CES 2023 – Accounting Tech Gadgets
Each January, thousands of technology enthusiasts, journalists, and product vendors converge on Las Vegas to attend CES (formerly known as the International Consumer Electronics Show).
Each January, thousands of technology enthusiasts, journalists, and product vendors converge on Las Vegas to attend CES (formerly known as the International Consumer Electronics Show).
Every decade or so, the tech industry gets a hairball in its throat and decides to cough up a hairball in the form of a really bad idea that failed the first or second time around, and tries to hype it into success one more time.
Each January, we conduct our pilgrimage to the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) which puts on display the latest electronic technology and trends for the world to see and decide if they are a “hit” or a “miss.”
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I had the opportunity to spend some time with Don Codling, unit head for the FBI’s CyberCrime Division, talking about the state of computer and network security around the globe. It was an interesting conversation, not because there was any real news in the current trends but because the state of cybercrime makes it clear we have to re-think our entire approach to security.