When Apple launched the App Store, they changed the face of computing forever. I wonder if Steve Jobs himself saw the full reach of his latest innovation back then.
When Apple launched the iPad, I was following the event live on the web along with countless others. My expectations were low and, as far as the [...]
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Is the iPad a Game Changer?
Hacking ATMs
It’s when you see a headline saying “Credit card skimming malware targeting ATMs”, that you get that sinking feeling that you haven’t been paranoid enough.
Security firm Sophos is reporting that they’ve discovered one or more trojans in the wild targeting Automated Teller Machines made by leading US manufacturer Diebold.
Apparently, the trojans skim money and steal [...]
A Computer History Museum with Soul
The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA is not your average museum.
For one thing, some of the exhibits aren’t even 5 years old yet. And where else can you go to a museum and see parts of your own history on display?
That is, if you’re a computer geek, like me.
DRM: Dead End or Inevitable Arms Race?
Just whose rights does DRM manage and does it matter anymore?
Speculation is rife all over the ‘net that DRM (Digital Rights Management) is dying. Some would even claim that Steve Jobs killed it.
I don’t think so (on both counts), but then again I’ve been wrong before.
Vista DRM The ‘Longest Suicide Note in History’?
Windows Vista is crippled by design, according to security researcher Peter Gutmann.
Gutmann’s paper, A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection, has caused quite a bit of a stir since first The Inquirer and later Slashdot picked it up.
A choice quote, from the Executive Executive Summary(sic):
The Vista Content Protection specification could very well constitute the
longest [...]