In 2008, a 100 Percent Chance of Alarm
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Thanks to availability entrepreneurs, misinterpreting the weather is getting easier and easier.
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By Jeb Phillips, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Feb. 14--Most are one in a million, yelling out into the universe, just in case.
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If you have any brilliant predictions for either 2008 or 2108, I'd like to offer you a prize. But I can guarantee delivery only for the 2008 winner. The prize is a copy of "America 1908," by Jim Rasenberger, a very good book about a very good year for technology. In 1908, the Wright brothers [...].
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InfoWorld - In the first column of this year, I discussed computer security outlook and hopes for 2008. I forecast more of the same that we saw in 2007: more spam, more malware, more bad guys basically owning the Internet and our connected computers. I don't see any trends or new leaders with significant power to change the status quo.
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LITTLE CHANGE: Three-quarters of voters will use the same machines as in 2000. Nearly 30 percent will vote on punch card and lever machines regarded as unreliable.
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The market proved itself robust in the aftermath of Sept. 11 and is more prepared now than ever to face a future threat.
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Doctors and public health officials must weigh the benefits of knowledge against the risk of alarm.
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The BBC News website gives its predictions for five technologies that could start to become big in 2008
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KABUL, Afghanistan More than 100-thousand Afghan and foreign security forces are on high alert the day before the country&#39;s first direct presidential election.
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Will it return more than 900% this year, too?
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Is a sea change about to occur? Don't count on it.
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100,000 take part in biggest demonstrations for nearly 20 years but fears of crackdown grow.
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By Ian Katz, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Sep. 10--It's Sept. 10, 2001. Companies are pitching ideas for a digital emergency alert network, a 10-finger and palm-print scanner and a Web site dedicated to bioterrorism.
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While most electronics companies are still trying to establish green credentials, 2008 could mark a turning point for previously obscure "home automation" technologies that now are being advertised as a way to save electricity Â not just personal energy.
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The Story: Even when there?s good news on the security front, there always seems to be bad news to balance it out. And while we think this news is important for you to know, it?s not an exception to the Good News/Bad News Syndrome.[ Slideshow: 2007's top underreported tech stories ]                                                    The use of e-mail-borne executable virus attachments dropped sharply in 2007. In particular, spammers have dialed back their use of so-called image spam, which tricks filters by embedding text within an attached image.According to IronPort Systems, outbreaks of viruses embedded in e-mail attachments totaled 860 in 2006 and 844 in 2005. But as of mid-October 2007, attacks totaled just 360. Dave Mayer, an IronPort product manager, said it?s likely that outbreaks will total 450 by the end of the year ? a drop of 47 percent. It appears that evildoers are moving on: ?Traditional viruses have been around for years, a long enough time to harden defenses against malicious attachments,? he said.Earlier in the year, IronPort, Symantec, and McAfee all noted that image spam, which appeared about two years ago, is waning, now that defenses have improved. Filters have now gotten better at scanning the contents of the attachments, leading spammers to link instead to images elsewhere.Mayer, whose company specializes in e-mail and Web security, says spammers are now placing those images on free photo-sharing sites ? the ones people use to send vacation photos to friends and family ? and embedding links to those images in their junk messages. These are difficult for spam filters to block because the same sites are used for legitimate photos as well.But as the abuse of e-mail attachments has declined, other types of threats have escalated. For example, outbreaks of macro viruses, aimed at Office-type applications, have risen by 50 percent to 60 percent while URL viruses climbed by at least 250 percent this year, IronPort found.The Bottom Line: It often seems as if the number of threats that you must be on guard against only increases, stretching your resources past the limits. But the truth is that threat profiles change over time, and some things you may be investing in are no longer as great a threat or are now handled by the tools you have in place. So, although you can?t get lax about security, you can focus more on newer threats.Complete list of 2007 underreported tech stories: 1.? Java is becoming the new Cobol 2.? Sun Microsystems is back in the game 3.? Hackers take aim at Mac OS X 4.? There are some threats you can worry less about 5.? Companies may have found a way around H-1B visa limits 6.? Open source?s new commercial strategy 7.? End-to-end Ethernet finally arrives 8.? Blade servers arrive for the masses 9.? BI is dead; long live BI 10. Balance of power shifts to software buyers
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It happens every year, and it's about to happen now.
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A new airport security system relies on human judgment