Dell decides against releasing new MP3 player

Dell has been in the process of creating a new MP3 player to rival Apple’s IPod.  Until now we were not sure when it could be seen in stores.  At least now we know that it will not be seen this holiday shopping season, Dell reports.  Dell planed on using the technology from Zing Systems, which they bough last year, for organizing and downloading music or videos from notebooks and desktops. 

Dell had previously attempted to enter the mp3 music player competition (if you can call it that with the IPod out) but it failed due to poor sales.  If you’ve been keeping up with the news recently you know that Dell hasn’t been doing so well, along with the rest of the world (Except Apple).  Maybe the thought of launching a new product that had failed no less than 3 years ago isn’t the best idea.  The thought of launching a new mp3 music player alone is probably not going to be the most profitable item considering how Apple has the market cornered.  Dell would need something truely amazing to enter this area of sales and they better do it before Apple thinks of something else. ( Or steals another idea from someone else)  Dell should probably be concentrating on the personal computer market and trying to improve their products and decreasing sales.

Air Force to ‘rewrite laws of cyberspace’

The Air Force has grown tired of countless attacks on their computer networks from users that cannot be traced.  In an article by Wired they plan to “rewrite the laws of cyberspace”.

The United States is a country we would like to think is safe from any kind of cyberspace attack or attempt to gain knowledge over our defense strategys.  This obviously has been a problem recently or the talks of the Air Force trying to rewrite the laws.  Some of the rewrites being considered are: Making hostile traffic inoperable on their networks, locating and identifying once-anonymous users/hackers., and enabling Air AForce servers to evade or dodge electronic attacks.  One would think that our nations computing and Internet defense could already have cracked this down, considering the ill outcomes that this projects. 

The easy part is talking about all this and saying that they will “rewrite” and make critical upgrades to network security.  The harder part is finding a way to do this.  Are they going to rewrite protocols?  That could send the Internet into chaos and will undoubtly fail.  One possibility is writing new protocols for their systems only.  The public will of course be left out of all the details, as we serve a major threat to their sensitive documents as anyone else.  The fact is, there will always be someone wanting to rewrite laws to their advantage or their likes but there are still going to be hackers that WILL find a way into any system that is part of an accessible network.  The only solution is to constantly keep updating the network security and keep a much closer eye on anything that tries to gain access.  Easier said than done…