What’s new? Spectre & Meltdown, cashless payment & DIN RAIL brackets

CPU issues "Spectre" and "Meltdown"

Since the beginning of the year, the IT industry has been preoccupied with one topic in particular: the Meltdown and Spectre security vulnerabilities discovered in processors, which primarily affect Intel processors. By cleverly exploiting these gaps, attackers can use malicious code to read data that the computer processes in memory - including passwords. We at spo-comm are also working intensively on the current problems and their solutions.

You will also soon find a news ticker on our website where you can find out everything you need to know about the above-mentioned security vulnerabilities. So you are always up to date! You can also find out which of our devices are affected and what we are doing about it.

No more surcharging: no more extra costs for cashless payments

Since January 13, 2018, merchants across the EU have been prohibited from charging extra fees for cashless payment methods. This so-called "surcharging" was used when a customer wanted to pay in an online store by credit card, SEPA direct debit or bank transfer, for example. Although not initially affected by the "surcharging" ban, PayPal is also changing its terms and conditions as of January 9, 2018, which now state that merchants are not entitled to "charge a fee for using PayPal services as a payment method in your online store".

For spo-comm customers this means: You want to buy the systems via our online store and pay by credit card or PayPal? Even if the new regulations apply to the B2C sector, you will no longer pay any separate fees for this.

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New DIN RAILS for our BRICK range

DIN rails are now also available for our BRICK series. These brackets are attached to the matching VESA wall bracket with two screws each, allowing these Mini PCs to be installed in server cabinets, etc. They can be selected directly as an accessory when configuring your Mini PC.