Orkut attacked by 'Bom Sabado' worm

 “Bom Sabado” seems to be the Last Nail in the Coffin for Orkut. It is the second major XSS (cross-site scripting) attack on Orkut this week. Orkut is flooded with “Bom Sabado” scraps. The word "Bom Sabado" means "Good Saturday" in Portuguese, which is the also the official language of Brazil, one of the last remaining Orkut bastions in the world. The worm seems to be posting scraps with the text "Bom Sabado" and also adding affected users to new Orkut groups....

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Dell plans to get into Internet TV devices

 Dell is in plans to develop devices beyond PCs which would stream Internet content to regular television sets but the company is yet to make an official announcement for its product after studying the market opportunity.  The company will also consider the Google TV platform which merges broadcast TV and Internet into one interface. Apart from this, Dell will also follow Apple and Roku which offers a digital video player that streams content from the internet to the television, reports...

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97 percent of Indians will own a cellphone by 2014

 With number of cellphone makers and network providers growing by the day in India, it is only a natural thing that more and more Indians will own a cellphone. Now this thought is backed by a survey. According to market research firm iSuppli, the wireless subscriptions in India are expected to be more than 97 percent in the 1.26 billion population. The first four months of 2010 alone witnessed an addition of 19 million new subscribers. In fact, by end of this year, the total...

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A kitty-bag must-have!

                                                     We love our portable media players and flashy smartphones, but all these fancy gadgets just about turn into nothing but overpriced paperweights every time they run out of battery. Low battery life is the bane of all portable gadgets and given the fact that being mobile has becomes such an integral part of...

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Facebook launches location-aware service ‘Places’

 Social networking website Facebook has launched a new service called ‘Places’ which allows users to share their location with their friends. The service, which has prompted security fears, also tells users which of their friends are at the same place or if they have ever “checked in” there before. The new feature went live in Britain yesterday after its launch in the US last month. It is one of a new raft of social networking services that use the GPS function on many...

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Live streaming debuts on YouTube

YouTube is making its long expected foray into live streaming by launching an experimental trial with four new media partners. The new live streaming platform will be previewed in a two-day trial beginning Monday, but is expected to later grow considerably across the Google Inc-owned website.  Four YouTube partners will participate: the celebrity-focused Young Hollywood; the online television outlet Next New Networks; the how-to guide Howcast; and Rocketboom, the Internet culture vlog....

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Use Windows With “ Your Brands Name”

Let's Do Some funny hacks....Wants to use your own window. Let follow these following step and make window with your name. Open notepad paste the following lines into it and save it with the name OEMINFO.INI in the  c:\windows\system32 directory:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [General] Manufacturer=Your Name Here Model=Your Model Here [Support Information] Line1=Your Name Here Line2=Your Address Here Line3=Your Email...

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Make A Autorun File For Your CD

Did You Notice, whenever You Insert any game 0r software CD, or simply consider Windows Xp Operating system CD. As soon as You Insert the disk in CD-ROM, It automatically runs the CD. If you want to make a autorun file for that CD , Just follow these steps below..... 1) Open Notepad 2) Write here :  [autorun]                                               ...

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Increase Your Acrobat Reader Speed

Adobe Acrobat reader always consumes more memory when it starts. The reason behind is, it loads all the plugins, even the plugins that you do not use. This trick is to remove all the plugins from the plugins directory to elsewhere. Hence, whenever you open Acrobat reader it directly opens the files without loading any plugins and the speed is just like Notepad. 1. Go to the installation folder of acrobat reader (C:\program files\adobe\acrobat\reader\plug_ins) 2. Move all the files and folders...

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Tips to make your browser secure

Web browsers are the key to the internet. Without them the internet is an impenetrable black box. Browsers may be among the most commonly used applications, but they also offer the greatest number of attack options for dangerous content on the net. To keep viruses, worms and other malware away from your computer when surfing, it's crucial to configure your browser for security. The firewall on a DSL router is a good first step for protecting the computer during surfing, says Marco Rinne...

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Transcend launches 16GB Swarovski flash drive

Transcend has launched a new 16GB edition of its JetFlash V95C USB flash drives. The JetFlash V95C features a retractable USB connector and comes with a glossy lacquer accent panel with a Swarovski sapphire crystal. According to Gordon Wu, Regional head – South Asia, Transcend, "Although the 16GB JetFlash V95C is ultra compact, the USB flash drive is capable of storing up to 6552 still images (based on 5 megapixel JPEG compression format) or 240...

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China's progress in IT is an opportunity for India: Infy's Murthy

N.R. Narayana Murthy, the founder of IT giant Infosys, opined that India should perceive China's rapid development in the information technology sector as an "opportunity" for Indian IT companies functioning in that country, rather than as a "threat," reports Raktima Bose from The Hindu.  Answering if China's speedy progress in the IT field could pose a threat to India's favourable global position, Murthy said, "China has shown development in extraordinary proportions...

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India stands at 78th on Newsweek’s best country list

 India ranks 78th on the World’s Best Countries’ list compiled by Newsweek magazine, which placed nations on the basis of health, education, economy and politics. Among India’s neighbours, China is ranked 59th, Sri Lanka is placed at 66th position, while Bangladesh and Pakistan has been placed at 88th and 89th spots respectively. Japan, South Korea and Singapore are the only three Asian countries in the top 20. The...

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HCL Infosystems launches gaming consoles

HCL Infosystems has launched low-cost gaming consoles  range including ME D75, ME F25 and ME K 28. The new consoles have been custom-made to cater to the children of the age-group of 4 to 15 years. With special form factors, HCL ME F25 will primarily target the girls with its heart-shape design whereas HCL ME D75 and HCL ME K28 with its black-shade and strong built to appeal boys. The range will be power-packed with capabilities like TV out.  The...

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Pak group hacks into Vijay Mallya's website

Playing spoilsport to I-Day celebrations on Sunday was a cyber threat from Pakistan. The victim http://www.mallyainparliament.com — the official website of Vijay Mallya, Bangalore-based businessman and MP (Rajya Sabha). According to Mallya’s office in Mumbai, "The website was hacked and the Pakistani flag was placed on the site with a dire message from an organization claiming to be the ‘Pakistan Cyber Army’." "A police complaint will be filed with the cyber crime cell...

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How hackers snoop on private browsing

Experts have identified how their web browser's 'private mode' setting is also vulnerable to hackers. Most web browsers offer a private mode, intended to leave no trace of surfing history on the computer. Even if private browsing is enabled, details relating to the key remain stored on the computer's hard drive, allowing a hacker to establish that a particular site had been visited. A hacker could "guess what sites you've been to based on traces left behind," New Scientist...

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Trojan hacks 3,000 bank accounts

Computer hackers have stolen at least 675,000 pounds from thousands of bank accounts in Britain  using a malicious software, which expert believe the most dangerous virus ever created. About 3,000 online Banking customers have been victims of a computer virus attack that empties their accounts while showing them fake statements so the crime goes undetected.                              ...

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How to lock your computer

If you want to quickly lock your computer while working when kids or strangers hover around, here’s a shortcut to do that. 1. Right click on the Desktop and select New -- Shortcut 2. Enter rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkstation as the shortcut 3. Call it Lock Computer and right click and choose Properties 4. Now Click on Change Icon and search through shell32.dll to set any icon you want. Remember you need a password to do this...

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Nokia has launched C-6

Your Latest Smartphone Nokia has launched C-6 in England. Now there can be bought directly from Nokia's website. Nokia's the best slider phone costs 289 pounds ie around 21 thousand rupees has been earmarked. The phone's 3.2 inch touch screen has started captive. For best picture quality of this powerful 5 megapixel camera has been installed. Not only in C-6 Chips and such features also have been Qwerty board. The phone not only all the big social networking sites...

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