ShareInternet users have been hit by a widespread Web attack that has compromised thousands of Web sites, including Web pages belonging to the Wall Street Journal and the Jerusalem Post. Estimates of the total number of compromised Web sites vary between 7,000 and 114,000, according to security experts. Other compromised sites include Servicewomen.org and Intljobs.org All of the infected sites appear [...]

Share In an Apple Blog it is said that, the addition of an HD Radio receiver to future handheld devices from Apple could allow users the ability to scan and search through live radio content without having to channel flip. The new patent from Apple is called “Digital Radio Tagging Using an RF Tuner Accessory,” and the main feature will allow AM and FM radio stations to broastcast digital and analog [...]

Share Power surge during storm hit a computer’s internal modem and made it to burn. The result of the lightning is charred metal, melted plastic, and burned circuits. Despite the rise in wireless home networks, Ethernet and modem cables are still a source of danger for computers.

ShareBritish Scientist Dr Mark Gasson, from the University of Reading has reported to be the first ever human infected by computer virus. He had planted a tiny, radio frequency identification (RFID) chip under the skin on his hand with the virus and then transmitted it to a PC to prove that malware can move between human and computer. He uses that chip to activate his cell phone, as well as open [...]

ShareSSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is the standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a web server and a browser. This link ensures that all data passed between the web server and browsers remain private and integral. SSL is an industry standard and is used by millions of websites in the protection of their online transactions with their customers.To be able to create [...]

ShareThe Global search engine giant GOOGLE has adopted SSL protocol to encrypt http communication as HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure). “When you search on https://www.google.com, an encrypted connection is created between your browser and Google. This secured channel helps protect your search terms and your search results pages from being intercepted by a third party on your network,” [...]

ShareGalaxy Internet Services, an ISP for homes and businesses in Massachusetts, has filed a class-action lawsuit against Google over the search company’s admitted blunder that it sniffed and stored data from Wi-Fi networks. Through its legal representative, Carp Law Offices, Galaxy said on Tuesday that Google violated U.S. federal and Massachusetts privacy laws when it captured residential [...]

Share Sourcebits, a famous application developers in Mac and Adobe AIR Platform, recently launched their Geemail tool that runs through Adobe AIR. The software gives a very easy interface and navigation. Zero Configuration(Adobe AIR Application must be already installed in order to Run Geemail), Offline Email Sending (You may send an email when no internet connection is present, and it will automatically [...]

ShareToday i came across a good site that consist of many open source software especially for windows xp platform. This site provides Free Open Source softwares with various categories. It starts from Audio editing tools, Business software, CAD, CD/DVD writing, Compression, Media Player, FTP Clients / Servers, Codecs, Voice / Video applications, Chat softwares, programming, web browsers, webcam, streaming [...]

ShareA new supercomputer with the power of 50,000 home PCs – the fastest in Europe and the third worldwide – has been unveiled in Germany. The “Jugene”, capable of 1,000,000,000,000,000 calculations per second, ranks behind the “Roadrunner” and “Jaguar” computers in the United States, said Kosta Schinarakis from the Juelich research centre, where the [...]

ShareThis video dates back to 1969 and presents what could be described as an early idea of the Internet. I just love the reaction of the guy at 0:46 right after the narrator says: “What the wife selects on her console will be paid for by her husband at his counterpart console.” Society has certainly changed a lot since then hasn’t it? via Geeksaresexy swfobject.embedSWF("http://www.youtube.com/v/Y0pPfyYtiBc&rel=0&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=0", [...]

ShareIn Germany, the file-hosting service Rapidshare has handed over the personal details of alleged copyright infringers to several major record labels. The information is used to pursue legal action against the Rapidshare users and at least one alleged uploader saw his house raided. Like many new releases, Metallica’s latest album “Death Magnetic” was uploaded to the popular file hosting service [...]