Tech articles 4-11

Security Flaw Could Reach Beyond Websites to Digital Devices, Experts Say

-When the Heartbleed bug was disclosed on Monday, the attention focused on the fallout for major Internet companies like Yahoo and Amazon. But security experts said the potential for harm could extend much further, to the guts of the Internet and the many devices that connect to it.

-Cisco Systems, the dominant provider of gear to move traffic through the Internet, said its big routers and servers, as well as its online servers — a big business — were not affected. If they had been, that would have had a significant impact on virtually every major company that connects to the Internet.

tech article 4/2/14

A BILLION-DOLLAR BRACELET IS THE KEY TO A DISNEY PARK
- Walt Disney World has spent more than a year rolling out a $1 billion system that changes how visitors do everything from enter their hotel rooms to ride Space Mountain. But a few weeks ago a front desk agent at one of  Disney's marquee hotels was still wrestling with the technology.
-So it has gone with MyMagic+, an ambitious effort to make Disney World more profitable by making its 30 million annual visitors happier. The multifaceted system has taken longer to introduce than expected as Disney has confronted an array of daunting complexities: training 70,000 employees, equipping 28,000 hotel room doors with radio frequency readers, prompting guests to wear data-collecting electronic wristbands.

Tech article 3/28

BRINGING 3-D POWER TO THE PEOPLE
-The first thing Duann Scott does when he arrives at the Shapeways factory in Long Island City, Queens, is check the bins. They are yellow and stacked in an all-white room that resembles the interior of a spaceship, and they contain the latest prints to come out of the machines, which can really stack up.
-Shapeways, a 3-D printing service and online marketplace, has been described as the Amazon of 3-D printing for its on-demand model, if not its outsize volume: The machines spit out about 120,000 objects a month, a tidal flow of design that runs from the mundane to the astonishing.

Android wear

ANDROID WEAR
Any nascent technology needs a platform in order to be successful. This week, Google gave wearable devices that platform.
With the announcement of Android wear. Google has officially kicked off the wearables era. The availability of an operating system for wearables will lead to an almost immediate boom in device development.
As every device maker knows, the hardest thing about creating a new hardware platform is creating the software to go along with it. Pebble  arguably relaunched  the smart watch conversation with its devices, but has struggled to get developers to contribute meaningful features. That’s understandable, since the market for Pebble watches is currently pretty small. Pebble app development is a passion project, at best.

Xbox one

Xbox one Catches up to PS4 In Feburary!

-After reporting no sales figures in January, Microsoft is moving foward in February. The numbers after a market researcher showed it gaining on Sony's PlayStation 4 in the U.S.

-PS4 still has more sales than the Xbox One but only on a small margin.

-The Xbox One sold over 90 percent of what the PS4 sold in terms of unit sales. The reason why is because of it has a higher price than the PS4

Web article tv

Watching TV Without Paying for Cable

-Many people question if they can watch television without paying for Cable. Not paying for cable and still watching local TV shows will be cheaper and will still be entertained. But can everyone do it?

-Depending on where you live, adding an antenna to your television could bring in plenty of free broadcast channels. It would be including those in HD which would be always nice!

-If you cannot get much from the standard antenna, investing in a larger indoor antenna or even an outdoor model to pull in UHF and VHF signals may help.

-Lastly, If an antenna will not work because of your location or surrounding elements, other options include streaming stations over a broadband Internet connection

A picture is here
http://www.scriptmag.com/features/spit-takes-a-quick-look-at-writing-selling-a-tv-pilot

Tech article

The approval of a new corporate jet center at this city’s struggling airport might have been just another losing skirmish in the battle between Silicon Valley billionaires and middle-class neighborhoods worried about noise pollution. Instead, it is becoming the latest symbol for the rapidly growing gap between the region’s haves, with their private jets and untold wealth, and the have-nots, clinging to more modest lives in the dwindling number of communities they can afford.

Google, which is responsible for many of the jets that will use the new $82 million center, is helping bring badly needed cash to Mineta San Jose International Airport, just as the tech industry is creating jobs and wealth in Silicon Valley. But the tech boom is also sharpening and fueling a housing boom that is squeezing families out of many Silicon Valley communities.

For more info click here http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/us/airport-project-reflects-a-changing-silicon-valley.html?ref=technology