by Joseph Forbes | Mar 31, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, INTERNET, KnowledgeBase (KB), PRIVACY, SECURITY, Technical Support, TECHNOLOGY, Web Hosting
from the like-soapy-water-for-your-inner-tube dept. I’m a ‘prosumer’ website builder, have a few sites that are mainly hobbies, but I would like to know that they’re at least fairly robust. I’m thinking of the equivalent of a...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 31, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET, MONEY, NERD NEWS, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY, Web Hosting
from the say-goodnight dept. Virtualization, cloud services and software-as-a-service (SaaS) is making it much easier to shift IT infrastructure operations to service providers, and that is exactly what many users are doing. Of the new data center space being built in...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 31, 2013 | Blog Entry, MONEY, NERD NEWS
from the bank-error-in-their-favor dept. Almost no one likes their carrier. And with the behavior described in this article, it’s not surprising. TechCrunch catches T-Mobile taking money from a new pay-as-you-go customer after signing her up to its own premium...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 31, 2013 | DATA, GMAIL, HAPPINESS
Priority Inbox is one of Gmail’s best unsung features. It’s amazing at curing email overload, but if you don’t give it a chance to learn, all it’ll do is muck up your inbox. Here’s how to get it working properly. Why Priority Inbox Is...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 30, 2013 | MONEY, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the hey-so-does-harvard dept. In a move that would do Bill Lumbergh (YouTube homage) proud, Microsoft has been pulling in about $25 million a year through its unusual practice of charging its vendors for occupying office space on its campus while working on...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 30, 2013 | Blog Entry, ENTERTIANMENT, HARDWARE, KnowledgeBase (KB), NERD NEWS, Technical Support, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
The iPhone and iPad are fantastic gaming devices, but unfortunately a lot of games still try to emulate gamepads with onscreen buttons on the touch screen and it just doesn’t work that well. Thankfully, a jailbreak app called Blutrol lets you turn a handful of...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 30, 2013 | Blog Entry, HAPPINESS, MONEY, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL
from the take-note-managers dept. The number of IT professionals considering leaving their job due to workplace stress has jumped from 69% last year to 73%. One-third of those surveyed cited dealing with managers as their most stressful job requirement, particularly...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 30, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, HACKING, INTERNET, SECURITY
from the phishing-the-space-station dept. How is spacecraft development — from the space parts supply chain to actual space operations — protected from those who would try to penetrate or disrupt the networks involved in that process? The U.S. Air Force Research...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 30, 2013 | Blog Entry, Cloud Apps, DATA, INTERNET, MONEY, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY, Web Hosting
Expion wins our test of eight enterprise-grade social media monitoring tools As businesses make more use of social networks, the number of engagement, analysis and monitoring tools has exploded. Enterprises are trying to understand their return on social media...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 30, 2013 | NERD NEWS
from the cool-sunglasses dept. Yesterday, Sony gave a presentation explaining a bit about the new PS4 hardware, the development environment (Windows 7 based IDE), and the changes to the Dual Shock controller. From the article: “The system is also set up to run...
