Resources

An interesting “Forbes” article on how Cloud computing is offering flexibility and scalability to startup businesses – https://tiny.cc/6fpbp

Add a logo to your QR code – https://tiny.cc/vrie3

A Google engineer writes what they think about Google + :https://tiny.cc/b5ao6

This is quite scary.   Malware installed on your smartphone could record keystrokes on nearby keyboards:   Read the article here:  https://tiny.cc/6hpdu

Rumors were the Israeli’s created the first virus that sought out and decimated the Iranian nuclear plant.   Is this their second computer attack?   You can read about it here: https://tiny.cc/azpjk

VMware has released some exciting performance data showing the improvements of ESXi 5.0 over ESXi 4.1 on the same hardware.  You can read about their findings here: https://tiny.cc/599fx

The trade press is awash in negative Google articles.   Here is one of them.   I think the author’s comments about “jeopardizing Google itself” are a bit over the top, but Google has hit a very rough patch on many fronts.   I find Google + quite different and interesting than Facebook.

VMware Thin App Factory sounds like a major step forward for VMware in the area of application virtualization.  It is a new tool set that dramatically simplifies application virtualization.  Think of it as a P2V for applications.  Here is a nice summary article about this exciting new product:  https://tiny.

The commander of the U.S. Cyber Command said Thursday that he does not favor giving the United Nations the power to regulate the Internet.  You can read about it here.

A flaw was found in Adobe Flash that can allow a “clickjacking” exploit to turn on your webcam and microphone.  Adobe is working on a fix.  Networkworld has an article talking about this issue:  https://tinyurl.com/bwt7h7p