Ransomware demanding money to unlock your computer

This is not a new threat or spam but is new to Mac but is very easy to remove or ignore (on a Mac).  I say ignore because it is just spam that makes it hard to exit because they launch 150 copies of the page.

NOTE: DO NOT PAY since this will not stop the threat.  It’s just SPAM.

To exit this on Safari simply click on the menu bar and click reset Safari but there is also a better solution below.

In System Preference’s you can set  “Close windows when quitting applications“.   Then you simply need to quit Safari and when you reopen it the ransom-ware site will be gone.

Microsoft Surface failed, now dropping prices to dump stock

This is the beginning of the end for the Microsoft Surface.  First they dump stock to schools (at $199) and now discounting them $150 to get rid of stock. Just what I want to buy is something that is dumped and not know if I will ever get support or apps.

Microsoft Surface RT

This should go over great with people who fell for all the Microsoft hype and purchase a surface.  There are so many things wrong with this device it is hard to know where to begin. All they ever show off is that it has a keyboard (extra cost) iPad has many more keyboards to choose from and even solar powered keyboards.

I can still sell my old iPad 1 for almost what I paid for it but surface that is only a few months old is already worth $150 less then it did then.

The big problem is Microsoft and many of there followers don’t understand the concept of a tablet and are trying to reproduce the Toshiba Portege M200 tablet PC. This laptop tablet ran  Windows XP Tablet PC Edition that was released in 2002. This was a good product, not a great product but they did not improve it year over year like Apple does with its products including iPad.

While this was a interesting idea it’s not  competitor for an iPad. Microsoft lacks clear direction and confuses customers and they are not in it for the long hull.  They are trying to target the iPad and MacAir with the same device witch shows they still don’t understand the iPad as a device.

The iPad is not meant to replace your laptop but to compliment it. It’s great for people who only need to do a few things like:

• read mail
• browse the web
• book a hotel online
• create a comic book
• do your business invoices