Category Archives: Convergence for a Converging World

A Little Slow…

Posted on June 8, 2012 by John

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.

Posted on June 7, 2012 by John

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(?)

Posted on June 6, 2012 by John

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’

Posted on June 5, 2012 by John

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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A 21st Century Vision Amongst Mad Men?

Posted on June 3, 2012 by John

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’

Posted on June 2, 2012 by John

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…

Posted on June 1, 2012 by John

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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Zettabytes?

Posted on May 31, 2012 by John

A term that most people are probably unfamiliar with; nevertheless, putting it into more common terms it is the equivalent of streaming 38 million DVDs in an hour (which according to Cisco) is 4 times the amount of data generated … Continue reading →

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Which Way Forward?

Posted on May 30, 2012 by John

Buying the browser Opera for a billion? No, acquiring another technology ‘Face’ for an estimated $100 million to $1 billion? Wait, they’re going to build a Smartphone (from scratch) right? Lots of directions / options… grasping at ideas… seeing what sticks … Continue reading →

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There’s An App For That (Too).

Posted on May 29, 2012 by John

In the aftermath of the horrific devastation and destruction that Japan experienced last year the General Public has been increasingly concerned (rightfully so) regarding radiation contamination. Hopefully their fears and anxieties will be somewhat decreased by the upcoming release of … Continue reading →

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