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https://www.yahoo.com/tech/study-finds-most-people-are-scared-theyll-be-hacked-but-dont-do-much-about-it-213141587.html →

Innovative Direct-Current Microgrids to Solve India’s Power Woes – IEEE Spectrum article tells that a group at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras in conjunction with industrial partners, relies on solar-powered direct-current (DC) microgrids. For homes not connected to the grid, a 125-watt microgrid can serve as the sole source of electricity. For connected →

http://www.darkreading.com/cloud/theres-no-one-perfect-method-for-encryption-in-the-cloud/a/d-id/1327972 →

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/meet-the-woman-who-put-50-million-stolen-articles-online-so-you-can-read-them-for-free-a6964176.html This is an operation against the business model of traditional science publishers. →

http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/55810/malware/washington-dc-cctv-ransomware.html Article on what can go wrong with insecure networked CCTV systems. →

Here are some audio and video trends picks for the year 2017: It seems that 3D craze is over. So long, 3DTV – we won’t miss you – BBC News reports that at this year’s CES trade show, there was barely a whimper of 3D TV, compared to just two years ago when it was →

http://www.cultofandroid.com/79308/researchers-hack-smartphone-fingerprint-scanners-with-inkjet-printer/ High resolution scan of your finger printed to paper with conductive ink can fool fingerprint scanners used on several smart phones. So is fingerprint safe identification method? →

I did not have time to post my computer technologies predictions t the ends of 2016. Because I missed the year end deadline, I though that there is no point on posting anything before the news from CES 2017 have been published. Here are some of myck picks on the current computer technologies trends: CES →

http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/policy/calculating-the-full-cost-of-electricityfrom-power-plant-to-wall-socket →

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38778244 It seems that 3D TV is dead as major TV manufacturers have stopped or are stopping to make them.  →