by Joseph Forbes | Mar 27, 2013 | Blog Entry, HACKING, HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, SECURITY, Technicals
from the say-cheese dept. Users’ desire to share things online has influenced many markets, including the digital camera one. Newer cameras increasingly sport built-in Wi-Fi capabilities or allow users to add SD cards to achieve them in order to be able to...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 25, 2013 | HARDWARE, MONEY, NERD NEWS, Technicals
from the round-rock-rumble dept. Seven weeks ago, Dell announced a definitive agreement to be taken private by a group led by founder and CEO Michael Dell and the private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, assisted by a $2 billion loan from Microsoft and debt financing...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 24, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET, SECURITY, Technical Support, Technicals
from the and-it-can-be-yours-for-free dept. UEFI guru Matthew Garrett, who cleared the Linux kernel in Samsung laptop bricking issues, has come to rescue beleaguered users by offering a survival guide enabling them to avoid similar issues. According to Garrett,...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 24, 2013 | Blog Entry, HARDWARE, MONEY, TECHNOLOGY
Michael Dell needs to get his privatization deal done quickly to avoid harming his business With Michael Dell still battling to get his US$24.4 billion buyout deal approved by shareholders, his company needs to avoid a long, drawn-out battle that could erode customer...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 22, 2013 | HACKING, HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, SECURITY, Technicals
It appears that iOS 6.1.3 presents yet another opportunity for attackers to bypass the passcode lock and access the telephone app – which includes information such as the user’s call history and address book data and allows intruders to open the photo gallery...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 21, 2013 | HARDWARE, MONEY, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, TECHNOLOGY
from the annoying-as-many-people-as-possible dept. Ian Hickson, author and maintainer of the HTML5 specification, comments about the real reasons for DRM. They’re not what you might think. Ian nails it in my opinion. He wrote, ‘The purpose of DRM is not to...
