New & Noteworthy: Macworld Expo attendance record; Home security info

Macworld Expo is now the largest NYC technology event From a press release: "IDG World Expo and Apple announced that more than 64,000 attendees packed the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City last week for the Macworld Conference & Expo. This year's record attendance is the highest ever for the New York event. The final attendance numbers contrast sharply with lowered attendance figures at other technology shows this year - most notably, PC Expo held at the same convention center just three weeks prior. Macworld has now surpassed both PC Expo and Internet World as the largest annual technology event in New York City."

Margin Note: This certainly gives you something to think about. Namely, what are the implications of the fact that a computer show that caters to a platform that has only 5% of the market outperforms a similar show that caters to the other 95%?

Home security CERT has recently posted an advisory on continuing security threats to home users. Together with this much longer "Home Network Security" FAQ, it provides a very good background on this matter. The top two suggestions are easy enough to follow: Install and use (1) antivirus software and (2) a firewall.