by Joseph Forbes | Mar 1, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, LAW, MONEY, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the launch-into-orbit,-i-hope dept. “Starting next week, most U.S. Internet users will be subject to a new copyright enforcement system that could force them to complete educational programs, and even slow their Internet speeds to a crawl. A source with...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 28, 2013 | Blog Entry, HAPPINESS, MONEY, TECHNOLOGY
from the because-commuting-sucks dept. Remote working has existed for centuries. And now is the perfect time for its comeback. … Prior to the Industrial Revolution, goods were manufactured by contracting individual craftsmen who worked out of their homes. The...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 28, 2013 | MONEY, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, TECHNOLOGY
from the sacred-cows-make-great-brisket dept. William D. Hartung, director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy, writes that although we have been bombarded with tales of woe about the potentially devastating impacts of cutting the...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 25, 2013 | Blog Entry, INTERNET, Internet Scam Notices, LAW, MONEY
A mysterious company using the name “Internet Copyright Law Enforcement Agency” is sending letters to home addresses of alleged BitTorrent users, asking them to pay a settlement fee of hundreds of dollars or face jail time. The outfit claims to work with law...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 24, 2013 | Blog Entry, HARDWARE, MONEY, NERD NEWS, Technical Support
Microsoft goes toe-to-toe with unified communications titans Cisco, Avaya It seems Microsoft’s unified communications system Lync is becoming so popular among businesses that it is the No.1 threat to the top vendors Cisco and Avaya. Cisco this week launched an...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 23, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET, MONEY, SECURITY, Technicals
Dell can trump Cisco in the information-technology security market, say Dell’s executives in describing how the company with its multifaceted approach will hold an edge against some powerful rivals that also include HP and IBM. Cisco is a great competitor, but...
