by Joseph Forbes | Mar 21, 2013 | DATA, SECURITY
Apple has released iOS 6.1.3 for iPhone (3GS and later), iPad (2nd generation and later) and iPod touch (4th generation and later) devices. The company says that the update offers improvements as well as bug fixes – including code to fix the vulnerability that has...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 21, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, ENTERTIANMENT, HAPPINESS, LAW, MONEY, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
One of the most enduring questions in the history of online file-sharing asks whether something bad will come from downloading and/or sharing a particular product. Will the the recording and movie industries come knocking? Will the police or even the FBI take an...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 20, 2013 | Blog Entry, Cloud Apps, DATA, INTERNET, MONEY, SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY
RapidShare has announced a business model change that is causing panic among its non-premium users. After offering unlimited storage space to customers using its free service, the Swiss-based file-hoster is about to implement tough new limits. This Wednesday all free...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 19, 2013 | DATA, KnowledgeBase (KB), Technical Support, Technicals
Support for Windows 7 will continue until 2020, but only if the latest Service Pack has been installed. Where this is not the case, support will end at Microsoft’s next Patch Day on 9 April 2013. The company has therefore notified users that, with immediate...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 19, 2013 | DATA, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
Rackspace to launch Open Cloud Academy, a training program to fill skills gap in cloud computing Rackspace launched the Open Cloud Academy today, a training program to teach skills in various open source areas, such as OpenStack, Hadoop and Linux, with a specific...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 19, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET, MONEY, NERD NEWS, Technicals
Customers speculated on Twitter that the bank’s systems had been hacked Customers of JPMorgan Chase reported seeing zero balances in their accounts both online and on mobile, and speculated that the bank’s systems had been hacked into. The bank however...
