by Joseph Forbes | Apr 14, 2013 | Cloud Apps, DATA, HARDWARE, KnowledgeBase (KB), NERD NEWS, SOFTWARE, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
The Kindle Fire HD is a cracking little tablet, but it’s very much Amazon’s way or the highway (the highway in this case being the Google Nexus 7) — you’re stuck with Amazon’s customized interface, Amazon’s choice of apps, and...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 14, 2013 | DATA, ENTERTIANMENT, GMAIL, HAPPINESS, HARDWARE, INTERNET, MONEY, NERD NEWS, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the beat-the-heat-stay-indoors-with-fiber dept. “With its technology-centric culture, the Silicon Hills of Austin, TX could have been the perfect city for the first iteration of Google Fiber. Austinites will just have to settle with being only the second...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 14, 2013 | DATA, ENTERTIANMENT, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, TECHNOLOGY
While Thou Shalt Not Steal is one of the best known ten commandments, there is no directive ordering Thou Shalt Not Copy. This glaring loophole in God’s law, which runs contrary to established entertainment industry doctrine, apparently allows priests to watch pirated...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 13, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, MONEY, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the year-of-the-linux-sorta-console-looking-thing dept. “Dell has launched a new Ubuntu gaming desktop (first ever?) . Alienware customers can now choose either Windows or Ubuntu when buying a new X51. Ubuntu option is initially available to U.S. customers...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 13, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, PRIVACY, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the please-see-previous-department-line dept. Recently, an article was posted on Slashdot about the claim that law enforcement made about being frustrated by their inability to decrypt messages using Apple’s iMessage. However, this article on Techdirt...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 12, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET
from the get-off-your-duffs-and-invest-in-awesome-internet dept. Within hours of Google announcing that Austin, Texas would be the next lucky recipient of its Google Fiber initiative, AT&T released a statement indicating that it was willing to build a high-speed...
