by Joseph Forbes | Apr 3, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, SECURITY
Tens of thousands of websites, some operated by The Los Angeles Times, Seagate, and other reputable companies, have recently come under the spell of “Darkleech,” a mysterious exploitation toolkit that exposes visitors to potent malware attacks. The ongoing...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 3, 2013 | DATA, NERD NEWS
from the one-more-and-it’s-old-enough-to-drink dept. Mozilla on Tuesday officially launched Firefox 20 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. The improvements include per-window private browsing, a new download manager in the Firefox toolbar, and the ability to...
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 | Apr 3, 2013 | DATA, LAW, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
We’re all used to changing society over a weekend of coding. But changing the values of society takes much, much longer than that, and it requires all of us to keep patiently explaining what we understand to those who don’t. Here’s a primer on how. I founded the...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 2, 2013 | DATA, HEALTH, LAW, MONEY
It’s a fact of life that we’re all going to die at some point. While it’s not something you probably want to think about, you can make things a lot easier on yourself (and your family) if you get everything in order now. Here’s what you need to...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 1, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, LAW, NERD NEWS
from the bending-the-rules dept. Via the EFF comes news that, during a case involving the use of a Stingray device, the DOJ revealed that it was standard practice to use the devices without explicitly requesting permission in warrants. “When Rigmaiden filed a...
