by Joseph Forbes | Mar 31, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, HAPPINESS, HEALTH, LAW, MONEY, NERD NEWS
Identity theft, phishing, fraud are rampant, IRS warns The Internal Revenue Service today reminded taxpayers that there are plenty of scam artists and cybercriminals that want your money. The tax collection agency issued its “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 31, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, MONEY, NERD NEWS, SECURITY, Technicals
from the bankrolled-by-interested-parties dept. A DDoS attack targeting American Express on March 28th was just one in a series of incidents by self-proclaimed ‘cyber-fighters’ over the past few weeks. Beyond that, it’s part of a much longer campaign...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 31, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET, MONEY, NERD NEWS, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY, Web Hosting
from the say-goodnight dept. Virtualization, cloud services and software-as-a-service (SaaS) is making it much easier to shift IT infrastructure operations to service providers, and that is exactly what many users are doing. Of the new data center space being built in...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 31, 2013 | Blog Entry, MONEY, NERD NEWS
from the bank-error-in-their-favor dept. Almost no one likes their carrier. And with the behavior described in this article, it’s not surprising. TechCrunch catches T-Mobile taking money from a new pay-as-you-go customer after signing her up to its own premium...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 30, 2013 | MONEY, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the hey-so-does-harvard dept. In a move that would do Bill Lumbergh (YouTube homage) proud, Microsoft has been pulling in about $25 million a year through its unusual practice of charging its vendors for occupying office space on its campus while working on...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 30, 2013 | Blog Entry, HAPPINESS, MONEY, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL
from the take-note-managers dept. The number of IT professionals considering leaving their job due to workplace stress has jumped from 69% last year to 73%. One-third of those surveyed cited dealing with managers as their most stressful job requirement, particularly...
