4 Heartbreaking Reasons Why I Have Lost Faith in Apple!

It was seven years ago when I bought my first iPhone.I never thought that I would ever be anything other than an Apple fan.My love for Apple and its products was not only restricted to smartphones. I was also a proud owner of the Power Mac G5 and Macbook Pro.However, after more than a decade of Apple loyalty I have finally lost my faith.

Stop, before you start thinking this is one of those ‘I am converting to Android’posts, and I prove you wrong, I will actually list the four majorreasons that forced me to finally losemy longstanding faith in the largest tech giant we all know asApple, Inc.

 

FX Cartoon Look Filter

Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, announced that a new Boris Continuum Unit, Cartoon Look, is now available. The Boris Continuum Cartoon Look Unit includes the Cartoon Look, Pencil Sketch, Charcoal Sketch, and Watercolor filters from Boris Continuum Complete 6:

* BCC Cartoon Look - BCC Cartoon Look simulates the look of cartoon rotoscope animation which was recently popularized with feature films such as "A Scanner Darkly" and "Waking Life" and may also be seen in memorable advertisement campaigns for The Charles Schwab Corporation. The filter includes many preset looks and styles, all available via the filter's preset pop-up menu. Users can even make their own presets and apply them to any other clip in any project. This filter is easy to use, yet provides parameter controls to achieve the right look with any source material.

2007 Predictions... from online authorities

Computer Threats Predictions for 2007

Messagelabs runs an annual trend report that highlights the evolution of the threat landscape each year. They are probably the best to make predictions because they're on the leading edge of spam and computer threat science. And, of course, the complexity of attacks on your computer are predicted to continue in 2007

Messagelabs Predictions for 2007:

* Threats converge further over the course of 2007 Ð as email security becomes tighter, the criminals will send more malicious emails with URL links that can slip under the security radar and wreak havoc on businesses. 

* Virus rates will continue to fall, as they have become unnecessary in the creation of botnets.

* Ransomware, malicious software that will encrypt key files and documents using a secret key known only to the extortionist, will become increasingly threatening

* Spam will become more targeted throughout 2007. 

* ICANN will continue to be exploited through loopholes, and domain kiting will continue to be a problem. 

* Botnets will be engineered to be resilient, allowing the criminals to maintain control of zombie computers more easily

* Off-the-shelf crime kits for less tech-savvy spammers will grow in numbers, 

* VoIP threats emerge as criminals target