by Joseph Forbes | Apr 19, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the a-little-less dept. Lithium-ion batteries have long been thought to be free of the memory effects of other rechargeable batteries. However, this appears to be not the case. Scientists at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, together with colleagues from the...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 19, 2013 | DATA, NERD NEWS, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
Going completely paperless has its advantages (and for many people won’t even take as much time and effort as you might think), but when you have paper documents going back many years (maybe even decades), it can be daunting and, plainly, not worth your time to...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 19, 2013 | DATA, MONEY, NERD NEWS
from the ron-paul-says-eat-gold dept. A brief editorial by Steve Forbes, one of our moneymeisters, on why bitcoins are not money.. Hint: For those who are too lazy to read the opinion,. Bitcoins are too volatile to be money.” From the article: “Money is...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 18, 2013 | DATA, LAW, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
from the you-can-trust-us dept. The ACLU has issued a FOIA request to determine whether the IRS gets warrants before reading taxpayers’ email. The request is based on the antiquated Electronic Communication Protection Act — federal agencies can and do request...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 18, 2013 | HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the protect-ya-neck dept. Security researchers at Independent Security Evaluators have published a report demonstrating that a slew of home and small office (SOHO) routers are vulnerable to previously undisclosed vulnerabilities. The report asserts that at least...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 18, 2013 | ENTERTIANMENT, MONEY, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the indrema-repeats-itself dept. “Results of recent benchmark tests reveal that Ouya is not up to the mark and there are over 70 other ARM devices that perform better than the gaming console. Futuremark, which is known for its benchmarks like 3DMark and...
