by Joseph Forbes | Apr 15, 2013 | DATA, GMAIL, HAPPINESS, HARDWARE, INTERNET, MONEY, NERD NEWS, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the bulldoze-away dept. A few years ago, when Google was determining which city to launch its pilot Google Fiber program, cities all over the country went all-out trying to persuade the search giant to bring all that fantastical bandwidth to their neck of the...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 14, 2013 | LAW, MONEY, NERD NEWS
from the what-have-we-learned dept. Last summer we followed the odd case of lawyer Charles Carreon, as he went after Matthew Inman, creator of The Oatmeal webcomic, with legal threats. Carreon had been hired by FunnyJunk, a website Inman accused of stealing his...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 14, 2013 | DATA, ENTERTIANMENT, GMAIL, HAPPINESS, HARDWARE, INTERNET, MONEY, NERD NEWS, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the beat-the-heat-stay-indoors-with-fiber dept. “With its technology-centric culture, the Silicon Hills of Austin, TX could have been the perfect city for the first iteration of Google Fiber. Austinites will just have to settle with being only the second...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 13, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, MONEY, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the year-of-the-linux-sorta-console-looking-thing dept. “Dell has launched a new Ubuntu gaming desktop (first ever?) . Alienware customers can now choose either Windows or Ubuntu when buying a new X51. Ubuntu option is initially available to U.S. customers...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 12, 2013 | HAPPINESS, INTERNET, MONEY, NERD NEWS, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
from the good-god,-this-applicant-is-using-Lynx dept. The internet browser you are using to read this blog post could help a potential employer decide whether or not you would do well at a job. How might your choice of browser affect your job prospects? When choosing...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 12, 2013 | Cloud Apps, HARDWARE, INTERNET, MONEY, NERD NEWS, SOFTWARE, Technicals
from the you’re-not-helping dept. IDC says Windows 8 is partly to blame for PC sales suffering the largest percentage drop ever. ‘As if that news wasn’t’ troubling enough, it appears that a pivotal makeover of Microsoft’s ubiquitous...
