by Joseph Forbes | Mar 20, 2013 | Blog Entry, Cloud Apps, DATA, INTERNET, MONEY, SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY
RapidShare has announced a business model change that is causing panic among its non-premium users. After offering unlimited storage space to customers using its free service, the Swiss-based file-hoster is about to implement tough new limits. This Wednesday all free...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 19, 2013 | HAPPINESS, MONEY, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
Whether your talents involve playing video games, coding and app development, baking cookies, or something else that you’re really good at, ProBueno is a new webapp that lets you put your talents to good use by volunteering them up in exchange for charitable...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 19, 2013 | DATA, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
Rackspace to launch Open Cloud Academy, a training program to fill skills gap in cloud computing Rackspace launched the Open Cloud Academy today, a training program to teach skills in various open source areas, such as OpenStack, Hadoop and Linux, with a specific...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 19, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, MONEY, TECHNOLOGY
It’s one of the fundamental questions of cloud computing: Is it less expensive to run workloads in a public cloud than in an on-premises IT environment? The answer, says Charlie Burns, a researcher at boutique advisory firm Saugatuck Technology, is “a...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 18, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, INTERNET, LAW, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY
Could impact how information is shared and what powers government has in collecting your digital files Last year after an outpouring of opposition, Internet advocates logged a victory when they defeated the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Now there are...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 17, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, Malware Reports, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, POLITICAL, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the slavery-is-freedom dept. In an op-ed piece over at Technology Review, Bruce Schneier says that the cyber espionage between the U.S., China, and other nations, has been rampant for the past decade. But he also worries that the media frenzy over recent attacks...
