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Google has started to filter out results in an attempt to prevent DoS attacks from overloading their servers. This has been a somewhat frequent occurrences in the colorful life of the internet we know (which was designed to be a military network) and the attacks just keep on coming. The problem is that the complexity and frequency seems to be reaching levels by which standard measures which worked perfectly in the past are now obsolete and quite ineffective. Malware of today rival the best of the best of the intrusion prevention systems currently available. Anti-viruses which have served us so well in the past are not at all effective for these malicious codes change and morph as fast as they can be detected.

Many companies have under estimated the volume of network traffic even with the most high-tech firms succumbing to the problem. Microsoft�s Xbox Live service bogged down leaving some clients to file lawsuits for services that were not provided as promised. In attempts to initiate damage control, the company has announced that subscribers are to get a free game which is also being fast-tracked to cool down hot-headed clients but the damage has been done and many are pissed at how they handled the situation.

This is a common problem with web-based applications for unlike local services and products, the resources that are being used are not dedicated leaving a whole lot of the information necessary for the system to work to web servers and other providers who might not be on the same bandwagon. The web-based games network failed miserably as too many users logged in and joined online games taking up too much bandwidth resulting in r\frequent dropping from the network play system and other issues associated with network resources. This is one of the unknowns of the internet for as we all know, technology has to stop somewhere for too much ends up in wasted resources and too little, well see for yourself the many complaints Microsoft has gotten from their Xbox Live problems which continues to this day. The holidays has the highest demand levels in terms of network resources as these multi-million dollar companies vie for more and more of the on-line gaming market they forget to take a step back and look at their support and other hardware infrastructures to anticipate and prepare for unseens.

Apple Inc., has announced last March 06, 2008 that a beta edition of their upcoming iPhone software is under beta testing and will be available for download soon to all subscribers of the sleek iPhone. The iPhone and Touch, already has thousands of native applications that used to be limited to Windows CE users. The new touch and iPhones have the ability to interface with previously inaccessible systems like Microsoft’s Active Sync. Third party developers are injecting tons of applications that has the iPhone and Touch turn into totally different machines with tons of applications and widgets that can be used on them. The upcoming upgrade to the iPhones software also includes the SDK which would allow users to create custom API’s and upload them to their iPhones. The Apple Touch and iPhone have revolutionized the way we use technology and has indeed made life a little easier for many in the business arena.

There was a time when your bag held a gadget known as a personal organizer that costs a couple of hundred bucks. They were the gadget to have and most office workers had them as a status symbol of the working class. Then came the ever smaller handheld computers that ran stripped down versions of your Laptop OS and everything changed overnight, they took the stage and everyone wanted one. Out with the PDA and in with the Handheld. Then Intel announces a new line of low-power processors they called the Atom that was combined with Centrino technology that allowed your Ultra-portable to become as powerful as your computer yet lighter than your keyboard. Advances in memory technology has flash drives replacing hard disks further extending the amount of power available. It will only be time when the computing power of your handheld would be equal to your gaming PC just with a smaller screen (you can use those magnifying gadgets they used on GameBoy’s). Besides, Man went to the moon with less computing power than your washing machine! The sky’s the limit.

Many in the business community hail the Blackberry as the best merging of technologies that have allowed the combination of a PDA, Cellular phone and Web PC all bundled into one small black package. Well, they’re not all black; they come in different colors too. But the Blackberry has transformed the office allowing you to take your mailbox with you as long as there is a mobile signal. The utter toughness of these small computers has allowed businessmen to keep in touch with their staff and bosses extending the office to where ever on earth you may be. They can be used in most of the major city centers but outside of them there is not much support for the place of a blackberry is in it’s own network. The latest release, the Smartphone in the form of the Blackberry Pearl 8110 loaded with some of the most sophisticated features like an on-board GPS, a digital camera with video capability and newer colors to appeal more to the females in the office.

The only problem is that businesses may not like the idea of a smart web for it would further erode the defined lines between a business network and a social web combining all the aspects of business into one big collection of knowledge that is accessible to all. The internet has truly changed the way we live and go about our business but I think this upgrade to the internet would take a lot of time, the costs are staggering for it would surely run in the billions of dollars for all the major links of the internet would have to be replaced with faster technology that allows current applications to run better and faster of course. Time will tell if the new and improved version of the Internet would become reality, with the global economy slowing, people have that at the back of their minds focusing more on where they would be getting their next meal.

The idea of upgrading the internet may seem farfetched but the advent of the social web has become partially successful once all the current security problems have been addressed. The idea of having a WEB 3.0 might seem far off, but remember the fact that there are already studies being done to upgrade the internet. We’re not talking about the programs but the system itself, all the hardware and antiquated stuff that have accumulated into the thing we all call the internet. Maybe that would bring the new and improved WEB 3.0 into more of a fact for re-designing hardware and the software that is designed to work on it may be the key to solving the security nightmare we’re currently in.

These gadgets already have cousins in the market but the introduction of a smaller more powerful processor loaded with better power management and consumption would allow longer battery charges. Internet enabled devices are now entering the market as the online world expands into every aspect of daily life. These devices are void of hard disk storage and sometimes even the CD-DVD combo drives which are the main power guzzlers that consume the battery’s charge fast. Eliminating them and minimizing the use of motors within the device decreases immensely the need for big batteries and support systems such as power supply and management systems. Storage comes in the form of internal flash disks which allows the computer to function and expansion slots for memory upgrades are available. Additional storage requirements can be augmented with external flash disks.

Intel, the largest manufacturer has just announced the release of it’s new line of small-footprint, low-power microprocessors designed for the growing mobile computing market. Designated Atom, the said microprocessor has received pledges from most of the world’s manufacturer of mobile computers such as Mobile Internet Devices(MID’s), Internet-Focused notebooks and Desktops, they utilize the world’s smallest transistors showcasing the companies advanced technology in chip design and development. There are actually two products that will carry the Atom logo namely; The pure Intel Atom which would be for mobile internet devices and the Intel Centrino which is aimed at the internet focused notebook market which we are beginning to see coming into the market.

Search engines like Google, Yahoo and the many other search engines out there have to implement measures to attacks aimed at their results during searches. Search Engine Optimization makes searches more precise but with attacks aimed at them they have to deal with overloading of their sites. Fake and dummy sites that look as if they are from legitimate sources and even have all the makings of one are given as results to a search for particular key words. Any unsuspecting person who selects one will get an unpleasant surprise in the form of code that can be anything from a spam generator to a phishing bot which sends information to a central location or address.