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Category Archives: Convergence for a Converging World
(Y)hackers?
According to the enclosed report, youth as young as 11 are using their coding skills to hack online gaming / Social Networking sites (in order to steal data and virtual cash from their ‘friends?’) As the saying goes… “With friends … Continue reading
Tables Turned.
Hackers not only broke-in and stole an encryption key but used it to load Malware on said Security firm’s computers! (Source) Ars Technica: http://goo.gl/IndEO
(Im)possible…
Earth to Redmond… less than 4% of the overall Tablet Marketshare is an embarrassment (aside from an indication of a failed strategy!) (Source) The Register: http://goo.gl/aBpQZ
The $2 Billion Solution?
Michael Dell (his generation’s Mark Zuckerberg) has taken Dell private via the assistance of various investors including Microsoft (who are obviously looking to make further inroads into both the Cloud and Enterprise-spaces through this investment). (Source) The Seattle Times: http://goo.gl/lyVsL
Raspberry’s Debut.
Think that you can’t get a computer for less than $25.00? Think again… (Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/NB6Kq
Tracking Hackers.
To begin, no offense to Virus Protection; however, Symantec failed regarding detecting a major hacking threat. That aside, the brilliance of the enclosed NY Times report was that the firm actually worked to fight back by ‘tracking their hackers’ (which … Continue reading
Too Little… Too Late?
If the muted response (in both the Press and likely sales is any indication) BlackBerry looks to in all probability be going the way of the Palm Pilot (e.g., an early innovator that simply failed to keep-up as the market … Continue reading
Moon Prints.
If all goes as planned, a protective shelter for a permanent Moon-base could be constructed using materials from the Earth’s closest neighbor; robots to mine regolith (a substance that’s capable of being the basis for a shell already on the … Continue reading
A Hack-a-thon…
If the stories circulating within America’s Mainstream Media are true, the threat of Chinese hacking is not only widespread (in the nation) one has to wonder in what other nations / agencies, etc. that it is also occurring / on … Continue reading
A Triple Play?
A judge has refused to triple Samsung’s (financial) penalty of $1.o5 Billion Dollars against Apple (which if set-down could’ve in all probability bankrupted the firm if it actually paid said amount out). (Source) Information Week: http://goo.gl/kBUW8