Latest Featured Articles When Iraqi Kurdistan emerged as an autonomous entity in 1992 following the first Gulf War, everyone knew the political separation from the rest of Iraq would be considerable. Fast-forward nearly 20 years, it turns the technological separation has become equally dramatic. Citigroup has acknowledged that last month's high profile breach of its systems affected more than 360,000 credit card accounts, about 80 percent more than the company initially indicated. Verizon Wireless continues to expand its 4G Long Term Evolution network this week by bringing the mobile broadband service to 19 additional metropolitan areas. The CIA's website was still not accessible to the public Thursday morning - several hours after a hacker group called LulzSec allegedly targeted the site with a DDoS attack. There seem to be about three major positions on whether we are "in another Internet bubble." Some people say valuations are generally reasonable and that the firms going public have actual revenue models. For them, there is no bubble. Others think we are in a bubble, while a third group of people might say we are building towards a bubble, sort of at a 1995 point, with 2000 coming. To paraphrase an old saying, "You can lead a computer user to knowledge, but you can't make him think." Nothing like waking up in the morning and find out you've lost nearly half a million Bitcoins through theft. "Strong" sales in the mobile phone sector has led to Best Buy doing better than predicted in revenue and earnings during the recent first quarter. Featured Resources Advertise With Us Become a TechZone360 columnist! Become a TechZone360 columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of communications technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TechZone360 Web site and this newsletter. Contact Erik Linask at elinask@tmcnet.com for details. |
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