In the past years, Swatch has consistently ignored smartwatches, and never once considered the potential for growth of a device that manufacturers have already started to take very seriously.

When tablets first made their appearance, they were supposed to be the next step in the evolution of mobile computing. iPads and Android tablets are, after all, easier to maintain, safer, virtually virus-proof, and allow a better organization and workflow, as everything is at the user’s fingertips. Why haven’t they made it? Why has the tablet failed to deliver on its promise to obliterate the PC? The answer is easy: It was never meant to.

The ongoing epidemic of these attacks has been carried out by the “Backoff” malware, which latches onto point of sale systems, records card transaction swipes, and sends the information back to the pirates, who will then be able to resell the stolen data. The latest strand of the malware has been active since October, and was discovered only in recent weeks, with thousands of businesses completely unaware of the presence of the malware within their systems.

Forget what you hate about Windows 8.1: Windows 9 will be a radically different beast, having learned much from past mistakes.