STORM CLOUD OVER ICELAND

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The latest buzzword doing the rounds in the internet world is called, ‘The Cloud’. In simple terms, ‘The Cloud’, is just a definition used for using the internet to get to huge areas of processor power at various locations throughout the world e.g. a big player in this field is actually Iceland, due to the remoteness (security), geothermal and hydroelectric power stations (cheap electricity). Examples of companies using, ‘The Cloud’ are endless, but the big players are Google, Adobe and of course Microsoft e.g. Google already provide a multitude of applications to enable Joe Bloggs to perform everyday functions such as sending emails, creating documents etc.  And even the Australian education system seems to have signed up to using, ‘The Cloud’, rather than more traditional methods of locally installed applications on the PC…or MAC etc. Some other technologies that may be worth thinking about are the following: JAXTR: – Essentially an installable application that can enable local rate calls to international destinations.  I suppose, this will be a rival to the SKYPE’s of the world. YAPTA: – This website is there to help the travelling consumer get the best price when booking flights.  It even alerts one when the price of the flight drops and if the opportunity for refund on a booked flight is available after a booking has been made. FINDIT: – So, most people have heard of GUMTREE or CRAIGSLIST, but how about another kid on the block called FINDIT. Now just to sign off this blog, it would be a good idea to mention the latest STORM WORM doing the rounds on the internet.  This is a tactic of sending emails to someone and trying to entice them to click on a link, which of course will release a Trojan horse virus on to the persons PC…Mac etc. The latest tactic is to send a news report, but the actual news report will be a fabrication along the lines of the following: ‘Eiffel Tower damaged by massive earthquake’ ‘Donald Trump missing, feared kidnapped.’ …by the way, the link will take the user to, lets just say, an adult orientated site….so no clicking on the link!!

 

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