Brian David Johnson
[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/podcasts/120610_BrianDavidJohnson.mp3″ text=”Click to play episode #12″] Shelly Palmer chats Intel Futurist Brian David Johnson. What is a futurist you say? It’s Johnson’s job to look out into the future and come up with a vision of how people will interact with computers 10 to 15 years down the road. He works with Intel not Continue Reading →
Minority Report Ad
Steven Spielberg’s “Minority Report” painted a scary picture of the future in a number of ways. For privacy advocates, one of several nightmarish technologies used in the film allowed outdoor signs and billboards to play targeted interactive advertisements by scanning the eyeballs of passers-by in order to identify them. Such technology isn’t widely available yet, Continue Reading →
Touch Screen
Tactus Technology, a California-based startup, recently unveiled a unique touchscreen layer for mobile technology that can dynamically create real buttons for an on-demand physical keyboard experience. The screen adds no additional thickness to touchscreens and the buttons disappear when no longer needed.  Read the full story at SlashGear Continue Reading →
Super Cyber War
hile we are busy worrying about Kim Kardashian, sound bite politics and banning 64 oz cups of sugary soft drinks, the first super-cyber weapon has been quietly spying on and attacking things it doesn’t like.  Huge stealthy computer viruses with capabilities that sound like the stuff of science fiction have been hard a work, collecting Continue Reading →
Intel
Intel is planning to add “enhanced connectivity” to some of its Ultrabooks and tablets. It has partnered with Devicescape to offer its WiFi management tool, which will make it easy to connect to nearly 8 million public WiFi hotspots.  Read the full story at Slashgear Continue Reading →
personal-computer
Dell has rolled out a new set of all-in-one PCs including a new addition to the XPS lineup for those who want an Apple iMac without actually buying an iMac. The new Windows PCs boast all the features you would expect of a new desktop all-in-one including Ivy Bridge third-generation Intel Core processors, loads of Continue Reading →
Lenovo
Lenovo announced a wave of notebook updates this morning, including new range of ultrabooks set to run Intel’s brand new third-generation Ivy Bridge processors. Among the models released is a new 14-inch ultrabook, the ThinkPad X1 carbon, which the Chinese firm claims is the “thinnest ultrabook in the world.” Read the full story at Tech Continue Reading →
Intel
The first wave of Intel-based Windows 8 tablets are expected to land in retail stores in November …”more than 50 percent” of the “more than a dozen” designs will be hybrids, aka convertibles, the source said. Those designs combine aspects of a traditional physical keyboard-based laptop and tablet. Read the full story at CNET. Continue Reading →
[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120430_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Want to know what your Government is doing about cyber-security?  Well, this past Thursday the House amended, then passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, also known as CISPA.  The Bill was written to help private businesses share cyber-threat information with the Federal Government and each Continue Reading →