by Joseph Forbes | Jan 27, 2013 | SECURITY
On Saturday, Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE), Microsoft’s free anti-virus software package, stopped automatically updating its malware signatures on some systems. Users are also reporting that clicking on the “Update” button on the program...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 27, 2013 | The Daily WTF
from The Daily WTF by Remy Porter “Hey, can you give me a hand? This computer I built won’t boot.” Alexander sighed, and went to see what Nicholas had done now. Only a few weeks before, around the start of the year 2001, Alexander was full of hope and optimism for the...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 27, 2013 | HACKING, NERD NEWS
from the just-a-matter-of-time dept. Microsoft upped its security ante with Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) in Windows 7 and Windows 8, but it seems this mechanism to prevent hackers from jumping to a known memory location can be bypassed. A hacker has...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 27, 2013 | NERD NEWS
from the hey-why-not dept. WindowsAndroid is a very cool tool from the Beijing-based startup SocketeQ that lets you run Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) as a native application on Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 machines. The creators tell us they have a deep...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 26, 2013 | HACKING, NERD NEWS
from the who-owns-your-stuff dept. “Referencing a decision outlined in the Federal Register, Tech News Daily has published an article noting that the window to unlock your new mobile phone in the U.S. is closing. ‘In October 2012, the Librarian of...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 26, 2013 | NERD NEWS
from the nickled-and-dimed dept. A speedbump on the road to a cash-free economy will go into effect Sunday in the USA, as retailers in 40 states will have the option of passing along a surcharge to customers who pay with credit cards. The so-called swipe fees arose...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 26, 2013 | NERD NEWS
from the struggling-to-find-a-reasonable-punishment dept. Andrew Auernheimer doesn’t appear suicidal, no thanks to U.S. prosecutors, yet he has been under attack for his act of altering an API URL that revealed a set of user data and posting details of same....
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 25, 2013 | NERD NEWS
from the dude-you’re-gettin-dell dept. We heard that Dell is in buyout talks with private equity firms. Now, the word is that Microsoft may invest one to three billion dollars in that buyout. For that amount of money, Microsoft isn’t going for majority...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 25, 2013 | Blog Entry
How I Cleaned 1,328 Emails Out of My Inbox in an Hour Angus Kidman I’m generally pretty organized with my email, and I like to have nothing in my inbox except stuff I haven’t acted on yet. However, a spurt of recent travel and work commitments meant...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 24, 2013 | Blog Entry, MONEY
If you received a raise tomorrow, what would you do with the extra money? Most people would celebrate—maybe with a nice dinner out or a great bottle of wine, which you deserve. However, earning more should not always change your current or long-term spending habits....
