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We'll post topical Technology News that may forecast a trend or preview newly released or soon to be released products that will be of interest to our clients or that we find interesting and in need of spotlighting.
Our Take on Recent News Items
January 2010
- CES 2010 Las Vegas - We attended the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year. Several hot trends are emerging for 2010 -- 3D Televisions were everywhere, an explosion of Netbooks and Smart Phones were visible, including many Google Android Smart Phone variants (to give iPhone and Blackberry serious competition), plus Intel launched their new Core i3 and i5 processors into the mainstream desktop and mobile market. The other technology to watch for is 4G wireless, notably WiMax technology from Sprint, Clear, and others. It's been talked about for years but is starting to slowly take a foot-hold and will be a real viable alternative to limited 3G probably in another year or two.
September 2009
- Signs the cyber-criminals might be starting to target Mac's - Although it has long been falsely believed that Apple Mac's were immune to malware attacks, this has never been true. In recent hacking contests, the Mac's O/S and particularly the web browser were shown to be as vulnerable if not more so than a current, patched Windows system. In the past, however, Mac had so little market share it wasn't worth the effort. As Mac's have picked up their share of the market (particularly home users) a recent trend is that more malware is being developed. In fact, a new malware affiliate program has been discovered that is offering 43 cents for every Mac system infected. With popularity comes a big red bullseye!
August 2009
- Computrace LoJack for Laptops found to be a rootkit! - A popular laptop theft-recovery service that ships on some notebooks made by HP, Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba, Gateway, Asus, and Panasonic is actually a dangerous BIOS rootkit that can be hijacked and controlled by malicious hackers as reported recently on ZDNet. We recommend avoiding all such services. Many of these products are made in China and Lenova is partially owned by the Chinese government and one might suspect code of this type could be used in malicious ways in the future.
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