by Joseph Forbes | Jan 27, 2013 | NERD NEWS, Technical Support
from the making-the-best-of-it dept. “New video card launches from AMD and NVIDIA are almost always reviewed on hardware less than 12 months old. That’s not an arbitrary decision — it helps reviewers make certain that GPU performance isn’t held back...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 27, 2013 | INTERNET, NERD NEWS
from the ten-years-warning-insufficient dept. Several major Internet Service Providers in the United Kingdom, including BSkyB, Virgin Media, TalkTalk, AAISP and Fluidata, have warned that the adoption of Carrier Grade NAT (IPv4 address sharing) is likely to become...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 27, 2013 | HACKING, NERD NEWS, Technical Support
It is now illegal under federal law to unlock your cell phone without permission from your wireless carrier. Here’s a quick guide to answer all your why, how, and WTF questions. As of today, it is illegal to unlock your new smartphone. This rule, issued by the...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 27, 2013 | HACKING, NERD NEWS
from the just-a-matter-of-time dept. Microsoft upped its security ante with Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) in Windows 7 and Windows 8, but it seems this mechanism to prevent hackers from jumping to a known memory location can be bypassed. A hacker has...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 27, 2013 | NERD NEWS
from the hey-why-not dept. WindowsAndroid is a very cool tool from the Beijing-based startup SocketeQ that lets you run Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) as a native application on Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 machines. The creators tell us they have a deep...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 26, 2013 | HACKING, NERD NEWS
from the who-owns-your-stuff dept. “Referencing a decision outlined in the Federal Register, Tech News Daily has published an article noting that the window to unlock your new mobile phone in the U.S. is closing. ‘In October 2012, the Librarian of...
