by Joseph Forbes | Mar 24, 2013 | LAW, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
from the we-don’t-have-Nixon-to-kick-around-anymore dept. After the Watergate scandal taught Richard Nixon the consequences of recording White House conversations, none of his successors has dared to do it. But Nixon wasn’t the first. He got the idea from...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 24, 2013 | Blog Entry, HARDWARE, MONEY, TECHNOLOGY
Michael Dell needs to get his privatization deal done quickly to avoid harming his business With Michael Dell still battling to get his US$24.4 billion buyout deal approved by shareholders, his company needs to avoid a long, drawn-out battle that could erode customer...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 24, 2013 | Blog Entry
from the let’s-track-ann-from-account-services dept. itwbennett writes “Do you know what data the 1300+ tracking companies have on you? Privacy blogger Dan Tynan didn’t until he had had enough of being stalked by grandpa-friendly Jitterbug phone ads....
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 23, 2013 | Blog Entry
Apple has added two-factor authentication to iCloud and everything else connected to your Apple ID. This adds a nice boost to security for the service. Here’s how to set it up. Two-factor authentication is an easy way to secure your accounts and essentially...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 23, 2013 | HACKING, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, SECURITY
from the long-sloping-path-down dept. A new trojan specifically for Macs has been discovered that installs an adware plugin. The malware attempts to monetize its attack by injecting ads into Chrome, Firefox, and Safari (the most popular browsers on Apple’s...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 23, 2013 | DATA, LAW, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, POLITICAL, TECHNOLOGY
from the still-hungover-from-sopa dept. Slashdotters may remember the launch of the Internet Defense League, a network for website owners that would allow for the replication of a media campaign similar to the one that took down SOPA. Now it plans to spring into...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 23, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, TECHNOLOGY
from the and-many-moore dept. Intel’s Pentium processor was launched 20 years ago today, a move that led to the firm becoming the dominant supplier of computer chips across the globe. This article has some original iComp benchmark scores, rating the 66MHz...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 23, 2013 | DATA, NERD NEWS, SECURITY
from the who-do-you-trust? dept. “A vulnerability discovered by researchers at UC Berkeley enabled attackers to eavesdrop on and modify calls and text messages sent using T-Mobile’s ‘Wi-Fi Calling’ feature. According to Jethro Beekman and...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 22, 2013 | INTERNET, LAW, MONEY, NERD NEWS
SonicSpike excerpts from CNet’s coverage of the latest in the seemingly inevitable path toward consistently applied Internet sales taxes for U.S citizens: “Internet tax supporters are hoping that a vote in the U.S. Senate as early as today will finally...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 22, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, NERD NEWS
from the why-since-you-asked dept. Microsoft has released a report of all the subpoenas and other requests it got from law enforcement in 2012, and the way it responded to them. This is similar to the Google Transparency Report.
