WWDC Sells Out In Record Time

It turns out that Apple has decided not to participate in the economic downturn. Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) sold out in record time yesterday. Tickets went on sale a few weeks ago. Early registration was well over $1,000 per person.

This promises to be a great event. It will be the first time that the public gets to see OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard. There is also talk about the release of the new iPhone and a touchscreen netbook.

This is going to be exciting!

Bull In A Grocery Store

You have heard of a bull in a china shop. This is funnier.

Conficker Virus Is Spreading

The Conficker virus that was to begin spreading on April 1 seems to be slowing spreading across the Internet. It is quietly turning thousands of personal computers into servers of e-mail spam and installing spyware.

According to Paul Ferguson of Trend Micro "This is probably one of the most sophisticated botnets on the planet. The guys behind this are very professional. They absolutely know what they are doing."

Here is the thing that is really scary. It is only able to load on computers that do not have all of the current Microsoft patches installed. Come to find out, this represents millions of computers worldwide. The moral of the story - make sure that auto-update is turned on in your operating system.

Keith Alexander Named To Head Cyber Command

Keith Alexander, West Point graduate and Director of the NSA, has been named to head the new Pentagon Cyber Command. This comes with the recent increase in attacks against various networks across the country.

This is great news! There is no one better to head up the new Cyber Command than the director of the NSA.

The new Cyber Command will be located on the NSA campus at Fort Meade.

The Honda Symba Is Back

The number one motorcycle in the world is coming back to America after a 26 year hiatus. You have to see this YouTube video to get the full story.

Computer Components That Will Not Die

This article in PCWorld is hilarious. It lists 25 computer products that will not dye. On the list are such biggies as the dot matrix printer, Hayes modems, and floppy disks. Who knew?

iPhoto Works Too Well

Gizmoto ran a story on the iPhoto face recognition function. It seems that it works a little too well :-) Click on the photo to get a better idea of what I am talking about.