http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/meet-the-woman-who-put-50-million-stolen-articles-online-so-you-can-read-them-for-free-a6964176.html This is an operation against the business model of traditional science publishers. →
http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/55810/malware/washington-dc-cctv-ransomware.html Article on what can go wrong with insecure networked CCTV systems. →
Here are some audio and video trends picks for the year 2017: It seems that 3D craze is over. So long, 3DTV – we won’t miss you – BBC News reports that at this year’s CES trade show, there was barely a whimper of 3D TV, compared to just two years ago when it was →
http://www.cultofandroid.com/79308/researchers-hack-smartphone-fingerprint-scanners-with-inkjet-printer/ High resolution scan of your finger printed to paper with conductive ink can fool fingerprint scanners used on several smart phones. So is fingerprint safe identification method? →
I did not have time to post my computer technologies predictions t the ends of 2016. Because I missed the year end deadline, I though that there is no point on posting anything before the news from CES 2017 have been published. Here are some of myck picks on the current computer technologies trends: CES →
http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/policy/calculating-the-full-cost-of-electricityfrom-power-plant-to-wall-socket →
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38778244 It seems that 3D TV is dead as major TV manufacturers have stopped or are stopping to make them. →
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jan/27/why-ikea-flatpack-refugee-shelter-won-design-of-the-year?CMP=fb_gu →
http://www.zdnet.com/article/raspberry-pi-these-blades-can-turn-your-pis-into-pcs-servers-routers-and-workstations/ →
http://interestingengineering.com/video/this-robot-beats-im-not-a-robot-captcha/ →