once malware takes to the skies in drones things will get really dangerous, imagine all machines sharing mesh networks and the internet of things being infected with malware that takes over drones and trains and buses etc. Antivirus companies will end up being funded by the DOD I suppose (if they aren't already).

what about rights for nudists to eat in public? Where does it end?

One relevant topic is the difference between chip and pin versus chip and signature. There seem to be two ways to implement the chip technology and each has their own security concerns. The U.S. seems to be more focussed on chip and signature which would appear to be the less secure of the options. Here is a good article talking about the differences. http://krebsonsecurity.com/201...

Will we still have desktops by then? Seriously doesn't anyone think they will eventually get these silly glasses to work and we can carry our computer around in our pocket? I've been trying to find ways to short companies that sell office furniture and desk chairs. Hope I'm not wrong on this.

What were the biotech jobs? Lab rat?

How about when Visio invented the 40inch LCD tv ? :-)

We just need robotic personal injury lawyers and robotic insurance brokers to help collect for the family of the person killed by the rogue AI. Pretty sure the robots will all be to busy fighting each other in court to be a problem for the rest of us.

What if every cell phone constantly monitored temperature, barometric pressure, gravity?, gps, and other stuff and uploaded all the data to a super computer that could use it all for predicting weather patterns? Or does Google already do that?

Is this kind of like the research database that Jordi can access (and update) with his tablet on star trek?

We just picked up a bunch of Stream7 tablets running full blown windows8.1 for $99 each. So guess, I'm saying why save the old hardware at all?

Actually, check out the new changes to the EU VAT Directive effective Jan 1, 2015. They basically say that if you sell digital goods and services to an EU consumer you have to charge VAT tax at the effective rate of the consumer's country. This would appear to apply to all sellers regardless of whether or not they are located within the EU. So a seller in the United States selling to a consumer in Germany would have to charge the Germany VAT rate and collect those taxes and pay them into the Germany tax authority. If the same seller then also sells to a consumer in France he would have to collect VAT on that sale at a different rate (the rate for France) and collect that VAT and pay it into the French tax authority. See http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_c...

Right, any smartphone with the FoxFi app could have done this in about 2 seconds.

I've noticed when my gas tank is nearly empty sometimes the pump at various gas stations miraculously sells me more gas than my tank can actually hold. This probably happens when my tank is less empty but isn't as obvious. Also the I weigh less on the scale at the grocery store versus the scale at my doctor's office.

I still play the original Master of Orion game fairly often. Never really liked the sequels. The only other game I really like playing is Spore.

you know how alarm systems let you enter the wrong password and it sends a silent alarm while pretending to turn off the alarm. Tablets and smartphones should have a similar feature where if you enter a certain password it boots into some kind of new factory setting where the phone works but there are no contacts, files, etc. for anyone to see on there and if you don't enter the right password within an hour or so of entering that password it nukes the phone and everything on it.