Profile

Christopher Nerney
Member since: September 2010
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
Activity
-
A Berkeley study shows a cross-cultural affinity for matching certain types of music to specific colors.
2 days 8 hours ago
-
Christopher Nerney answers Re: How do you respond to a job interviewer that asks to see your social media activity? What's next, your tax forms? A list of people you've slept with? Your voting record? I agree with you -- private means private. If an interviewer can't get an idea of whether you'd be a good fit through an interview and reference checks, someone else should be doing the interviewing. Companies don't own you.2 days 10 hours ago
-
Researchers will determine if ancient water found 1.5 miles underground in an Ontario cave contains life.
3 days 8 hours ago
-
The new Start screen is the most common complaint I hear (I don't love it myself), but that's not likely to change. Here's an article on the 10 biggest pain points regarding Windows 8.
4 days 54 min ago
-
Global warming is taking a toll on the ice atop the world's highest mountain.
4 days 6 hours ago
-
This one, from InMotionHosting.com, covers several options: To redirect a mobile visitor, you'll need to determine if their browser is a web browser on a mobile device or not. You can determine which browser the visitor is using. ...
6 days 3 hours ago
-
The last I heard was that Google hoped to be shipping the commercial version of Glass toward the end of the year. With Google Glass Explorer Edition (the beta version) just now going out to 15,000 early testers and developers, it's too early to tell if Google can ship by year's end (assuming that's the plan).
6 days 3 hours ago
-
Science.gov is a federal database gateway that offers users more than 55 scientific databases and 200 million pages of scientific information.
6 days 8 hours ago
-
I do suspect the Facebook phone is bombing, and I'm not surprised. The mobile device market is tough to crack. Not sure it has any larger meaning regarding branded hardware.
1 week 2 days ago
-
Christopher Nerney answers Re: Do you choose companies based on how they respond to government demands for data? I don't think about it because if I did, I couldn't use the Internet. According to Electronic Frontier Foundation laywer Matt Zimmerman, “So far no one has really stood up for their users” among large Internet service providers."1 week 2 days ago
-
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh wanted to see whether better math and reading skills at a younger age translated into future socioeconomic success.
1 week 3 days ago
-
According to Hacking for Dummies, taking these steps will help prevent default script attacks:
1 week 3 days ago
-
You can
1 week 3 days ago
-
For humans to establish permanent colonies on Mars, they'll have to grow their own food. It won't be easy.
1 week 4 days ago
-
Know what the oldest words on record are? (Hint: They're not BlackBerry or shizzizzle.)
1 week 5 days ago
-
The answer to your last question is subjective.
1 week 5 days ago
-
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 week 5 days ago
-
The bond between humans and dogs is strong and unique, despite their insistence on eating poop.
1 week 6 days ago
-
I haven't used WiMAX -- and hopefully someone who has will weigh in -- but I found this interesting article about WiMAX vs. LTE:
2 weeks 2 days ago
-
A large Twitter following can be yours if you follow these guidelines determined by a Georgia Institute of Technology study.
2 weeks 2 days ago
-
First, according to Microsoft's "My Hotmail account was upgraded to Outlook.com" FAQ, you "can keep using your existing @hotmai
2 weeks 2 days ago
-
Rock's Backpages is the best place on the Internet for finding content from long-running music magazines going back to the early '60s.
2 weeks 4 days ago
-
The answer, according to a couple of folks on this Apple support thread, is no:
2 weeks 4 days ago
-
The conflicting information is due to there being two different support deadlines, as PCWorld explains:
2 weeks 5 days ago
-
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.
2 weeks 5 days ago
- 1 of 13
- ››
Friends' Activity
-
San Francisco Police Officer Dennis Toomer provides advice on how you can avoid becoming a victim of cell phone theft
5 days 6 hours ago
-
While there's nothing you can do if hackers get into a database with your password in it, you can still protect yourself for all the other worst-case scenarios involving hacking. This tech tip gives basics on how to do that.
5 days 6 hours ago
-
A new study finds that older developers know more about programming than younger ones, including new technologies
2 weeks 4 days ago
-
All through the month of April, ad-supported Windows 8 apps have gotten no ads. That means no revenue for developers. What gives?
2 weeks 5 days ago
-
All through the month of April, ad-supported Windows 8 apps have gotten no ads. That means no revenue for developers. What gives?
2 weeks 6 days ago
-
Foursquare fakes are being used to promote travel apps, and the tools to fight them are virtually nonexistent. Get ready for a GPS spamdemic.
2 weeks 6 days ago
-
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.
3 weeks 3 days ago
-
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 courses3 weeks 4 days ago
-
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.3 weeks 4 days ago
-
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.3 weeks 6 days ago
-
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.
5 weeks 2 days ago
-
Data miners like Acxiom know a lot about you -- or at least they think they do. We may soon find out exactly how much.
5 weeks 2 days ago
-
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.
6 weeks 6 days ago
-
We've got 5 to give to some lucky readers. Enter now for your chance to win!
7 weeks 20 hours ago
-
Why does Samsung dominate the Android handset field, and almost all phones, in general? Because you can recognize their products.
7 weeks 6 days ago
-
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.
8 weeks 3 days ago
-
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.8 weeks 3 days ago
-
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.8 weeks 3 days ago
-
Here's how to retrieve data from Twitter by using JSONP.
8 weeks 4 days ago
-
Devastated by Google Reader shutdown? YouTube is here to help with alternatives and feed export information.
9 weeks 3 days ago
-
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.
9 weeks 3 days ago
-
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.
11 weeks 4 days ago
-
A Chinese hacker army is targeting our nation. But even they managed to get outed by their own social media accounts.
12 weeks 5 days ago
-
Here's a table of the best and most reasonable pre-paid smartphone plans from the big four carriers in the U.S.
12 weeks 5 days ago
-
A Chinese hacker army is targeting our nation. But even they managed to get outed by their own social media accounts.
12 weeks 5 days ago
- 1 of 5
- ››
Activity
- Comments: 0
- Friends: 0
- Likes: 0
- Following: 1
- Questions Asked: 1
- Followers: 22
- Questions Answered: 176


















