Summary: A few timely recommendations and an update on the Web site's situation with regard to denial of service

A COUPLE of new articles, the second of which is an op-ed from John Dvorak, are worth a quick read.

i. Businesses That Dumped Microsoft ... and Won

Competition has caused these seven users to trade in their Microsoft wares for alternatives from other vendors.

ii. Microsoft is Ruining Smartphones and Tablets for Everyone

The kicker here, is the fact that numerous failed attempts at a pad machine have been made, beginning with the imaginary Dynabook in the 1970s and including various WinPads and other tablets right up to the Microsoft announcement of a tablet platform a few years ago. You remember that, right? This was the platform that was set to dominate all computing by 2000 or 2004 or whatever. In the meantime, a slew of "convertible" laptops evolved and subsequently ended up in the trash heap of innovation.

Another one:

PandaLabs Detects 25 Million New Malware Strains

The past year set a new record for malware creation with 25 million new strains, according to a new report by PandaLabs.

The latest surge of activity included new examples of banker Trojans, which accounted for 66 percent of all new samples, as well as a number of fake antivirus programs.

As a side note, regarding the Varnish server that we use amid denial of service issues (which persist but get suppressed within minutes), it turns out that absence of cookies makes it impossible to leave comments or to edit the Wiki. Still, it's better than downtime/unavailability. We'll resume normal pace at a later date. ⬆