by Joseph Forbes | Apr 6, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, PRIVACY, SECURITY, Technical Support, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the why-you-always-smash-them-with-a-hammer-before-reselling-them dept. To probably no one’s surprise, wiping a smartphone by standard methods doesn’t get all the data erased. From an article at Wired: ‘Problem is, even if you do everything...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 6, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the set-in-3D-stone dept. The three largest memory makers announced the final specifications for three-dimensional DRAM, which is aimed at increasing performance for networking and high performance computing markets. Micron, Samsung and Hynix are leading the...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 5, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, SECURITY, SOFTWARE, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
Dell believes an ARM supercomputer will be applicable in specific use cases Not fazed by a takeover battle looming on the sidelines, members of Dell’s research division are putting together the pieces for prototype ARM supercomputers that could be deployed in...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 5, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET, TECHNOLOGY
from the just-go-straight-to-800 dept. The IEEE this week launched a study group to explore development of a 400Gbps Ethernet standard to support booming demand for network bandwidth. Networks will need to support 58% compound annual growth rates in bandwidth on...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 4, 2013 | DATA, LAW, NERD NEWS, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
from the who’s-to-blame dept. We have a sense that surveillance is bad, but we often have a hard time saying exactly why. In an interesting and readable new article in the Harvard Law Review, law professor Neil Richards argues that surveillance is bad for two...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 4, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, INTERNET, SECURITY, SOFTWARE, Web Hosting
For at least nine months, the Darkleech malware is believed to have injected invisible iFrames that link to malicious web pages into thousands of web sites. The malware uses an Apache web server module to add the iFrames, although no credible attack vector has been...
