News About Computer

I was amazed at the news in C/Net News, One-third of U.S. Net surfers have gone wireless. The article says more and more people in the United States log in the Internet with no wire. Even in their home, the number of Internet users by wireless networks is growing. I was particularly surprised at the fact that 20 percent of U.S. citizens use the wireless networks at home. I think the number of wireless networks at home in Japan is much less than that in U.S. I guess the number in U.S. is growing up because Americans' houses are so big that most people think they should try wireless networks rather than straggling with a Internet circuit. I would like to know the same research done in Japan. In my guess, the number of wireless users at home in Japan is lower, and the number of wireless users outside is much higher than U.S.

Three Favorite & Good Web Sites!

I have a lot of favorite web sites, but here I will pick out three web sites that I'd like most people to visit.

The first one! I introduce the postcasting blog that is called Tokyo Calling. The host, Scott, shows many interesting things he notices and wants to introduce in Tokyo. He uses video, which he calls "vlog", mp3, and pictures for each time. Links that are related to the topics he introduces are added each time, so it's easy to grasp the topics. I think it's a very good web sites not only for the foreigners who are interested in Tokyo because they can know what daily life in Tokyo is like but also for Japanese because we Japanese can know how some foreigners think about Tokyo and the related topics.

The second one! 24 official web site! 24 is my most favorite drama I've ever watched. The web site is also cool! I can't watch season 6 now, so the top page may not be worth looking but other pages are extremely good. You can get the information of previous episodes or chapters, but I am really fascinated with 24 inside. In there, there are a lot of interviews of 24's casts, so it's very enjoyable to know real people who acted the characters.

The last one! I found the site recently. It's called Piero Scaruffi's History of Rock Music. You can get the information of the history of rock music. I haven't read all of the writings, but I am sure it is a good web site to understand how rock music has developed, which some people think is extraordinarily facinating. From the history, I can know some unknown rock bands for me in a certain period and can try to listen to those bands.

These 3 are just some of my favorite web sites, but I think these are worth looking for most people. Check them out!!!

Social Engineering

Social Engineering is the hacking technique to gather secret information that people must not let others know such as the security number of credit cards, a password or e-mail address of some Internet-shopping sites, phone numbers, and zip code. (Friends and family may know your phone numbers and zip code, though.) The hackers use several techniques to get those information.

The typical example of social engineering is phishing. It's the social engineering technique that persuades people to send their passwords of banks, credit cards, or sites. Hackers pretend to be bank owners or site owners and send e-mail to customers. The e-mail looks like this and this. If you get something like these, you must not tell your personal information and account!! It's so dangerous!

In recent years pay-money fraud, 振り込め詐欺 (furikome-sagi) in Japanese, has become popular in Japan. It is a kind of social engineering that frauds call someone or send letters to strangers. The typical phone talking is like this, "Hey, mom!! It's me! It's me!! I'm in big trouble! I ran over a woman and I have to pay 1,000,000 yen!! Please deposit those money into her bank account immediately!!! The bank account is ..."
It seems silly, but many people are deceived into paying money in strangers' bank account.

I am going to study abroad, so I think I should tell the information mentioned in here to my parents.

Apple Computers

Actually, I do not know about the Mac or apple computers. But, I know apple computers gave us a lot of impact in the field of computer.
I know apple computers created the first GUI computer. I think it was very epoch-making. It's like Columbus!! Besides, for me, iPot was the switching device of the music field. Most people including me were surprised by it. I don't have it, so I want to get one soon!! I was inspired by the speech about iPhone of the president of apple computers, which I watched in apple.com . I think iPhone will cause another revolution by apple computers in cell phone field.
Overall, I know Mac and apple computers are most stylish, sensational, and cool products and company!!!