And this is supposed to make us feel good? I would suggest that the use of Symantec products could, in some circumstances, be seen as giving aid and comfort to the enemy.

Just the other day they 'broke' the story about the big bank heist---and declined to identify the banks.

Now they have broke the story about the mother of all hacker groups. And guess what. They decline to identify them. We found 'em. But we're not telling you who.

Is this part in the linked article hilarious? "Using a C&C center, The Equation group comprises of over 300 domains and more than 100 servers hosted in countries including the US, UK, Panama and Colombia. Panama and Colombia? Yeah, hotbeds of foreign intrigue. Ha, ha. I think if I had found the servers set up in Panama and Colombia, it wouldn't be the NSA I'd be looking at. Let's see, what are there leading exports again? No, instead I think Kapersky is pulling some of this crap out of the proverbial crap hole. Sorry though. I can't specifically say it's Kapersky. But hey, everything seems to be pointing in one direction/or another, right?

Oh, and then there is this. "Disclaimer: Kaspersky Labs sponsored the trip to the Security Analyst Summit 2015."

I used to like Kapersky. But with names like GReAT(Global Research and Analysis Team) and research like this, I'm having serious doubts about where the PR ends and reality sets in. I guess if you want to believe what they're trying to sell, Kapersky is the greatest ever.

Boy what a freaking scam these security firms are engaged in these days. "Gee, we can tell you what happened but that million dollar 'hush' money payout they gave us precludes us from offering any REAL protection to everyone else.

"Google doesn't create immersive experiences that you get lost in," says Ben Thompson." Let's see, Facebook and Pinterest will take over because of their 'immersive experiences' such as video news feeds,etc. Wow, I guess reading Google news and/or viewing You Tube won't have the qualities that are involved in the immersive experience one will surely enjoy at Facebook? "According to Thompson the future of online advertising looks increasingly like the business of television." I'm confused because I read a couple of reader comments that suggested Mr. Thompson is a deep thinker. Here's the thing to remember. Mr. Thompson repeatedly suggests that the advertising model used on TV is a highly successful one with a proven track record. This suggests to me that he firmly believes that most TV viewers pay attention to ads. I'll tell you what Mr Thompson. Why don't you launch a channel of your own(May i suggest calling it 'Reality check) and offer two ways to watch it. One with no ads, one with ads. That should feed you enough information to clearly show you something i think you already know. The effectiveness of TV advertising is a myth generated by the people gettting the ad money. I actually pay attention to ads once a year. Yep, Superbowl Sunday. Finally another quote from Mr Thompson to support the poster idea about Google peak; "To me the Microsoft comparison can't be more clear. This is the price of being so successful — what you're seeing is that when a company becomes dominant, its dominance precludes it from dominating the next thing. It's almost like a natural law of business." Yet the poster and Mr Thompson are both certain that Facebook could become the dominant player in the digital advertising world that they see forming up. Which begs the question; Isn't Facebook already a dominant fixture in a certain category? Google dominates search. Who is king of the social network? If the poster or any of the people cited by him believe that an equivalent of a full page magazine ad placed in a news blog or a 60 second ad placed in the middle of a video feed are going to be met with different reactions than the same ads in the print and televison world I can only say no, no they won't. They won't be welcomed, they won't be watched or read. Sure, the ad agencies can and already are painting a rosy picture. Who cares? The real world of advertising bears little resemblance to reality. It's quite interesting that Google is the one that has the 'real' numbers. Yet they are portrayed as almost stumbling to their massive profits, with little insight or knowledge about advertising. No, they just got lucky. In one of the articles the poster linked to the author states, ; "Relatedly, and as hinted above, both IBM and Microsoft were found to have abused their monopolies in an attempt to dominate application software and browsers respectively; it’s increasingly plausible to argue, as The Information has reported, that Google is doing the same with Android and its increasingly onerous requirements around the inclusion of Google’s services." Uh, except that in the case of Google there is one SLIGHT variation. Google isn't trying to force you to take their browser as Microsoft did. Just the opposite. They are simply saying if you are an OEM and want the Play Store or Google apps on the phone you are selling, you must abide by the terms we dictate. It seems pretty reasonable to me. After all, I don't believe this is any way inhibits an OEM from running Android.

Perhaps they can tell the other drivers whether I have curly hair or blonde? Also, some might find it useful to know if my eyes are blue or brown in color. Ja! I haven't read anything quite so distasteful about Uber in at least a day. Of course we know they could have A. Hitler himself as CEO and thrive, as long as they saved the yuppies a few bucks on their trip to the airport.

If this is the state of the American mind, let genetics take over. I wish my grandchildren well and hope for the best but between reading about what Christie and Ted Cruz have 'on their mind', what can you really expect the future to hold? After all, we know from the last election that this is what America wants. I could care less what any /dotter responds with, these two 'gentlemen' prove categorically that there IS a HUGE difference between the lying hypocritical assholes who populate the right wing and people like Feinstein and Boxer and Clinton and Sanders on the left wing. Let me just clarify, the Republican party is full of people who are full of shit. And in the case of Governor Christie, that's a lot of shit. I don't want to hear about 'I'm just conservative when it comes to spending'. If you vote Republican, you vote with Cruz, you vote with Christie. In simpler terms, you're an asshole.

Yes, they are such an admirable company. So, so much to admire.

Yeah , I always throw away my old phones. Wouldn't want to have backup phone in case the new phone was lost/stolen or broke. And the idea of selling or trading in a working phone is, I understand, limited to iPhone users only.

Oh yeah. This is about as good as it gets . +1 gazillion

Kim , You seem to be confusing the US with your father.