April 2014 Archives

The device features two outlets on each side that are spaced far enough apart that you should not have a problem with even larger power adapters.  If you are plugging in three of four devices at once it can be a little awkward to have things plugged in on both sides, but it works, and designing the power strip this way keeps it as small as possible.

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Read Jeff's entire review of this useful accessory, with photos.

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Click here to get Outlets To Go Power Strip from Amazon ($9.49).

BOSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security advised computer users to consider using alternatives to Microsoft Corp's Internet Explorer browser until the company fixes a security flaw that hackers have used to launch attacks.

The bug is the first high-profile security flaw to emerge since Microsoft stopped providing security updates for Windows XP earlier this month. That means PCs running the 13-year old operating system could remain unprotected against hackers seeking to exploit the newly uncovered flaw, even after Microsoft figures out how to defend against it.

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, a part of Homeland Security known as US-CERT, said in an advisory released on Monday morning that the vulnerability in versions 6 to 11 of Internet Explorer could lead to "the complete compromise" of an affected system.

Microsoft did not make any mention of why that is, but as it turns out, it seems that there are some features of Cortana right now that makes it fall under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. Basically what this means is that children under the age of 13 aren't allowed to use Cortana or its features.

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Read entire Ubergizmo report by Tyler Lee.

Whether you have one account or five, Inky provides a new, refreshingly simple interface to check all your mail. From one click unsubscribe to package tracking, Inky's smart tools help you get things done and get on with your life.

One tech-savvy criminal said: "I bought my first drone for a few hundred quid and learnt how to fly it over wasteland and fitted a wifi camera to it so I could look into people's windows.

"However, I noticed police helicopters used thermal imaging cameras to find cannabis farms because of the heat the hydroponic lights give off so I bought a second hand heat-seeking camera online and hooked it up to my Ipad."

After finding a property containing a cannabis farm the criminal and "his crew" either burgle or blatantly "tax" the victim.

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Sandwell MP Tom Watson is the chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Drones.

He said: "This is remarkable story shows the proliferation of drone technology which can be used for both good and bad.

"It is no surprise enterprising criminals would want to get the upper hand in the criminal underworld by using drones.

He added: "As a society we will be dealing with the impact of drones on our laws and regulations for years to come."

"And it is time the Government started listening about privacy concerns about the misuse of drones."

Read entire report here.

The Social Security Administration announced Monday it will immediately cease efforts to collect on taxpayers' debts to the government that are more than 10 years old.

The action comes after The Washington Post reported that the government is seizing state and federal tax refunds that were on their way to about 400,000 Americans who had relatives who owed money to Social Security. In many cases, the people whose refunds were intercepted had never heard of any debt and the debts dated as far back as the middle of the past century.

Read entire report here.

"In addition to promoting life-saving measures, the ability to render such assistance vindicates the legislative framework for preventing cruelty to animals, particularly the provision regulating the conditions under which dogs may be kept outside," Associate Justice Barbara Lenk wrote.

She cited precedents from California, the District of Columbia, Rhode Island, Montana and Vermont.

"...Yesterday, partially in response to news about the "Heartbleed" computer exploit, Sam wrote a post about the importance of lawyers understanding how the internet works. Given all the media buzz about Heartbleed, I thought it might be useful for lawyers and law firms to understand what it really means for them, without either too much techno-jargon or over-use of dumbed-down metaphor.

Read Aaron's complete article here.

Related"Encryption: Enabling Basic Client File Security"

Related"It's Time for Lawyers to Re-Think the Cloud"

Ernie's reviews  Nuance Power PDF Advanced software (currently only available for Windows computers), which retails for $149. At one-third the price of Acrobat, many lawyers should be paying close attention to Power PDF. Read Ernie's complete review on Lawyerist.

For clear, concise instructions with illustrations, read the rest of David Pogue's "How-to" piece.  

(I'll bet you were wondering what happened to David?)

 Canopy, a new design-focused web shop, not unlike Svpply before it, is a beautifully designed pinboard where users can post the products they think are great. The big difference is that Canopy is populated solely with items currently available on Amazon.

The first 1000 Netted readers who use the invite code "Netted" at signup can cut the line.