Massive Overseas theft of South Carolina Tax Data, Chrome Remote Desktop, iPad 4

South Carolina DOR Hacked.

Tax data belonging to as many as 675,000 South Carolina businesses and information from tax forms belonging to 3.6 million people who filed since 1998 including credit card information has been compromised by overseas hackers.  State offering free year of credit monitoring.

http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=817902#.UJJ-FIb0fQI

http://www.thestate.com/2012/10/31/2502825/suit-filed-over-sc-data-hack.html#.UJJ8IIb0fW8


Google announces Chrome Remote Desktop

Tech giant Google has announced that its Chrome Remote Desktop has moved out of beta.  The move coincides and complement Google's new Chromebook, allowing users to access their Mac or PC with the portable and easy to use Chromebook while on the go.  The new Chromebook is made by Samsung and retails at only $249.

The Remote Desktop includes Printer  support as well as the ability to access another person's computer for support assistance.  For more details see,

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2411565,00.asp?google_editors_picks=true

Apple surprises with new iPad 4 announcement.

There is a some ill will in Apple World with the unveiling of the 4th Generation iPad last week at Apple's iPad mini event.  Only 7 months into the 3rd generation iPad, Apple without any warning has dropped a bomb on buyers of the iPad 3.  The 4th gen iPad has the new A6X processor which Apple says "doubles the performance of CPU Tasks."  The previous iPad 3 has the same processor as the iPad 2, A5X.  The other notable differences are, IOS 6 (iPad3 which came with IOS 5.1 but is upgradeable), the 4th gen has the new 8 pin Lightning connector and LTE wireless connectivity for super fast mobile internet when you are out and about.

(from PadGadget's site), If you are the kind of person that likes to have the latest and greatest Apple device, then this fourth generation tablet is that must have product. It’s twice as fast (in regards to both CPU and graphical capabilities), has a better FaceTime camera, faster Wi-Fi, and improved LTE.

Read more here;

http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57538502-285/peeved-apple-will-exchange-your-3rd-gen-ipad-for-the-newer-model/

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/10/it-only-took-seven-months-for-apple-to-make-me-feel-like-a-chump/

http://www.techradar.com/us/news/mobile-computing/tablets/ipad-3-vs-ipad-4-the-key-differences-1106685

http://www.padgadget.com/2012/10/25/the-ipad-3-vs-the-ipad-4-why-you-should-upgrade-now/