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Christopher Nerney
Member since: September 2010
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Follow Chris on Google+Chris Nerney writes about research news and the latest discoveries in the areas of science, technology, space and psychology.
Areas of Interest: technology, Science, psychology, space
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Know what the oldest words on record are? (Hint: They're not BlackBerry or shizzizzle.)
1 day 8 hours ago
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The answer to your last question is subjective.
1 day 16 hours ago
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Unless you can get Anonymous on the case, probably not. I'd just turn off the WiFi when you're not using it. If he's truly going nuts with the bandwidth-hogging, that means he's using it a lot. If he finds he can't use it at all for long periods, he might get frustrated enough to get his own WiFi.
1 day 17 hours ago
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The bond between humans and dogs is strong and unique, despite their insistence on eating poop.
2 days 13 hours ago
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I haven't used WiMAX -- and hopefully someone who has will weigh in -- but I found this interesting article about WiMAX vs. LTE:
5 days 14 hours ago
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A large Twitter following can be yours if you follow these guidelines determined by a Georgia Institute of Technology study.
5 days 14 hours ago
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First, according to Microsoft's "My Hotmail account was upgraded to Outlook.com" FAQ, you "can keep using your existing @hotmai
5 days 16 hours ago
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Rock's Backpages is the best place on the Internet for finding content from long-running music magazines going back to the early '60s.
1 week 14 hours ago
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The answer, according to a couple of folks on this Apple support thread, is no:
1 week 1 day ago
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The conflicting information is due to there being two different support deadlines, as PCWorld explains:
1 week 1 day ago
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I think a few things could replace traditional laptops -- particularly cheap touch-screen Android netbooks and tablets as well as high-quality phablets and smartphones. Combine these with cloud-based storage and the future of traditional laptops may be in doubt over the long-term.
1 week 2 days ago
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Dutch behavioral science professor Diederik Stapel was a highly respected researcher -- until it was discovered that he had fabricated data for dozens of experiments.
1 week 2 days ago
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Try downloading and installing it from this Adobe page. Make sure it says "Installation successful" at the end.
1 week 2 days ago
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If the company is looking for someone to stick around for awhile, then I'd say a lot of short stays at various jobs would count against you.
1 week 5 days ago
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Two stars 7,000 light years from Earth appear to prove Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity. But evidence of the physicist's genius can be found a lot closer to home.
1 week 5 days ago
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The Encyclopedia of Life may be the most ambitious effort ever to collect data about the living things on our planet.
1 week 6 days ago
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Mars One officially announced on Monday a call for applicants interested in establishing a permanent colony of Earthlings on the Red Planet.
2 weeks 1 day ago
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If anyone's going to have some good Earth Day stuff to check out, it's NASA.
2 weeks 2 days ago
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The simple explanation is that the market decided Apple was overpriced. This was a common (though often disputed) sentiment for a couple of years or so before last September, when Apple shares began tumbling from their all-time high of 705.07 to less than 400.00 a share.
2 weeks 2 days ago
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As often is the case, it depends who you ask.
2 weeks 2 days ago
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Data shows economic recession and subsequent austerity policies imposed on Greece have led to a dramatic deterioration of health services and health outcomes in that country.
2 weeks 5 days ago
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I also like Chrome and am using it now. I used to be a devoted Firefox user, but it's become too buggy and slow. I also wouldn't base my browser choice on what IT can and can't tell about my browsing habits. Using a browser I prefer every day is more important to me than the remote chance that I could get in trouble at work.
2 weeks 6 days ago
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You have to exercise some due diligence. That means first making sure you're downloading an app from the developer or Google Play, and not from a third-party source. Second, read the reviews of the app wherever you can find them. If the app is malware, someone will be talking about it online.
3 weeks 6 hours ago
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The Global Terrorism Database has compiled information on more than 100,000 acts of terrorism from 1970 through 2011.
3 weeks 10 hours ago
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Microsoft has detailed instructions for making labels for a mass mailing from Word 2010 here. Whatever problems you're having should be addressed there.
3 weeks 1 day ago
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A new study finds that older developers know more about programming than younger ones, including new technologies
1 week 15 hours ago
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All through the month of April, ad-supported Windows 8 apps have gotten no ads. That means no revenue for developers. What gives?
1 week 1 day ago
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All through the month of April, ad-supported Windows 8 apps have gotten no ads. That means no revenue for developers. What gives?
1 week 2 days ago
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Foursquare fakes are being used to promote travel apps, and the tools to fight them are virtually nonexistent. Get ready for a GPS spamdemic.
1 week 2 days ago
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Former MIT CIO Marilyn Smith recently said in an interview that to enhance your IT career, you should 'exit and then return to IT.' Her reasoning: 'Your time working outside of IT will enhance your perspective on how to best serve your internal clients and also position you to be a business partner, rather than a service provider to other business areas.
1 week 6 days ago
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abennett shared Here's a master list of over 700 free online courses from top universities on LinkedIn You can learn almost anything with these free audio and video courses2 weeks 13 hours ago
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abennett shared Amazon debuted eight original comedy pilots and I sat through (almost) half of them on LinkedIn Amazon is crowdsourcing the decision of which of fourteen original content pilots (six kid's shows, eight comedies) they'll move forward with. I spent Saturday afternoon checking out four of the comedies and here's what I thought.
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abennett shared Get phone notifications about actually cool things with IFTTT and Pushover on LinkedIn Your phone dings all the freaking time. Why not have it tell you cool stuff? WIth these two tools, that's very possible.
2 weeks 2 days ago
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The IRS is scaring taxpayers silly this season with boasts about its Big Data prowess and 'robo audits.' But recent reports suggest the agency is struggling to keep its IT operations afloat.
3 weeks 5 days ago
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Data miners like Acxiom know a lot about you -- or at least they think they do. We may soon find out exactly how much.
3 weeks 5 days ago
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Are you someone who never met a Unix command you didn't like? OK, maybe not. But are there commands you just can't imagine living without? Let's look at some that have made a big difference on my busiest days and those that people I've worked with over the years have said are their most important essentials.
5 weeks 2 days ago
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We've got 5 to give to some lucky readers. Enter now for your chance to win!
5 weeks 4 days ago
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Why does Samsung dominate the Android handset field, and almost all phones, in general? Because you can recognize their products.
6 weeks 2 days ago
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More than 1,300 tracking companies are now following us across the Web. But who they are and what they know is a mystery to most.
6 weeks 6 days ago
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abennett shared These are the government agencies that can get your personal data under CISPA on LinkedIn CISPA, in a word, sucks. This list of agencies that can get your personally identifiable information under this bill is deeply concerning.
6 weeks 6 days ago
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abennett shared These are the government agencies that can get your personal data under CISPA on LinkedIn CISPA, in a word, sucks. This list of agencies that can get your personally identifiable information under this bill is deeply concerning.
6 weeks 6 days ago
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Here's how to retrieve data from Twitter by using JSONP.
7 weeks 11 hours ago
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Devastated by Google Reader shutdown? YouTube is here to help with alternatives and feed export information.
7 weeks 6 days ago
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As I zoned out this morning, sipping coffee and watching my dogs wrestle on the couch, I wondered, "If my dogs were Linux distributions, which ones would they be?" Yes, these are the thoughts that run through my head as I get started in the morning.
7 weeks 6 days ago
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Juju works to do for servers what package managers do for individual systems. It enables you to deploy services quickly and easily across multiple servers, simplifying the configuration process, and is particularly designed with cloud servers in mind.
10 weeks 9 hours ago
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A Chinese hacker army is targeting our nation. But even they managed to get outed by their own social media accounts.
11 weeks 1 day ago
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Here's a table of the best and most reasonable pre-paid smartphone plans from the big four carriers in the U.S.
11 weeks 1 day ago
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A Chinese hacker army is targeting our nation. But even they managed to get outed by their own social media accounts.
11 weeks 1 day ago
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On the anniversary of IBM becoming IBM, we’re reminded that many other famous technology companies also started off with a different name. How many of these do you know?
11 weeks 6 days ago
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Like any other job, programming has its frustrating aspects. Here are seven things that drove me nuts
12 weeks 11 hours ago
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