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Talks about the use of quantum computing to make information super secure in cloud computring

Did you know that most newer cars have a computer network inside, helping it run better and keep you safe?

Did you know that most newer cars have a computer network inside, helping it run better and keep you safe?

Ad for computer circa 1987.

China is our biggest threat when it comes to Cyber Espionage. Even public sites like the Fort Riley website many times more Chinese computers traffic the site than Americans. Its encouraged even in schools early on to hone these skills.

Computer security is becoming more important as more utilize the Internet.

The term bot is short for robot. Criminals distribute malicious software (also known as malware) that can turn your computer into a bot (also known as a zombie). When this occurs, your computer can perform automated tasks over the Internet, without you knowing it. Criminals typically use bots to infect large numbers of computers.

Google and Intel, among a few other researching firms are currently working on making Quantum computing a reality. Google and Intel claim they are only about 4-5 years from having it all figured out.

A Liverpool-based computer games designer is hoping to be at the forefront of what it believes will be the next big trend in social networking. Baltic Triangle based Starship is launching vTime, a new social network that will allow people to interact with each other using virtual reality (VR) headsets.

Nice little article to offset Watson's "Intelligence."

MELBOURNE, Australia - 13 August 2014- Specialist Australian solutions integrator and FlexPod Premium Partner, Envisian, today announced that its current directors are acquiring Australian IT hardware, accessories, networking and business software reseller, Digiworld. Digiworld will continue to operate under the same brand, and will maintain exceptional service to existing and new customers, once the acquisition takes effect on 25th August 2014.

Fog provides the missing link for what data needs to be pushed to the cloud, and what can be analyzed locally. This means that we can connect cars, cities, and infrastructures together through a network of "fog".

"Computer Forensics: Incident Response Essentials"

Forget hacking a computer. Some researchers want to hack the brain to create human superintelligence to compete with AI.

This article seemed kinda boring. It says that soon searching the internet will be as simple as verbally asking your computer a question. Seems kinda elementary, voice recognition has been around for awhile. But the article did mention that this would be a key feature in the google glasses computer.

Wikipedia article on computing pioneer Bill Joy, author of TCP/IP

"Functional freeware that's aimed at the consumer crowd, Microsoft's Windows Live Movie Maker easily turns photos and video clips into slideshows and movies on Vista and Windows 7." Quote from Article/Review