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From Antivirus to Antibiotics, McAfee Searches for a Last Cure
by Joel Johnson

A great article appeared in gizmodo yesterday, in which author Joel Johnson explains Quorum Sensing technology (with rad illustrations taboot, by Wendy MacNaughton).  The article does a good job of digging into the science and efficacy of  Quorumex‘s first anti-quorum sensing product: Topic-QX.  What may be even more intriguing is how much McAfee’s current work with quorum sensing mimics his work of 20-some years ago with computer virii.  Johnson cleverly ties the two worlds together in the title of his piece, but doesn’t explore the connection much beyond that.  The similarities are significant, imo.