Jailbreaking iPhones Destined to Destroy Universe!

According to eWeek.com, "Apple claims jailbreaking, or unlocking, its iPhone smartphone could lead to potential cyber-attacks, cell tower manipulation, increased drug deals and the end of the world."

You gotta love technology.

eWeek.com is also reporting that Intel expects a massive movement to Microsoft's new operating system, Win7, during the upcoming year, helping to fuel an economic recovery. Business has generally ignored Microsoft's Vista operating system, with reportedly 67 percent of businesses continuing to use WinXP. (My own employer is, for reasons that completely ellude me, just now upgrading from XP to Vista instead of making the leap directly to Win7.) The Vista operating system got a very bad rap because the hardware requirements to move from XP to it were substantial. And it came about when everyone new the economy was headed for the toilet. Now the question has to be is there enough money for the economy to dump billions into new hardware and software when what people have been using still works.

Interestingly, the hottest thing in computer hardware are the ultra small, stripped down netbooks, which have, by the way, very small profit margins for both the hardware and the software venders. Microsoft is making a Win7 system for them, but once again, the profit margin will be small, and Microsoft faces competition from Linux, including Google's own version to be called "Chrome."

Speaking of "Chrome," I'm using the Chrome browser now. It appears to be much faster both in loading the program and pages than any of the other browsers I use, including Firefox, of which I have been a strong proponent since its early beta days. (I first installed and used Firefox when it was version 0.6 and known by another name.)