by Joseph Forbes | Mar 12, 2013 | HACKING, HAPPINESS, HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, Technical Support, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY, Web Hosting
Your video game console is great for playing games, but you might not realize it’s also one of the best media centers around. Here’s how to set up all of the modern consoles so you can stream videos and music to them right from your computer. The PS3 and...
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by Joseph Forbes | Mar 12, 2013 | Blog Entry, HARDWARE, KnowledgeBase (KB), Technical Support, Technicals
Windows 8 brought a brand new task manager with tons of new features, but it can be a little bit confusing if you were accustomed to the old way of doing things. Here are a few ways to customize the interface. The task manager was redesigned to be easier to...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 12, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET, Technical Support, Technicals
from the be-a-dear-and-install-the-cloud-on-my-computer dept. My mother uses a recent enough PC running Windows XP and has a broadband connection, but her primary method of interacting with the online world remains the AOL software. She also likes to download and use...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 12, 2013 | INTERNET, SECURITY, Technical Support, Technicals
On its March Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released 7 bulletins to close 20 security holes. Four of the updates are rated critical; they affect Windows, Internet Explorer, Silverlight (including the Windows 8 version), Office, and the Microsoft Server software....
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by Joseph Forbes | Mar 11, 2013 | DATA, INTERNET, LAW, MONEY, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, PRIVACY, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
The launch of the six strikes anti-piracy scheme in the United States has boosted demand for VPN services and BitTorrent proxies. Data from Google reveals a big surge in searches for terms such as “BitTorrent VPN” and “BitTorrent proxy” over the past two weeks. Some...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 11, 2013 | Blog Entry, MONEY, NERD NEWS, Technicals
If your job sucks, and there’s nothing you can do about it, you may be tempted to look for another one. Be careful: remember job interviews are sales pitches as well as candidate evaluations, and all that glitters may not be gold. Here are some ways to cut...
