Did the Job of Security Software Just get Bigger?

Well, it looks that way. We are only just into the second month of 2010 and yet we can now see, in prospect, a whole new raft of innovation coming our way. At CES a lot of the attention was with respect to eBook readers and new slate/tablet based PCs. These new devices are squarely focused on digital content. The success of Amazon and Apple in the digital content arena clearly shows that there is a big market for digital content and that money can be made as a result. We have seen a lot of activity in the eBook reader market, with many companies starting to launch products. Amazon, with the Kindle, has very much been the vanguard of showing how this can all come together.
 
CES also witnessed a range of announcements with respect to tablet computers. We saw products from HP, Lenovo (interesting cross-over laptop/tablet device), Sony, Archos, etc. Many of these products will start to come to market mid-point this year. Some people commented that these CES announcements were a pre-emptive strike to gain interest and profile ahead of the long and much anticipated Apple tablet device. And so, last week, Apple finally took the wraps off of the iPad. The headlong rush into the brave new world of digital content devices is now on. What are the security implications (continue reading...)