Why Microsoft doesn’t need your money: Business brings home the bacon 為什麼微軟並不需要向你收錢？

Why Microsoft doesn’t need your money: Business brings home the bacon

from http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/why-microsoft-doesnt-need-your-money-business-brings-home-the-bacon/

為什麼微軟並不需要向你收錢？

Consumers may interact with Microsoft products every day, but apparently they're not making the company much cash. The money trail shows Microsoft drifting away from consumers and closer to business. Will it products follow suit?

Microsoft delivered a pleasant surprise to investors this week, revealing earnings of $5.1 billion for its third fiscal quarter of 2012. That’s down a bit from a the year-ago figure of $5.23 billion, but that was boosted by a one-time tax benefit. All told, the numbers were stronger than analysts and investors has expected, particularly since sales of its flagship Windows operating system ought to be lukewarm, as both consumers and business put off purchases of new software and new computers in anticipation of Windows 8.

Future Smartphones May Be Able To See Through Walls 未來智慧型手機將可以看穿牆壁

Future Smartphones May Be Able To See Through Walls

Read more: http://www.itproportal.com/2012/04/21/future-smartphones-may-be-able-to-see-through-walls/#ixzz1sgWDoP5e

未來智慧型手機將可以看穿牆壁


Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas have managed to come up with an idea to enable future smartphone owners to share the same trait as Superman - namely, the super power to be able to see through walls.

Read more: http://www.itproportal.com/2012/04/21/future-smartphones-may-be-able-to-see-through-walls/#ixzz1sgWcSuvq

Web could vanish for hordes of people in July, FBI warns 聯邦調查局警告,7月在網站上將有大群人消失

Web could vanish for hordes of people in July, FBI warns

from  http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57418276-83/web-could-vanish-for-hordes-of-people-in-july-fbi-warns/

聯邦調查局警告,7月在網站上將有大群人消失

If your computer is infected with the DNSChanger virus, your summertime Internet activities will be seriously curtailed -- as in buh-bye. But a special Web site can help you fix the problem.

The FBI is warning that hundreds of thousands of people could lose their Internet connections come July, unless they take steps to diagnose and disinfect their computers.

The problem is related to malware called DNSChanger that was first discovered way back in 2007 and that has infected millions of computers worldwide.

《經濟學人》：人類進入第三次工業革命

from http://news.chinatimes.com/world/110504/112012042100196.html

 　最新一期英國《經濟學人》雜誌指出，人類現在已經進入《第三次工業革命》時代，十八世紀末的第一次工業革命以機器取代手工，廿世紀初的第二次工業革命強調大量生產，而近年來興起的第三次工業革命則是「製造數位化」，為傳統製造業的面貌和生產方式帶來巨大改變。

凱文．凱利：面對巨變 台灣應創新與勇於犯錯

from http://news.cnyes.com/Content/20120418/KFJRW53VRTF2Q.shtml?c=headline_sitehead

提出在未來科技生活你不得不認識的四個詞彙，那就是──螢幕化（screening）、資訊流（flowing）、分享（sharing）與即時存取（accessing）。