by Joseph Forbes | Feb 14, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, Technicals
from the breaker-breaker dept. After disasters (or to minimize expensive data use generally, and take advantage of available Wi-Fi), bypassing the cell network is useful. But it’s not something that handset makers bake into their phones. colinneagle writes with...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 14, 2013 | NERD NEWS, POLITICAL
from the floodgates-in-the-desert dept. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski recently proposed making RF spectrum publicly available, and many in the media (including the Washington Post) have been mistakenly conflating open access to WiFi signal with free Internet access;...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 14, 2013 | Blog Entry, HACKING, NERD NEWS, SECURITY
from the but-password-stealing-is-wrong dept. An article by some Microsofties in the latest issue of Computing Now magazine claims we have got passwords all wrong. When money is stolen, consumers are reimbursed for stolen funds and it is money mules, not banks or...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 12, 2013 | Blog Entry, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, Technicals
from the back-in-the-shadows dept. Do you remember what you posted on that music forum in 2004? Or which services you tried for webmail before Gmail? We often forget online services, but they don’t forget us. PC Pro has investigated whether it’s possible...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 10, 2013 | Malware Reports, NERD NEWS, SECURITY
from the something-to-be-said-for-consistency dept. Adobe has pushed out an emergency Flash update that solves two critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2013-0633 and CVE-2013-0634) that are being actively exploited to target Windows and OS X users, and is urging users to...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 10, 2013 | INTERNET, NERD NEWS, SECURITY, Technical Support, Technicals
from the there’s-a-sauce-for-that dept. Microsoft is advising users to stick with other browsers until Tuesday, when 57 patches for Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, 9, and even 10 are scheduled. There is no word if this patch is to protect IE from the 50+ Java...
