by Joseph Forbes | Mar 7, 2013 | MONEY, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the capitalist-robber-barons-wanted dept. “MIT researchers looked at 150 of the school’s spin-out companies in manufacturing businesses over a decade, and found many of them hit the same chasm: Once it was time to ramp up to large-scale production,...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 7, 2013 | Blog Entry, LAW, MONEY
from the hello-sir-madam dept. A New York Times consumer columnist tracked down the people who run a ‘This is your second and final notice” robocall operation. The calls came from Account Management Assistance, which promises to negotiate lower credit card...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 7, 2013 | Blog Entry, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
The short answer: it’s unlikely you’ll ever get your stuff back. Even with anti-theft software, there’s no guarantee, but we constantly recommend installing software like Prey for this very purpose. If you don’t have tracking software...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 7, 2013 | DATA, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY
from the peek-a-boo-you-can’t-see-me dept. Today’s video is an interview with the Corporate Alliance Director and the Chief Technology Officer of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), a non-profit organization that claims it is...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 6, 2013 | INTERNET, Internet Scam Notices, LAW, MONEY, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, Technical Support, Technicals
Comcast revealed today how it will deal with customers who receive multiple warnings under the newly launched “six-strikes” anti-piracy system. After four alerts the ISP will “hijack” web-browsers of suspected serial pirates with a persistent pop-up notification,...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 6, 2013 | Blog Entry
from the give-the-people-what-we-have dept. Chris Welch at The Verge tells us: ‘Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference moments ago, Time Warner Cable’s Chief Financial Officer Irene Esteves seemed dismissive of the impact Google Fiber is...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 6, 2013 | Blog Entry, The Daily WTF
Some terrible code arises out of terrible business rules which no one truly understands. Some terrible code arises from laziness, sloppiness, or the need to just get it done now. But there’s a special class of awful code that arises for a complete misunderstanding of...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 6, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, Malware Reports, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the no-u235-for-you dept. Symantec researchers have discovered an older version of the infamous Stuxnet worm that caused the disruption at Iran’s nuclear facility in Natanz: Stuxnet 0.5. According to a whitepaper released by the researchers at RSA...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 5, 2013 | DATA, MONEY, NERD NEWS, Technicals
The launch of new and revised Office 365 software-by-subscription plans for businesses shows that Microsoft realizes its current licensing revenue is threatened by cost-cutting customers, an analyst said yesterday. “Microsoft wants to shift people to...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 5, 2013 | Blog Entry
Facebook is using you, whether you know it or not. Sometimes it’s obvious: you like a page, you click share, Facebook benefits. Other times, you have no clue until a friend asks you about a photo they saw that you liked. The unfortunate side-effect to all of...
