Monthly Archives: June 2012

Forcing Change.

Redmond’s newest and (of course) ‘best’ OS Windows 8 is coming. Yes; like most end-users and/or IT Administrators, etc. the universal response is usually: what a hassle and/or the software that I’m using (aside from Windows) no longer works, etc. … Continue reading

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A Little Slow…

The hacking of LinkedIn (and the result of 6.5 million passwords being compromised) demonstrates a number of pressing issues including: why the firm was so slow to respond; how best to protect any given end-users’ accounts / data; how the … Continue reading

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It’s Official.

Count LinkedIn now as the latest high-profile entity that’s seen their end-user’s data compromised. Given the frequency of this issue it will (unfortunately) most likely not be long before another such data breech is reported (which essentially s*cks). (Source) Reuters: … Continue reading

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A Whole New Web(?)

Today marks the launch (okay, turning on) of IPv6 which is a global shift towards a coordinated mass adoption of longer IP addresses (with LOTS of room for GROWTH) – “340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 addresses, to be exact.” (Source) PC Magazine: http://goo.gl/8KL4W

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‘Cyber-nage’

With the story of Flame still unfolding the level of intrigue; sophistication and espionage is increasingly looking like a case of ‘art imitating life’ in the level of complexity; planning; methodology and duplicity, etc. therein. (Source) Computer World: http://goo.gl/ueIqM

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They’ve Got Issues.

Tim Cook’s statement: “The more you look at a tablet as a PC, the more the baggage from the past affects the product” could be interpreted many ways (or in just one way for that matter) including as a shot … Continue reading

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A 21st Century Vision Amongst Mad Men?

For all that Silicon Valley likes to portray otherwise the High Tech Industry is still dominated by men. And, that point is being illuminated once again via the lawsuit that was filed against one of the Valley’s flagship VC firms … Continue reading

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Not So ‘Anonymous’

As if their post-IPO whimper and subsequent falling stock price was not enough of a distraction / headache; Facebook’s website itself followed their valuation by going down e.g., locales ranging from Oslo to Shanghai to Moscow to San Francisco (ouch!) … Continue reading

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All Things Considered…

Interesting; Google’s accusation of collusion between Microsoft and Nokia is a curious statement indeed when you consider that said firm bought Motorola and the simple fact that there’s a fairly high probability that any other given player within the Smartphone … Continue reading

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