CISPA, is it the SOPA on steroids??

SOPA, PIPA & now we're back to CISPA.
What is CISPA?
It's the "Cyber Intelligence Sharing & Protection Act". It is a U.S. law only, but once implemented, other govt's around the globe are sure to implement their own variation. It allows private firms to go round existing privacy laws, & collect data(e.g. E-Mail, txt msg's, any of your data stored in the cloud) & be delivered to the US Govt., all without any judicial oversite.
As Australia is laying it's own 'fibre' network this sort of law will pass alot easier, as it will be a Govt. Asset.

Zdnet has a good FAQ on the subject.

A must read for anyone if you have a interest in SOPA, PIPA OR CISPA

Anti trust against Android. Could it reach further than the Tech World???

A group called Fairsearch Europe, has filed an anti trust complaint at Google, saying it is unfairly giving the Android O/S for free.
We see alot of promotions where not just software, but services & products are sold far below cost, or free.
This BGR storyis interesting.

Aussie Galaxy S4 to get SnapDragon

Samsung Australia has signalled that the Aussie release of the Samsung Galaxy S4, will have the Quadcore Snapdragon processor from Qualcom.

There was some speculation that we'd get Samsung's own octocore Exynos.
Is the decision not to, influenced by the power drain on the battery, being too much from a LTE based, octocore machine???
Cnet Aust. has the gos on it

Curiosity to have a month of silence

Curiosity had a month of challengers during March, but April may be a challenge of silence. The Earth, Mars & the Sun have aligned themselves in a 'conjunction', which will block any transmission we sent or recieve from it.

The 1st of May is when communications are planned to recommence, untill then Curiosity is on it's own. 

Slash Gear has a quick write-up on it.

Are you the Europian Mafia??

If your driving a Volvo, just make sure you don't park next to another one. As you will see in this report, you could be mistaken for the Mafia!!

Swedes arrested in Switzerland for driving Volvos | Sveriges Radio Mobil

Wrist-watch or phone, that will be the question!!!

  With phone designers starting to run short on idea's, the advancement of new tech being able to be incorporated into our smart phones is beginning to show. 

Some years ago I bought a hand held GPS, to use in the truck. It was a pain because it was before navigators were about. I had to plot a course on a map on the desktop and then transfer a track onto the handheld.

    I don't know why I was surprised a couple of years later when Nokia brought out GPS's in it's phones.

Will we start to be numbed by the continual push from industry to BUY, BUY??

Or will we all take to the next generation of tech??

Well it looks like the next generation is on it way, in the wrist-watch. 

The IT crew from The Australian, has a pretty good look at what could be a transition in our love for tech from the phone, the the watch.  

photo's thanks to news.com.au