by Joseph Forbes | Mar 28, 2013 | NERD NEWS
from the dude-you’re-buying-dell dept. Dell has confirmed it has received ‘two alternative acquisition proposals’ from billionaire investor Carl Icahn and the world’s largest equity firm Blackstone. These bids rival the $24.4 billion offer made...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 28, 2013 | MONEY, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
Profanity-laced news conference by T-Mobile CEO Legere launches an “un-carrier” with big LTE plans In a profane, foul-mouthed, ad-libbed presentation, T-Mobile CEO John Legere Tuesday trumpeted his company’s previously announced...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 27, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, MONEY, PIRACY, PRIVACY, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
The MPAA, RIAA and the Internet providers participating in the “six strikes” anti-piracy scheme have informed the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee about their plans. The MPAA’s Marianne Grant gave a detailed overview explaining how they gather evidence...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 27, 2013 | LAW, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, PRIVACY
from the did-you-really-expect-anything-else dept. Despite calls to limit the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, it looks like Congress is planning to drastically expand the law and penalties. walterbyrd writes with a few of the major changes listed in the draft bill (22...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 27, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET, TECHNOLOGY
from the meanwhile-my-att-dsl-crawls-along-poorly dept. The TCP protocol is closely coupled with the underlying IP protocol. Once a TCP connection has been established through one IP address, the other packets of the connection must be sent from this address. This...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 27, 2013 | Blog Entry, HACKING, HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, SECURITY, Technicals
from the say-cheese dept. Users’ desire to share things online has influenced many markets, including the digital camera one. Newer cameras increasingly sport built-in Wi-Fi capabilities or allow users to add SD cards to achieve them in order to be able to...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 26, 2013 | Blog Entry, ENTERTIANMENT
Near the beginning of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, as the noble pirate Jim Raynor and the psychic-soldier-turned-evil-Zerg-queen-turned-confused-human Sarah Kerrigan are escaping from a squad of invading marines, Kerrigan picks up a gun. “Been a long...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 26, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the trying-a-different-flavor dept. This should make VMware nervous. PayPal and eBay are yanking VMware software from some 80,000 servers and replacing it with OpenStack. Initially, PayPal is replacing VMware on about 10,000 computer servers. Those servers will...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 26, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, INTERNET, LAW, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the boy-this-slope-sure-feels-slippery dept. “The U.S. government is expanding a cybersecurity program that scans Internet traffic headed into and out of defense contractors to include far more of the country’s private, civilian-run infrastructure. As...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 25, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, MONEY, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
from the and-they’ll-pass-the-spendings-on-to-you dept. PayPal, Google Wallet and other online payment systems face higher transaction fees from MasterCard in retaliation for their refusal to share data on what people are spending. Visa is likely to follow suit....
