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February 2010 News Archives
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February 14, 2010 - The I Love You Virus
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For those who do not know what the I Love You virus was, there is an article on it here. It happened back in 2000, and infected a lot of people. I would like to say we have come a long awy since then, but malicious e-mails with ZIP and EXE attachments claiming to be an eCard still circulate, and people still open the attachments, which are malicious. In more recent news, Microsoft released a pretty good amount of patches this past Tuesday, and everyone should apply them as soon as possible. Adobe has also released a bulletin about even more Flash flaws, and has yet to fix them. Adobe has had a lot of problems with security vulnerabilities in Flash and Acrobat/Reader as of late, causing a lot of people to question their continued widespread use in the enterprise, corporate, and consumer worlds. Meanwhile, companies such as Netflix have switched to Microsoft Silverlight for their video streaming needs. The Summer Olympics last year was also streamed using Silverlight. According to Netflix, it is much more reliable and solid, and they have actually let go of some of their software support people, as Silverlight does not break down as much as Flash did. Google bought Aardvark, which is like Yahoo! Andwers, only uses IM and e-mail instead of a web site, for $50 million. Other than that, Mobile World Congress is coming up, and there are a lot of rumors about what Microsoft will show in Windows Mobile 7. There seems to be a lot of high expectations, and I hope to see Microsoft deliver the same kind of great satisfaction in Windows Mobile 7 on the mobile device as Windows 7 has delivered on the PC. On the flip side of that, Apple has been having problems with a "screen flickering" issue on their 27" iMac models, and has begun refunding users who experience this issue at 15%. It's still business as usual for Apple, continuing their vendor lock-in practices and limited functionality for a premium price practices with the iPad, as it has virtually no ports (USB, being the most obvious one missing), as well as its AT&T-only 3G coverage, and a $130 fee for the 3G capability of the device to start. The keyboard is extra. The dock is extra. The cable to connect a digital camera to the device will likely be extra. I, personally, am looking more forward to the HP Slate, as I expect that it will be a better device. The Dell Mini 5, with Android as its operating system, also shows a lot of promise, and a great speed for response time as well. We will see how those go. That's it for now.
--Master Joe
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