by Joseph Forbes | Apr 7, 2013 | DATA, NERD NEWS, SOFTWARE, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
A third of all Windows users could still be running XP when Microsoft pulls patch plug in 53 weeks The decline in usage share of Windows XP, which is slated for retirement in 53 weeks, has slowed significantly, hinting that millions of its users will hold onto the...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 7, 2013 | INTERNET, SOFTWARE, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the jumping-ship dept. Google on Wednesday made a huge announcement to fork WebKit and build a new rendering engine called Blink. Opera, which only recently decided to replace its own Presto rendering engine for WebKit, has confirmed with TNW that it will be...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 7, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, Technical Support, TECHNOLOGY, Troubleshooting
A recent survey by the Pew Internet and American Life project found that 72% of Americans experience some form of dropped calls, and 32% experience dropped calls at least a few times per week or more. Like it or not, dropped calls are still a major problem for a large...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 6, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the not-unlike-an-aging-robocop dept. Seagate announced its third-generation hybrid drives last month, revealing a full family of notebook and desktop drives that combine mechanical platters with solid-state storage. These so-called SSHDs are Seagate’s...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 6, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, POLITICAL, SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY
from the now-you’re-just-being-jerks dept. Emergency-service providers and other organizations are being targeted with TDoS (telephony denial of service) attacks, according to a security alert (PDF) from the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI, obtained...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 6, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, PRIVACY, SECURITY, Technical Support, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the why-you-always-smash-them-with-a-hammer-before-reselling-them dept. To probably no one’s surprise, wiping a smartphone by standard methods doesn’t get all the data erased. From an article at Wired: ‘Problem is, even if you do everything...
