Showing posts with label 1984. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1984. Show all posts

6/17/10

Internet 'killswitch'?

Presidential control over internet.

Wait, what? Presidential control over the internet? Yeah, a new senate bill proposes that the president has a sort of 'killswitch,' the ability to control or turn off parts of the internet, and block any traffic as well. With the bill, "any private company reliant on "the Internet, the telephone system, or any other component of the U.S. 'information infrastructure'" would be "subject to command"." Essentially, the president would be able to "declare a cybersecurity emergency," and have the "power to "order the disconnection" of certain networks or Web sites." (That was a brief summary, read more to find other articles)

6/16/10

iPhone vs. Android


It seems that we are at the cusp of yet another computing revolution: the transition from personal computers to mobile devices. We have seen, and most likely will see, mobile devices replace people's laptop and even desktop computers. We have moved from a focus on expensive processors and bulky hard drives to cloud computing, where tasks and memory are completed or stored in the omniscient cloud. In the previous computing revolution, Apple was pitted against Microsoft in the ever-famous Mac vs. Pc battle. Microsoft managed to win the battle, gaining over 90% of the personal computing market. Jumping back to today, a new revolution has arrived: Apple against Google in the iPhone vs. Android battle. Ding! Ding!