by Joseph Forbes | Feb 28, 2013 | Blog Entry, HAPPINESS
When I was a young designer, I always asked other people how they got noticed for their work. The answer I most consistently received was “do good work.” Now, when people ask me the same question, I respond with the same answer. Good work always speaks for...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 28, 2013 | Blog Entry, INTERNET, SECURITY, Technicals, Web Hosting
from the keeping-the-lights-on dept. There has been worldwide (all locations) total outage of storage in Microsoft’s Azure cloud. Apparently “Microsoft unwittingly let an online security certificate expire Friday, triggering a worldwide outage in an online...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 27, 2013 | INTERNET, Malware Reports, SECURITY, Technical Support, Technicals
The last update of Flash Player was just two weeks ago and now it’s being updated again – this time to block exploits that target the Firefox browser. The new advisory points to three fixes in the update, two involved in blocking the Firefox exploit and one...
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by Joseph Forbes | Feb 27, 2013 | HARDWARE, SECURITY, Technical Support, Technicals
HTC America and the US Federal Trade Commission have settled over charges brought by the FTC that HTC failed to secure millions of its smartphones and tablets. As part of the settlement, HTC America will now have to develop and release software patches for...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 27, 2013 | Blog Entry
Jean-Ian Boutin, who works for AV firm Eset, has discovered trojans that carry a valid digital signature. This potentially allows online banking spyware to pass superficial tests as harmless. Apparently, the certificate in question was issued by the DigiCert...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 27, 2013 | Blog Entry, GMAIL, Technical Support, Technicals
Maintaining inbox zero and dealing with old emails takes work (for some, too much work!). This Google Apps script lightens the load a bit by automatically archiving or deleting old emails that are cluttering your inbox, based on a schedule you set. Whipped up by John...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 27, 2013 | NERD NEWS, Technicals
from the double-digits-on-the-prime dept. Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 is out. Windows 8 may suck but now you can at least enjoy (most of) that version’s Internet Explorer. IE10 for Win7, originally not planned, has seen the light of day after all — four...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 26, 2013 | HACKING, NERD NEWS, SECURITY
from the join-the-crowd dept. Once upon a time, Microsoft claimed that falling prey to social engineering tactics and then being hacked was a ‘rookie mistake.’ But now is the time for companies to jump on the bandwagon, to admit they were targeted by...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 26, 2013 | Blog Entry, TECHNOLOGY
from the mr.-fusion dept. If Joseph Zawodny, a senior scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center, is correct, the future of energy may lie in a nuclear reactor small enough and safe enough to be installed where the home water heater once sat. Using weak nuclear...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 26, 2013 | HAPPINESS, HEALTH
No one likes a cluttered house. But, unfortunately, no one likes cleaning a cluttered house either, especially when it’s so hard to keep clean. Take some times this weekend to declutter once and for all, and figure out an organizational scheme that works for...
