by Joseph Forbes | Mar 22, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, NERD NEWS
from the why-since-you-asked dept. Microsoft has released a report of all the subpoenas and other requests it got from law enforcement in 2012, and the way it responded to them. This is similar to the Google Transparency Report.
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 22, 2013 | DATA, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, SECURITY
from the new-rules dept. A new manual for cyber war has been compiled by international legal experts and published by NATO. The manual proposes that hospitals and dams should be off-limits for online warfare, and says that a conventional response is justified if an...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 22, 2013 | Cloud Apps, DATA, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
Cloud-based subscription service for Office 365 Home Premium offers good value and convenience Microsoft has been dishing out various flavors of Office 2013 since November 2012, when enterprises with volume license plans got first access to the finished software. In...
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...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 21, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, ENTERTIANMENT, HAPPINESS, LAW, MONEY, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
One of the most enduring questions in the history of online file-sharing asks whether something bad will come from downloading and/or sharing a particular product. Will the the recording and movie industries come knocking? Will the police or even the FBI take an...
