TechByter Worldwide 2016.01.03: You Can't Have Too Much Backup, Beware the Phish that Bites, Short Circuits, and Spare Parts.

If you're still looking for a worthwhile resolution, how about improving your computer backup system? And if you don't yet have a backup system in place, how about establishing one? Fraudsters are getting better every day. Millions of e-mail messages containing links to malware are sent out every day and so are legitimate-looking requests that can give a thief enough information to steal your money or your entire identity. In Short Circuits: Apple will pay Italy $350 million to settle tax evasion charges. Although I spent a lot of time talking about Windows 10 in 2015, it's been a busy year for other platforms, too. Android in particular. Let's take a look at Android's big deals for 2015. Sometimes the first program of the year reveals lots of new features on the TechByter Wordwide website. Sometimes it's big changes in formatting. And sometimes the changes are relatively minor. This year, they're all but non-existent, but I'll tell you want to look for. Spare Parts (only on the website): WatchGuard Technologies has released a list of the top 10 threats they expect to make life miserable for some of us in 2016. SanDisk Corporation and Quanta Cloud Technology have announced a plan to combine SanDisk's flash drive experience with QCT's datac enter expertise. The goal is to provide massively scalable solid-state storage for data centers.