by Joseph Forbes | Apr 12, 2013 | Cloud Apps, HARDWARE, INTERNET, MONEY, NERD NEWS, SOFTWARE, Technicals
from the you’re-not-helping dept. IDC says Windows 8 is partly to blame for PC sales suffering the largest percentage drop ever. ‘As if that news wasn’t’ troubling enough, it appears that a pivotal makeover of Microsoft’s ubiquitous...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 10, 2013 | Cloud Apps, DATA, ENTERTIANMENT, HACKING, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, PIRACY
from the somehow-not-stymied-by-DRM dept. hypnosec writes with news that a group of Russian hackers have compromised the security of Ubisoft’s digital distribution platform, uPlay, finding a way for users of the service to download any of its games for free....
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 3, 2013 | Cloud Apps, DATA, INTERNET, NERD NEWS
from the if-you-can’t-beat-’em dept. Microsoft on Wednesday released SkyDrive 3.0 for iOS out of the blue. Last time the app was in the news, Apple was stopping Microsoft from pushing out an update in the App Store because the company doesn’t pay a...
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...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 28, 2013 | Cloud Apps, DATA, INTERNET, NERD NEWS
Yes, Google Reader is going away, and yes, there are great alternatives. However, if you’re tired of web services shutting down on you, why not take matters into your own hands? Tiny Tiny RSS is a free, open-source syncing RSS platform with more features than...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 22, 2013 | Cloud Apps, DATA, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
Cloud-based subscription service for Office 365 Home Premium offers good value and convenience Microsoft has been dishing out various flavors of Office 2013 since November 2012, when enterprises with volume license plans got first access to the finished software. In...
