It's there - no, it's there - no it's there AND there!

Moore's Law dates back to the 1960s and states (putting it simply) that the speed at which computers work will double about every two years, but the news from IBM that they have created computer components using "quantum technology" if true will soon put this in the shade.  Theoretically, a quantum computer will be able to do an infinite number of calculations all at the same time.  And this is not, as you might think, good news.  The technology that keeps your bank details safe online and that protects your PIN number and such like, is based on encryption methods which rely on the fact that it would take so long to break them that nobody would ever bother trying.  But a quantum computer could break them more or less instantaneously - and where would that leave us?  I hope somebody is working on an answer.