by Joseph Forbes | Mar 12, 2013 | Blog Entry
from the either-that-or-it’s-not dept. In politics, health, and academia, there are plenty of detractors that say daylight saving might not be worth saving. One vocal opponent is Missouri State Representative Delus Johnson, who wants to end the watch and clock...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 12, 2013 | Blog Entry
In the last episode of the astonishing story of Prenda Law, a judge ordered the copyright trolls to appear in court Monday to face allegations of misconduct. At the last minute the law firm tried to squirm out of the hearing and true to their word failed to appear in...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 12, 2013 | Blog Entry, Internet Scam Notices, SECURITY, Technical Support, Technicals
Below is written by a Microsoft MMPC person, to which I had to copy it because it is verbatium the same situation I encountered awhile back. The FTC and FCC have made it clear that these are scams, even going as far as shutting down the money flow for these scams to...
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 | NERD NEWS
from the profit-above-all dept. It seems that the requirement to be online and save games on a remote server even in single player mode is leading to a less than ideal launch for SimCity 5. choke writes “Players attempting to play EA/Maxis’ new SimCity...
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....
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 11, 2013 | NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, PRIVACY
from the international-tantrum dept. Last week, North Korea promised a “preemptive nuclear strike” prior to a UN vote on new sanctions. Despite the threat, the sanctions were unanimously approved. North Korea has responded by killing a Red Cross hotline...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 11, 2013 | DATA, MONEY, NERD NEWS
from the using-their-keywords dept. Google senior vice president Amit Singhal, one of the executives heading up the company’s search-engine operations, sat down with Guy Kawasaki, former chief evangelist for Apple and author, at one of this year’s SXSW...
