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I'm a freaky about data, statistics and other issues like that. So IBGE (Brazilian's Geographic and Statistics Institute) was always a web-site that I watched for. They released an awesome new service: statistical data over maps, with links and all the stuff needed. You can reach the "countries" page here and the Brazilian states data here.
And then the "first" "commercial" quantum computer has been launched - lots of talk but no real use right now. It's a great attempt and proof-of-concept, but articles points to scientists saying it could not scale very well. I'm really wandering about what could happen to security systems - hell, with everything - if quantum computers really become useful. It's a topic to watch for, sure.
And soon will be more meaningful articles here, just a few days...
Labels: high-tech, mashups, scifi-tech, security, simplicity, user-centric
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Two articles caught my eye today and I want to wrote quickly about it.
Wired News covers the security plans for OLPC. It appears that XO (the laptop official name) will be all restricted to protect the data. It will be interesting to see how children will behave when they get it - at my experience, the youngsters are doing some hacking and the first contact age is going down really fast, even here in Brasil where access to technology is very limited. The security constrains may be frustrating for some and encouraging for others.
I'm interested in getting an XO specially because it appears to be a great e-book reader and I'm anxious for some e-book reader product that make for book market what iPod made for the music industry. And, of course, I hope this comes DRM free.
Second is an article from INFO Online that quotes Eugene Kaspersky about ransomware. I wasn't aware of this (new) threat and it's a particularly dangerous one. It appears people are using trojans to infect computers and encrypt user data.
With your data encrypted in a package, they charge a "ransom" fee for the kidnapped data to be released. Kaspersky says it's safer (for the criminals) than other virtual crimes as police seems to be less interested in investigating such low-gain attempts. Creepy!
Labels: drm, e-book, olpc, security, trojans, virus
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