by Joseph Forbes | Mar 9, 2013 | Blog Entry, INTERNET, Technical Support, Technicals
from the at-least-you-get-ipv6 dept. I’ve recently learned that our neighborhood is getting a fiber optic network, with a 100Mbps connection in each subscriber’s home. IPv6 connectivity is included, but unfortunately, the only IPv4 connectivity they offer...
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by Joseph Forbes | Mar 9, 2013 | DATA, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
Java is indeed a pain. But, the good news is few people actually need it in the first place. Here’s what you need to know about what it does, what its problems are, and how to get rid of it. What Is Java? Java is a programming language that developers use to...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 8, 2013 | Blog Entry
Last year it was revealed that the “independent and impartial expert” that reviewed the six-strikes scheme evidence was a former RIAA lobbying firm. To restore the public’s faith in the BitTorrent monitoring scheme, CCI promised to promptly appoint a new independent...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 8, 2013 | LAW, NERD NEWS, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
from the give-me-room-lots-of-room dept. The Supreme Court may have approved the warrantless wiretapping of American citizens for just about forever, but the good old state of Texas isn’t going to take that lying down. Texas lawmakers don’t believe that...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 8, 2013 | TECHNOLOGY
from the if-you-build-it-they-will-launch dept. The Lone Star State is moving to become a leader in spaceport development. The Houston Airport System is officially moving ahead with plans to turn Ellington Airport, near NASA’s Johnson Space Center, into an...
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by Joseph Forbes | Mar 8, 2013 | Blog Entry, HACKING, Malware Reports, SECURITY
Hackers broke into a server at cPanel.net, creators and vendors of the cPanel web hosting control panel for Linux, BSD and Windows servers, and proceeded to install SSH rootkits and compromised OpenSSH packages on customer systems. Once the attack had been discovered,...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 8, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET, PRIVACY, SECURITY
from the hooks-often-lurk-inside-the-tastiest-bait dept. Spearphishing. The deluxe (but easy) way to get unwary employees to put malware on your network. It’s basically the same as phishing, except more targeted. That is, a plain phishing scam might offer an...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 8, 2013 | DATA, INTERNET, MONEY, NERD NEWS, PIRACY
from the except-for-the-deep-packet-inspection dept. “It’s been well-established all over the Web that the just-implemented ‘Six Strikes’ system is bad… horrible, worthy of death to those who created it. But let’s take a deep breath...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 7, 2013 | HACKING, INTERNET, SECURITY, Technicals
from the soooory-eh dept. Annual Canadian hack fest Pwn2Own is famous for leaving a trail of bloodied software bits and today it did not disappoint. Security researchers tore holes through all major web browsers, breaking Windows 8 and Java, too (though the latter...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 7, 2013 | LAW, NERD NEWS, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
Federal Trade Commission says illegal texters blasted 180 million illegal messages in past year The Federal Trade Commission today said it has filed eight court cases to stop companies who have sent over 180 million illegal or deceptive text messages to all manner of...
