More geek jokes. (A)bort, (R)etry, (P)anic? Bugs come in through open Windows Penguins love cold, they wont survive the sun Unix is user friendly…its just selective about who its friends are Artificial intelligence usually beats real stupidity Bell Labs Unix — Reach out and grep someone. To err is human…to really foul up requires the…
Year: 2012
4.5 million DSL modems hacked in Brazil then users pointed to malicious websites
Kaspersky Lab reported this week, that 4.5 million DSL modems in Brazil were hacked last year via a vulnerability in their ADSL modems that allowed hackers to steal passwords using scripting and then remote control the devices in order to change the modem’s configuration parameters. At some Brazilian ISPs, more than half of their customers…
New comScore figures show Samsung retaining top position with Apple gaining some ground
The latest comScore figures show Samsung still at the top of the smartphone market share ratings with a 25.7% share of the market although the change from the prior 3-month period was flat. LG remains second with a 19.1% market share and Apple comes in 3rd with 19.1%, an increase of 2.1% from May 2012.…
Beware: Good Twitter handles are being stolen and sold for gold
How important is a strong password on Twitter? Depends on how much you value your Twitter handle. If a hacker can spoof their IP address, they can hack away at your Twitter password all day without repercussions. They do this because good Twitter handles can be sold for a pretty penny, up to $1,000 in…
Gravity Probe B gyroscope, holder of world record for roundest object ever manufactured, can spin for 15,000 years
Gravity Probe B is a satellite-based, relativity gyroscope experiment that launched in 2004 for the purpose of measuring the space-time curvature near Earth in order to test Einstein’s theory of general relativity. The experiment was to check, very precisely, tiny changes in the spin and angle of four gyroscopes contained in a highly sophisticated housing…
Twelve Abandoned Mental Asylums
Entertainment Weekly print magazine features a live Twitter feed within its pages
For 1,000 lucky recipients in New York and Los Angeles, the October 5, 2012 issue of Entertainment Weekly will feature a little surprise – a page with a small LCD screen print insert used to display live tweets, as well as videos, from CW Network’s Twitter account. CW Network is using the ploy as a…
Which cellular carrier is best for smartphone users (and is Verizon ready to crash in replay of Sprint’s fall from grace)
Motorola announces more phones that will not be upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich
Motorola has announced more phones that will not be upgraded from Gingerbread (Android 2.3) to Ice Cream Sandwich, making clear the reason for their previously announced policy of only introducing a few new handset each year. Some, including the Droid Bionic, Droid 4, and Atrix 2 are still up in the air.









