by Joseph Forbes | Mar 29, 2013 | DATA, INTERNET, MONEY, NERD NEWS, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
More than two years after LibreOffice came into being, it’s hard to call the open source office software anything but a success. There are possibly tens of millions of people who use it—or at least have it installed on their computers. But how close is...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 28, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, ENTERTIANMENT, MONEY, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, TECHNOLOGY
NBC Universal is one of the copyright holders involved in the “six strikes” copyright alert system but the warnings it sends out to subscribers of non-participating ISPs stand in stark contrast to the educational approach of the program. A threatening email warns the...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 28, 2013 | Cloud Apps, DATA, INTERNET, NERD NEWS
Yes, Google Reader is going away, and yes, there are great alternatives. However, if you’re tired of web services shutting down on you, why not take matters into your own hands? Tiny Tiny RSS is a free, open-source syncing RSS platform with more features than...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 28, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, HARDWARE, MONEY, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the reducing-complexity dept. In what I see as a refreshing change, T-Mobile, the fourth largest carrier in the U.S., has made sweeping changes to its service, ending both phone subsidies and service contracts. Its CEO said, ‘Here’s the deal: If we...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 28, 2013 | NERD NEWS
from the dude-you’re-buying-dell dept. Dell has confirmed it has received ‘two alternative acquisition proposals’ from billionaire investor Carl Icahn and the world’s largest equity firm Blackstone. These bids rival the $24.4 billion offer made...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 28, 2013 | MONEY, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
Profanity-laced news conference by T-Mobile CEO Legere launches an “un-carrier” with big LTE plans In a profane, foul-mouthed, ad-libbed presentation, T-Mobile CEO John Legere Tuesday trumpeted his company’s previously announced...
