Anything new in Tech..............

Autocar

BBC Technology page

BBC Click

PC Magazine

PC Pro

Reuters Technology page

Best TV 2015: what TV should you buy?


New Links.

I'm sure all is tickety-boo when there is a connection, much like the paperless office. Visited my local bank yesterday to sort out my identity - even though I've been with them since I was a child, the system was down - none of the required forms or records were available. In the old days at the least they kept your details in a shoebox.

Cheers,
KidA

Those days are very long gone KidA! The customer was always right, now always wrong, you used to be a face and a name which could be recalled when the banker saw your signature, then you became a number, now you are just a fingerprint or a voice with no purpose other than to access your account if the system is not down! :o)

The Problem with relying on "the Cloud" - another term for www, I perceive no difference - is that Security is much more important Those that have a vested interest ill say it's most secure etc etc . but it's not their money / life that's destroyed by a breach . . . Indeed, like a Politician bandying words - Almost instinctively I believe the Opposite
It is cheapness that s driving use of the Cloud and sooner or later crooks ( including Government ) will want to get heir hands on your data Stuff . . . . without your permission - and that will cost far more than the up-front savings.

Similarly, Banks have been using "networks" to move data about and I would expect they have some form of error-checking in place - but not strong enough to defeat a hacker ------ If the US Gove has been hacked by teens in Bedrooms - wow!
what hope is there they are now secure?


all IMHO.

Hubble telescope's latest find pushes back clock on galaxy formation

Robotic arm allows 'cyborg drumming'

There is hope for the human race yet!

Monkeys manoeuvre wheelchairs with thoughts.

There has been so much progress in tech stuff recently, it would be fantastic if disability could become no obstacle for manoeuvrability through mind control.

The Cloud? cloud cookoo land more like.. avoid.

Email inventor Ray Tomlinson dies at 74

Technology explained: What is a DDoS attack?

Mac ransomware caught before large number of computers infected

From the ads on this site :- Genius British Invention Saving 80% on Hot Water Bills

No problems here at Mac city for the mo.

CYBER SECURITY

Google’s AI beats world Go champion in first of five matches

360-degree tour of Cern's Large Hadron Collider

Oh no not that Bl+++y thing, I have had it explained to me many times and still don't understand the advantage of it .

Robo-Advisors http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/110514/how-financial-advisors-can-adjust-roboadvisors.asp

Anyone on here tried them?

Stan - I can loose money quite easily without advice!

Absolutely Skinny, I just wondered how it went for people.

The immortalist: Uploading the mind to a computer

What are "any" advantages from one of these black boxes other then for people under 30 ish? http://www.which.co.uk/money/insurance/guides/black-box-car-insurance/black-box-car-insurance-how-it-works/s/

I'm not thinking of money savings but other possibles, like tracking if one's car gets stolen which is one obvious +.