[Article first published as DNS Changer Malware and the FBI’s July 9th Deadline: What It Is and What You Should Know on Blogcritics.] Depending on how close you are to your local nerd, you should have already heard about a computer virus…
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More Patent Wars – Motorola’s Unenforceable Injunction against Microsoft
[Article first published as Useless Patent Wars – Motorola Awarded Unenforceable Injunction against Microsoft on Blogcritics.] Every day I peruse the tech news on the interwebs to keep up with what’s going on. There are usually a few interesting stories on some…
Science and Technology Descend Upon the City of Brotherly Love
Well my friends, spring is here in Philadelphia and that means other things aside from those pesky April showers. That’s right kids, as it was this time last year, Philly Tech Week is upon us. Kicking off with startup weekend…
FBI Arrests Hackers with Help of Former LulzSec “Leader”
[Article first published as FBI Arrests LulzSec Hackers with Help of Former “Leader” on Blogcritics.] Just one time. After being cautious about covering his tracks, all it took was just took one time logging into IRC without masking his IP address for…
Vox Populi: SOPA and PIPA Put on the Shelf
[Article first published as Vox Populi Puts SOPA and PIPA on the Shelf on Blogcritics.] Looks like it’s over. Senate bill PIPA and its house companion bill SOPA have been shelved indefinitely by their sponsors. On Friday, the announcements were made by Sen. Harry…
Web Blackout slaps SOPA, MPAA Slaps the Web Blackout, Everyone Slaps the MPAA
SOPA and PIPA lost 3 co-sponsors this afternoon, presumably in response to the blackout protests by many prominent internet sites such as Reddit and Wikipedia. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) withdrew his co-sponsorship of PIPA while Reps. Lee Terry (R-NE)…
The Day the Web Went Dark
[Article first published as The Day the Web Went Dark on Blogcritics] A lot of Internet users today are checking in with their daily websites to find that those websites aren’t up and active. They’re instead finding that some of those sites…
Takeaways from CES 2012
[Article first published as Takeaways from CES 2012 on Blogcritics.] Time for everybody to pack it in and head home. CES is done for 2012 – all the tech is being packed up and shipped back, and attendees were probably trying their…
