AT&T Inc has started trials in Georgia state and a non-U.S. location to deliver high-speed internet over power lines, the No. 2 wireless carrier said on Wednesday, marking its latest push to offer faster broadband service to more customers.
Source: AT&T begins testing high-speed internet over power lines
One estimate suggests the Bitcoin network consumes as much energy as Denmark.
Targets included grieving family of Rachel Corrie, environmental activists and local campaigners protesting about phone masts
Source: Surveillance firms spied on campaign groups for big companies, leak shows
Even without the repeal of net neutrality Comcast continues to show disregard for a free and open internet by inserting its own code into webpages at whim.
Source: Comcast continues to inject its own code into websites you visit
More than 450 HP laptop models have a keylogger hidden away in a driver, forcing HP to issue patches for the affected devices.The keylogger, found in Synaptics’ touchpad software, is disabled by default, but hackers could potentially enable it if they had access to a computer by elevating user privileges, said Michael Myng, the researcher who discovered the flaw.
Google, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft all affected by “intentional” BGP mishap.
Source: “Suspicious” event routes traffic for big-name sites through Russia
Dr. Simon Bramhall admitted to using argon beam to etch “SB” onto livers.
Source: SB WUZ HERE: Surgeon pleads guilty to burning initials into patients’ organs
“If there’s code that’s mining data and hiding itself on a computer without any way of removing it, that’s malware, plain and simple.”
Source: Maker of sneaky Mac adware sends security researcher cease-and-desist letters
If you have more than one physical drive, keep your system (C:) drive from getting overwhelmed by moving default folders (Music, Pictures, Documents, and so on) to a secondary drive.
Source: Windows 10 tip: Move your default data folders to a different drive | ZDNet
CIDR is the short for Classless Inter-Domain Routing, an IP addressing scheme that replaces the older system based on classes A, B, and C. single IP address can be used to designate many unique IP addresses in CIDR format.