, get ready: you may be subject to new credit card fees up to 4% of your transaction. A recent legal battle between credit card companies and a group of retailers has ended, and the...
