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How to Win a Trip to Space With Your SQL Skills
This is a sponsored post written by myself on behalf of Red Gate. All opinions expressed are 100% my own. All right, so you’re tired of spending your days and nights pouring over code and fixing a seemingly endless sea of database issues. How would you like to put your skills to the test for [...]
Spin Magazine Demands Twitter User Give up his Name
Long-time community member, friend and past Gnomedex attendee Eric Rice has used the name Spin on Twitter and other sites for about four years without any issues. Rice is a technology fanatic who lives in Portland – and someone who has nothing to do with the music industry beyond being a listener. That little tidbit [...]
Apple Finally Releases Fix for Mac Defender Malware
Apple was silent for far too long on the matter of the Mac Defender Malware, a Rogue anti-virus application like those seen on Windows machines for the past few years. This type of malware tricks users into thinking they are protecting their computer by displaying false “infection” messages and offering a fix in exchange for [...]
Where Does the World of Warcraft Gold Come From?
As of March, 2011, there were more than 11.4 million subscribers to the popular World of Warcraft game. Every one of those people need in-game gold in order to buy gear, enchant and gem said gear, buy potions or food and repair things after being killed by enemies. Most people get that gold into their [...]
Are Journalists Biased?
Everyone who is anyone in the blogosphere has read the stories about Mike Arrington and his investment policy update. We’ve read hundreds of offshoot posts and Tweets, all of which point fingers and take sides. You’ve seen the articles proclaiming that the author would never, EVER! allow themselves to be compromised or biased in any [...]
Who Owns Your Photos Online?
World Entertainment News Network announced several days ago that they have now become the “exclusive photo agency partner” of Twitpic. There are more than 20 million of us using this service, which allows us to easily upload snapshots and link them through Twitter. This deal lets the company sell images posted to Twitpic for publication [...]
Mac Malware on the Rise
Newsflash: your Apple machine actually can become infected. Wait, what? You didn’t already know that? Seriously? I’ve been telling you for years that it’s possible. Other writers have attempted to educate you. Your Mac is not a steel wall against malware, people. It’s always been possible for an Apple computer to be infested with some [...]
The Fight for Control of OMGFacts
A little over a year ago, I did an interview with the creator of the OMGFacts Twitter account, Adorian Deck. At the time, I was vastly impressed with what the young man had accomplished. He started the account for fun back in 2009, Tweeting interesting and amusing facts. Very quickly, he had amassed more than [...]
How To Unbrick Your iDevice After Upgrading to iOS 4.3.3
This is a guest post written by Reza Malayeri, a frequent contributor to our LockerGnome channel on YouTube. Reports are flying in that apple’s iTunes server is experiencing a glitch that will turn your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch into a very high priced BRICK. Needless to say, this is a very scary scenario, and [...]
Will AT&T Pay a Break Up Fee to T-Mobile?
According to a news item making the rounds this morning, AT&T may well be on the hook to the tune of 6 billion bucks if the proposed merger with T-Mobile isn’t approved by the FCC. If the feds refuse to allow the $39 billion deal to go through, AT&T will pay out $3 billion in [...]
Your Cell Phone is Killing Bees
The article title may make you shrug your shoulders and not much care if a few bees are dying because you are using your cellular device more than ever. However, if you enjoy eating then you might want to pay attention. Swiss researcher Daniel Favre has concluded a study, and has noted that the worldwide [...]
Derek Miller, Cancer and The End Game
This is a guest post written by my Community Manager Kat. Derek was a friend of mine for about six years, and his loss leaves a large hole in my heart and within the Gnomedex community. On the morning of May 4th, 2011, I read fourteen words that stopped me in my tracks. Though I [...]
Will Microsoft Ruin Skype?
Good grief, people! The news officially broke less than ten minutes ago, and already the naysayers are screaming all over my Twitter stream. I counted at least fifteen “omg Microsoft will ruin it!” messages in under two minutes. I think that just may be a record. The speed with which y’all are dismissing the potential [...]
Will Your Cell Phone Save Your Life?
The FCC will announce their new emergency warning system later today, which is called the Personal Localized Alerting Network (PLAN). This new service will let emergency officials send text messages to cellular devices in locations where something may threaten your safety and well-being. Alerts will continue on television and radio stations. However, the FCC recognizes [...]
How LastPass is Handling a Security Breach the Right Way
I’m just as tired as you are of reading about security breaches, data being stolen and hackers sitting smugly behind their screens. Unfortunately, we’re not going to see a dip in the number of these crimes any time soon. The state of security within many companies is frankly deplorable. Corporations we have trusted for years [...]
