So that is why there hasn't been any new post lately.
But when i get caught i will be back at it soon enough.
Here are a few items for the moment...
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Damon Darlin writes in the NYT that Apple pay is revolutionary but not for the reason you think. It isn't going to replace the credit card but it's going to replace the wallet — the actual physical thing crammed with cards, cash, photos and receipts.
According to Darlin, when you are out shopping, it's the wallet, not the credit card, that is the annoyance. It's bulky. It can be forgotten, or lost.
"I've learned while traipsing about buying stuff with my ApplePay that I can whittle down wallet items that I need to carry to three":
A single credit card, for places that have not embraced, but soon will, some form of smartphone payment; a driver's license; and about $20 in cash. Analysts at Forrester Research estimate that over the next five years, US mobile payments will grow to $142 billion, from $3.7 billion this year.
"If I were to make a bet, I'd say that 10 years from now the most popular answer from young shoppers about how they make small payments would be: thumbprint.
And you'll get a dull shrug when you ask what a wallet is."
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Reuters has the scoop this morning on a new report out from the folks at FireEye about a cyber espionage ring that targets financial services firms.
The campaign, dubbed FIN4 by FireEye, stole corporate secrets for the purpose of gaming the stock market.
FireEye believes that the extensive cyber operation compromised sensitive data about dozens of publicly held companies.
According to the report, the victims include financial services firms and those in related sectors, including investment bankers, attorneys and investor relations firms.
Rather than attempting to break into networks overtly, the attackers targeted employees within each organization.
Phishing e-mail messages led victims to bogus web sites controlled by the hackers, who harvested login credentials to e-mail and social media accounts.
Those accounts were then used to expand the hackers' reach within the target organization: sending phishing email messages to other employees.
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Some of us tried to jailbreak our iTunes music. There were even programs that did it for us.
Now there are some of us doing something more proactive.
Plaintiffs in the Apple iPod iTunes antitrust litigation complain that Apple married iTunes music with iPod players, and they want $350 million in damages.
The lawsuit accuses Apple of violating U.S. and California antitrust law by restricting music purchased on iTunes from being played on devices other than iPods and by not allowing iPods to play music purchased on other digital music services.
Late Apple founder Steve Jobs will reportedly appear via a videotaped statement during the trial, scheduled to begin Tuesday morning in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
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This is insane! This is impossible!
But it is going to happen none the less.
Your mobile phonwe is going to surpass your home internet connection by a long shot!
The global race is on to develop 5G, the fifth generation of mobile network.
While 5G will follow in the footsteps of 4G and 3G, this time scientists are more excited.
They say 5G will be different — very different. "5G will be a dramatic overhaul and harmonization of the radio spectrum," says Prof Rahim Tafazolli who is the lead at the UK's multimillion-pound government-funded 5G Innovation Centre at the University of Surrey.
To pave the way for 5G the ITU is comprehensively restructuring the parts of the radio network used to transmit data, while allowing pre-existing communications, including 4G and 3G, to continue functioning.
5G will also run faster, a lot faster. Prof Tafazolli now believes it is possible to run a wireless data connection at an astounding 800Gbps — that's 100 times faster than current 5G testing.
A speed of 800Gbps would equate to downloading 33 HD films — in a single second. Samsung hopes to launch a temporary trial 5G network in time for 2018's Winter Olympic Games.
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Not even possible in California! Not ever!
Too many people.
Too many unlicensed uninsured drivers.
AP reports that Montana lawmakers are drafting bills that would raise the daytime speed limit on Montana interstate highways from 75 to 80 and possibly as high as 85 mph.
"I just think our roads are engineered well, and technology is such we can drive those roads safely," says Art Wittich.
He notes that Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho have raised their speed limits above 75, and they haven't had any problems.
Drivers on German autobahns average about 84 mph. State Senator Scott Sales says he spent seven months working in the Bakken oil patch, driving back and forth to Bozeman regularly.
"If I could drive 85 mph on the interstate, it would save an hour," says Sales. "Eighty-five would be fine with me."
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Retirement means that when someone says "Have a nice day", you actually have a shot at it.
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