Allowing smartphone “kill switch” could save money, but at what cost?
A study conducted by Creighton University professor William Duckworth, Ph.D. suggests that adding a Kill Switch to all smartphones might save $2.6 billion in the U.S. annually. A Kill Switch would allow victims of theft to “kill” the phone and render it unusable. This is supposed to be a deterrent for criminals. One concern about…
New USB Cables Go Both Ways – Ending USB “Uncertainty”
USB cables are great. Before them we had many different ports on our computers such as printerbridge and the purple and green PS/2 so that we could connect all of our components. USB allowed us to plug all sorts of devices. One key flaw with the USB cable is that you can never fit it…