tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56817550976874158552024-03-13T21:56:42.849+08:00Tech News WEBGet the latest technology news from social network to gadgets to mobile and desktop apps.TechNewsWEBPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18138688328645221658noreply@blogger.comBlogger186125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681755097687415855.post-83992110413178757452011-11-04T11:21:00.000+08:002011-11-04T11:21:39.153+08:00A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="237" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C1LhYyHbfek/TrNaMSaCvXI/AAAAAAAAAS8/PkTnl7IeuTs/s400/harold-and-kumar.jpg" width="400" /></div><br />
After years of growing apart, Harold Lee and Kumar Patel have replaced each other with new friends and are preparing for their respective Yuletide celebrations. But when a mysterious package mistakenly arrives at Kumar's door on Christmas Eve, his attempt to redirect it to Harold's house ends with the "high grade" contents -- and Harold's father-in-law's prize Christmas tree -- going up in smoke. With his in-laws out of the house for the day, Harold decides to cover his tracks, rather than come clean. Reluctantly embarking on another ill-advised journey with Kumar through New York City, their search for the perfect replacement tree takes them through party heaven -- and almost blows Christmas Eve sky high.<br />
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This afternoon, I visit again and logged in into my blogger dashboard because I have something to add in the design. I check the template designer then whoa, what's this, <b>Dynamic Views</b>? How this work? So I give a try. Then I remember, oh this was the one notified me this morning. It was the new blogger design(<b>Dynamic Views</b>), I suppose I am just the one who is new to it. Upon trying it out, I just liked the way it was designed. So I applied it out and boom. It's kinda pretty amazing. When I open my blog it loads fast and the articles are arranged accordingly with the images. And if you hover those images it will be in a lightbox effect. Once click the article loads in a lightbox. Pretty amazing though.<br />
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With the new design I implement to my blog, there are things that other blogger might not want to. The absence of the adsense in the banner, sidebar and even footer. I still have to tweak some codes to make my adsense appear. Maybe within the article. Other affiliate links and comments are gone. Lucky the social share button and facebook like is still there.<br />
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I know there are lots of things I need to know to make it better. Well as for the meantime. I like it that way. If you like to make it looks like mine. Just give a try and you'll find out how it looks great.<br />
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Below are some screenshots on the dashboard panel.<br />
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Nooku is a team of experienced software architects, lead by Johan Janssens, Lead Architect of Joomla 1.5.<br />
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The Nooku story germinated from a seed of an idea created during a conversation between Joomla 1.5 Lead Architect Johan Janssens, and some high profile Joomla users. It was 2007, and Joomla 1.5 was a great step up from the previous versions. But for the United Nations, the Belgian Police, and a number of companies, Joomla was missing enterprise-level multilingual features.<br />
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The ideas for the development model grew from there. The combined efforts of our partners allowed us to build innovative Open Source technology: First Nooku Content, for multilingual management, and later Nooku Framework, a new brain for Joomla, and the logical next step after the Joomla 1.5 framework. <b>more at <a href="http://www.nooku.org/about.html" target="_blank">nooku.org</a></b><br />
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Joomla on the other hand just released its <a href="http://www.joomla.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5381" target="_blank">J!1.7</a> version last July 19, 2011. In addition, Joomla will have a <a href="http://www.joomla.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5381" target="_blank">Six-Month Release Cycle</a> which is...<br />
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"A shorter development cycle that will enhance Joomla’s stability by providing more core feature development and adoption. Short-term releases will be in active development for six months, then reach the end-of-life one month after the next version’s release. Long-term support will be active for 15 months, starting with Joomla version 1.8. Version 1.7 will have a support cycle of seven months."<br />
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The community of Joomla now speaks up about integrating Nooku to Joomla. It has climb to the 20th spot in the community garnering 351votes as of the moment.<br />
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If you'd like Nooku be integrated to Joomla you can cast your vote at <a href="http://ideas.joomla.org/forums/84261-joomla-idea-pool/suggestions/1850251-nooku-fm-integration" target="_blank">Joomla Idea Poll Forum</a>TechNewsWEBPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18138688328645221658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681755097687415855.post-64739800945263389562011-09-24T20:26:00.001+08:002011-09-24T20:29:50.422+08:00How to Authenticate your Facebook Account using your Mobile Phone<a href="http://technologynewsontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-to-enable-facebook-timeline.html" target="_blank">Facebook Timeline</a> is still on developers test so ordinary user can't preview this until it is open to public. You need to be a developer and create an App in order to take this effect however, if your account isn't authenticated, you can't create one. So follow the steps below to authenticate your facebook account.<br />
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<b>1.</b> Login to your Facebook Account.<br />
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<b>2.</b> Go to <b>Account Settings<br />
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<b>3.</b> Click <b>Mobile</b> then follow the steps provided. (Countries may vary..)<br />
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<b>4.</b> You will then received a confirmation code on your mobile phone that you will going to input.<br />
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<b>5.</b> Once done, viola! Your account is authenticated.TechNewsWEBPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18138688328645221658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681755097687415855.post-91156115493448937282011-09-24T18:08:00.003+08:002011-09-24T20:27:53.001+08:00How to Enable Facebook Timeline [Updated]<a href="http://technologynewsontheweb.blogspot.com/search/label/Facebook" target="_blank">Facebook</a> announced Timeline during their f8 event last September 22, 2011.<br />
A <b>timeline</b> is a way of displaying a list of events in chronological order, sometimes described as a project artifact . It is typically a graphic design showing a long bar labeled with dates alongside itself and (usually) events labeled on points where they would have happened. And for <b>Facebook</b>, <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/about/timeline" target="_blank">Timeline</a></b> tells your story with a new kind of profile.<br />
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So let us get it applied to your Facebook Account.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here it goes.</span><br />
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<b>1.</b> Log in to your Facebook Account.<br />
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<b>2.</b> Go to Facebook's developers site <a href="https://developers.facebook.com/" target="_blank">https://developers.facebook.com/ <br />
</a> and <b>Allow</b> Developer for permission. (this is applicable to user who hasn't allowed the developer in their account)<br />
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<b>3.</b> If you are already in the Developers Site, Click <b>Apps</b> top panel of the site.<br />
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<b>4. </b>Create a New <b>App</b>. Don't worry your app will not be submitted to the developers app directory. If your account isn't authenticated yet? You can't create an <b>App</b>. To authenticate using mobile phone number visit <a href="http://technologynewsontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-to-authenticate-your-facebook.html" target="_blank">how to authenticate facebook using mobile number</a>.<br />
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<b>5.</b> You will be then prompted with the Security Check box. Make sure you input the correct figures then hit Submit<br />
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<b>6.</b> Your <b>App</b> will then be created and hit <b>Save Changes</b>.<br />
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<b>7.</b> Once your <b>App</b> is saved, hit <b>Open Graph</b> at the left panel of the page.<br />
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<b>8.</b> You will see page like in the image below, and fill up the two fields and hit <b>Get Started.</b><br />
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<b>9.</b> Go to your <b>Facebook Homepage</b> or to your <b>Profile Page</b>. You will then see an invitation on trying <b>Facebook Timeline</b> (usually take 2-3mins).<br />
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<b>10.</b> Once you see the invitation, click <b>Get it Now</b> and start making your <b>Facebook Timeline</b>.<br />
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<b><i>note:</i></b> Your profile page will now the new <b>Facebook Timeline</b>, if you wish to publish it, friends and users who uses Timeline will only see your layout. Normal profile layout will still be seen to those who hasn't enable timeline yet. To know more about <a href="https://www.facebook.com/about/timeline" target="_blank">Facebook Timeline</a> visit this link : <a href="https://www.facebook.com/about/timeline" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/about/timeline</a>TechNewsWEBPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18138688328645221658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681755097687415855.post-53901080648535361722011-09-22T03:01:00.007+08:002011-09-22T19:28:49.987+08:00How To Hide and Unhide Facebook Ticker<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="258" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KkiNRJlBTn0/Tnoz0lgCtgI/AAAAAAAAARY/ddyhTphz-00/s320/facebook-ticker.jpg" width="320" /></div><br />
Facebook <a href="http://technologynewsontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/09/facebook-new-update-ticker.html" target="_blank">announces</a> that on Tuesday they will start rolling out the new Facebook Design/UIs. There are many additional features added. And one of them is the "TICKER".<br />
Ticker is a real-time feed of your friends. Some says it is awesome, some hates it. Now if you want to get rid of it. Just follow the steps below.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For <a href="http://technologynewsontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/08/firefox-6-released-early.html" target="_blank">Mozilla Firefox Browser</a>:</span><br />
(<i>note: This user script removes the entire right column of Facebook, </i><br />
<i>including the ticker, event invitations, ads, sponsored stories, friends' photos, and so on.</i> )<br />
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1. You need to <b>install</b> <b>Greasemonkey</b> <b><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/" target="_blank">add-on</a></b> first.<br />
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2. Then <b>install</b> this <b><a href="http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/93039" target="_blank">user scripts</a></b>. <br />
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3. Restart your Mozilla Firefox Browser.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For Chrome Browser:</span><br />
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1. Simply install the <b>Hide Facebook SideBar Ticker</b> <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ldfdjdnohanpkljbgeipdoeiefheaefp" target="_blank">extension</a> and ticker will be gone.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now you might think of bringing back the Facebook Ticker.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For Chrome Browsers:</span><br />
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1. Just disable the extension by clicking the <b>Settings</b> (upper right) of your browser.<br />
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2. Click on <b>Tools</b> then <b>Extensions</b> as shown in the image below.<br />
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3. <b>Disable</b> the extension you installed.<br />
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4. Facebook Ticker will get back.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For Mozilla Firefox Browsers:</span><br />
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1. Click on <b>Tools</b> (upper part) of your browser. <br />
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2. Click <b>Add-ons</b>, Or Press <b>CTRL + Shift + A</b> in your keyboard.<br />
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3. <b>Add-ons Manager</b> will appear.<br />
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4. Choose either Disable or Remove Grease Monkey.<br />
Hope this post helps.TechNewsWEBPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18138688328645221658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681755097687415855.post-11723420002463058482011-09-21T20:55:00.001+08:002011-09-21T20:55:58.166+08:00Apple to Announce iPhone 5 on October 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="206" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zY8nV4Iu7D0/TnnelMkjSJI/AAAAAAAAARU/cOh5zi5N7DU/s320/iphone-5-presented-on-october.png" width="320" /></div><br />
Tuesday October 4, that’s the day Apple is currently expected to hold its next big media event, according to sources close to the situation, where the tech giant will unveil the next iteration of its popular iPhone.<br />
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While Apple could certainly change its plans anytime, sources said that the October 4 date has been selected by the company to showcase the iPhone 5. Sources added that the plan is now to make the new device available for purchase within a few weeks after the announcement.<br />
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And while the iPhone 5 is a much anticipated handset, the event itself has a lot more importance for Apple than many previous ones.<br />
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That’s because it will be newly installed CEO Tim Cook’s first big product introduction and the place where the public will get a first lengthy impression of him that may well set the tone for Cook’s new role.<br />
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What will be interesting to see, of course, is if Jobs himself will also make an appearance, which is something that is likely to be determined by his health in a decision that will made very close to the event.<br />
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And while putting Jobs onstage with Cook could diminish the new leader’s first public effort, what better “one more thing” than Jobs himself making a cameo appearance?TechNewsWEBPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18138688328645221658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681755097687415855.post-17343177627894539592011-09-21T06:09:00.002+08:002011-09-21T06:10:33.382+08:00Not Google Plus [Video]<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Xx_gKLeNDds/TnkPBefG0fI/AAAAAAAAARQ/i34VxpFuE5I/s1600/not-google-plus.jpg" /></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Not Google Plus</div><div style="text-align: center;">By</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dan Gurewitch</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">By now you've probably heard about</div><div style="text-align: center;">Google+, a new social networking</div><div style="text-align: center;">platform. But there are already so</div><div style="text-align: center;">many of those.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">That's why we've created Not</div><div style="text-align: center;">Google+. Joining is simple: First,</div><div style="text-align: center;">don't join Google+. Then, once</div><div style="text-align: center;">you've done that, don't invite your</div><div style="text-align: center;">friends to join Google+. They'll</div><div style="text-align: center;">all start not inviting their</div><div style="text-align: center;">friends to join, and soon, nobody</div><div style="text-align: center;">will feel any need or desire to</div><div style="text-align: center;">join Google+, and we can all get on</div><div style="text-align: center;">with our lives.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">On Not Google+, you'll have fun not</div><div style="text-align: center;">spending hours dividing your</div><div style="text-align: center;">friends into "circles," not having</div><div style="text-align: center;">to update your "stream," and not</div><div style="text-align: center;">worrying about "huddles" and</div><div style="text-align: center;">"hangouts" or even learning what</div><div style="text-align: center;">those words mean!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">In fact, Not Google+ has no</div><div style="text-align: center;">learning curve at all - everyone</div><div style="text-align: center;">alive has years of experience using</div><div style="text-align: center;">it! You're an expert!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not Google+ provides the most</div><div style="text-align: center;">privacy of any social platform.</div><div style="text-align: center;">There's no mobile app to download.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You won't have to worry about</div><div style="text-align: center;">syncing it to FourSquare and</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tumblr, you won't feel a</div><div style="text-align: center;">compulsive, insecure need to</div><div style="text-align: center;">refresh it, and it will never</div><div style="text-align: center;">contribute to an irrational fear of</div><div style="text-align: center;">"missing out."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not Google+ accomplishes all of</div><div style="text-align: center;">this simply by being, by</div><div style="text-align: center;">definition, something that does not</div><div style="text-align: center;">technically exist in the physical</div><div style="text-align: center;">realm. No one has ever received 14</div><div style="text-align: center;">invitations to a one-woman show on</div><div style="text-align: center;">a website that doesn't exist!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Best of all, you're already a Not</div><div style="text-align: center;">Google+ member. To continue your</div><div style="text-align: center;">membership, simply continue not</div><div style="text-align: center;">joining Google+.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Eat a cantaloupe, clean your</div><div style="text-align: center;">toilet, play tetherball with a</div><div style="text-align: center;">small Portuguese child - as long as</div><div style="text-align: center;">you're not joining Google+, you're</div><div style="text-align: center;">enjoying the benefits of Not</div><div style="text-align: center;">Google+. It's that easy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you enjoyed our other products,</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Definitely Not Google Wave" and</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Get The Hell Out of Here With That</div><div style="text-align: center;">Google Buzz Thing, Just Stop," you,</div><div style="text-align: center;">like us, understand that the</div><div style="text-align: center;">biggest revolution in social</div><div style="text-align: center;">networking would be for there to be</div><div style="text-align: center;">no more revolutions in social</div><div style="text-align: center;">networking. Not Google+: Because</div><div style="text-align: center;">Enough Already.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Just ahead of <a href="http://technologynewsontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/09/facebooks-f8-developer-conference.html" target="_blank">Facebook's f8 Conference</a>, Google has announced nine new features for Google Plus, and there are some doozies. First of all, the social network is now open to the public. No sign-up required. Just go to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/google.com/+">google.com/+</a> and join the party. For the past 12 weeks, the network has been in "field trial" mode, but Senior Vice President of Engineering Vic Gundotra says that it is now "ready to move from field trial to beta." Open sign-ups is touted as the 100th feature of Google Plus.<br />
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Hangouts - the video chat feature - have come to mobile, currently supporting Android 2.3+ devices, and iOS support is "coming soon." Hangouts also now have an "On Air" feature, which allows any Google Plus user to tune in and watch. Furthermore, Hangouts now offer screensharing, a shared sketchpad, and names for Hangouts. But perhaps the killer app is Google Docs in Hangouts, which will open up the possibility of live collaborative work (especially once Google Apps accounts get access).TechNewsWEBPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18138688328645221658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681755097687415855.post-59137504793418181172011-09-21T04:37:00.001+08:002011-09-21T04:39:08.312+08:00Facebook New Updates "Ticker" , "Top Stories" "Most Recents"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="242" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eaCiDHKZm0k/Tnj5jSbNuVI/AAAAAAAAARM/ffwEMMjeYHg/s320/facebook-new-update-changes.jpg" width="320" /></div>Facebook is launching a series of changes to the News Feed, including the addition of a real-time “ticker.” The changes, which will begin rolling out Tuesday night, are designed to keep you always up to date on the important events in your friends’ lives, even if you haven’t logged in for a few days.“Today’s updates are about not missing important updates in News Feed,” Facebook News Feed Product Manager Keith Schacht said<br />
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The first change is designed to make it possible to see all the big events in your friends’ lives since the last time you checked your feed, regardless of whether it’s been three minutes or three weeks. “News Feed will act more like your own personal newspaper,” Facebook says in a blog post.<br />
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After a long wait, a slender woman, dressed in a red sari with sequins, her three children in tow, finally succeeded at the head of the line. His name is Kiran, like many poor Indians, uses only one name. She and her parents in school-age look curiously through the grill man and machine at the other side. Finally, a man without a smile on a collared shirt was left in the large open room. People crowded around tables filled with computers that do not match, printers and scanners. Leaves fixed on the windows filter the sun, but not the noise of diesel buses and bicycles out of combat. Kiran is colored posters in Hindi and English on the walls. They do not tell much, but since she can not read.<br />
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Kiran has not touched or even seen a real computer, much less an iris scanner. She thinks she's 32, but it is unclear when she was born. Kiran has no birth certificate, identity card or any type of license you have no car, no card to vote, there is nothing to document their existence. Eight years ago, left his home in a poor farming village Mongolpuri ended here, a maze full of apartment blocks and shabby huts roof sheeting where barefooted children dirty, cargo bikes, emaciated dogs, goats, cows and struggle through the narrow, rubbish-strewn streets. Kiran makes about $ 1.50 a day to qualify for the recycling of old clothes. In short, this is another vast legions of anonymous poor India.<br />
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The courtyard, just off a busy street in a poor neighborhood of New Delhi called Mongolpuri, is full of people and men in plastic sandals to discuss with the other women in saris holding babies on their hips, girl thin cheap talk on cell phones. The new arrivals take place at the end of a long line leading to the entrance of an enclosed building, under the cement. Occasionally, a worker opens the door briefly and people elbow their way into a dimly lit staircase, four or five in each stage. Gradually their way to the second floor landing where they were arrested again by a steel grille.<br />
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A well-dressed middle-aged man leading the children at a nearby table, and a healthy young woman in a green skirt is down on another Kiran. The young woman took his seat in front of a laptop Samsung wins a slim gray plastic box cluttered table, and Kiran shows how to look into the opening at one end. Kiran puts his face and a time to see anything but darkness. Then, suddenly, two circles of light erupted out into light. Kiran's eyes, blinking and uncertain, displayed on the laptop screen is increased tenfold. Click. The oversized eyes freeze on the screen. The iris of Kiran has been captured.<br />
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Now for the first time the government takes note of it. Kiran and her children have their personal data on an official database and not just a formal database, but one of the largest in the world has ever seen. They are the last among the millions of people enrolled in the unique identification project in India, also known as aadh, which means "the base" in many languages of India. Its purpose is to issue identification numbers related to fingerprint and iris of each person in India.<br />
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That's more than 1.2 million people, all the villagers in the mountains of the Himalayas, the Bangalore call center workers, nomads from the desert of Rajasthan in Mumbai's streets of beggars, who speak over 300 languages and dialects. Identification number and biometric ID aadh verifiable Portable country, but all unfakable. It is by far the largest program and biometric data with more sophisticated technology ever attempted.<br />
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Aadhaar Titanic faces physical challenges and techniques: reach millions of illiterate Indians who have never seen a computer, to convince them to get their irises scanned to ensure that their information is correct, and protect the sea resulting data . India is, after all, a country known for corruption and for failing to implement major public projects. And the idea terrified lovers of civil liberty. But if the organizers are pulling Aadhaar, the initiative can improve the lives of the poorest citizens of India and the turbo on the economy already growing nationally.<br />
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<i><b>Full article at <a href="http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/08/ff_indiaid/" target="_blank">Wired</a></b></i>TechNewsWEBPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18138688328645221658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681755097687415855.post-24336246246190065772011-09-17T14:44:00.004+08:002011-09-17T14:55:16.332+08:00Introducing Google WalletIn the past few thousand years, the way we pay has changed just three times—from coins, to paper money, to plastic cards.<br />
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Now we’re on the brink of the next big shift.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Introducing Google Wallet</span><br />
Google Wallet is an Android app that makes your phone your wallet. It stores virtual versions of your existing plastic cards on your phone. Simply tap your phone to pay and redeem offers using <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_field_communication" target="_blank">near field communication, or NFC</a><br />
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Google Wallet has been designed for an open commerce ecosystem. It will eventually hold many if not all of the cards you keep in your leather wallet today. And because Google Wallet is a mobile app, it will be able to do more than a regular wallet ever could, like storing thousands of payment cards and Google Offers but without the bulk. Eventually your loyalty cards, gift cards, receipts, boarding passes, tickets, even your keys will be seamlessly synced to your Google Wallet. And every offer and loyalty point will be redeemed automatically with a single tap via NFC.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The future of commerce starts today</span><br />
Google Wallet is coming soon. When it launches, you’ll be able to use Citi® MasterCard® cards and the Google Prepaid Card with Google Wallet. You’ll be able to tap to pay at hundreds of thousands of merchants.<br />
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At launch, Google Wallet will be compatible with Nexus S 4G by Google, available on Sprint . Over time, we plan on expanding support to more phones.<br />
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This is just the beginning, but we believe that, in time, your phone with Google Wallet will be the one thing that holds everything you need to carry.<br />
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<b>More info about Google Wallet, visit <a href="http://www.google.com/wallet/">http://www.google.com/wallet/<br />
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The BSoD was never intended to be user friendly, though. It was made for engineers who wanted to figure out why a PC crashed. For the rest of the world, it signifies the downside of owning a Windows device.<br />
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The iconic Stop Error screen is getting a facelift with Windows 8. The redesigned OS also includes speed and stability improvements, a Metro interface optimized for touchscreens and an app store.<br />
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The new BSoD doesn’t include all of the bug checks or lines of code that have defined the error screen for years. Instead, the Windows 8 BSoD includes a giant sad emoticon and a simple message that “your PC ran into a problem” and that it has to restart.<br />
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We’re fans of the new error screen — it’s much clearer and more user-friendly — though we hope there’ll be fewer chances to see it. But we want to hear your thoughts. Do you like the new Blue Screen of Death? Let us know in the comments.<br />
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<i><b>Source: <a href="http://mashable.com/">Mashable</a></b></i>TechNewsWEBPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18138688328645221658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681755097687415855.post-51220373887692168772011-09-16T16:36:00.002+08:002011-09-16T17:19:48.062+08:00Facebook’s Navigation Bar and List FeedsMany <a href="http://technologynewsontheweb.blogspot.com/search/label/Facebook">Facebook</a> users (included me) noticed that the top navigation bar is now locked on top of the screen even if you scroll the page down. This behavior is new: before, the top navigation bar would scroll up with the page, and now it’s visible all the time.<br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>This subtle change lets users always access some of the most important features on Facebook: friend requests, messages, notifications and search on the left side, as well as home & profile anchor buttons and account settings on the right.<br />
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For comparison, <a href="http://technologynewsontheweb.blogspot.com/search/label/Twitter" target="_blank">Twitter</a> uses a similar floating design for its navigation bar, which is also always visible on top.<br />
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The folks over at Inside Facebook think this may be the first stage in a much bigger redesign, which is to be unveiled at <a href="http://technologynewsontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/09/facebooks-f8-developer-conference.html" target="_blank">Facebook’s F8 conference</a>. If they’re right, Facebook is looking to lock the ads on the right side of the screen to be always visible too, which would surely increase the click-through rates but it would also make the page a bit more crowded.<br />
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Facebook also put List Feeds in order for you to custumize your feeds display. <br />
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Has the new, locked top navigation bar gone live for you? How do you like it?<br />
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<i><b>Source: <a href="htpp://mashable.com">Mashable</a></b></i>TechNewsWEBPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18138688328645221658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681755097687415855.post-69252067015893141182011-09-10T14:47:00.002+08:002011-09-10T14:55:15.357+08:00American (PIE) Reunion – First Look Ten Years From NowNew model, original parts. The cast of American Pie have reunited for another instalment in the popular comedy series, American Reunion, and the first image of them on set together has surfaced.<br />
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American Reunion is being directed by Harold & Kumar writer-directors Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg. One photo actually recreates the moment from the first film when the boys make a pact to lose their virginity on prom night. <i>See the photo below!</i><br />
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Aside from the pact returning (which includes Biggs, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Chris Klein, Sean William Scott, Eugene Levy and Eddie Kaye Thomas, other original cast members like Alyson Hannigan(Band Geek), Mena Suvari(Oz Partner), Shannon Elizabeth(Nadya), Tara Reid(Vicky), Jennifer Coolidge(Stifler's Mom) and even John Cho(MILF Guy) are reprising their roles from the series. It's really great to see a shot like this from the set. and I'm sure their will be a heart-to-heart conversation between the pact reflecting on their high school days from ten years back. The real test will be whether or not new cast members <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=Katrina+Bowden&hl=en&biw=1366&bih=653&prmd=ivnsofd&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=zwhrTsmjLai9iAf9rN3hBA&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CBQQ_AUoAQ">Katrina Bowden</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=Dania+Ramirez&hl=en&biw=1366&bih=653&prmd=ivnso&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=_AhrTqaVFMOsiAezs-DZBA&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CBQQ_AUoAQ">Dania Ramirez</a> and <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=chuck+hittinger&hl=en&biw=1366&bih=653&prmd=ivnso&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=OAlrTudl8eaYBd2lqc0H&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&sqi=2&ved=0CAwQ_AUoAQ">Chuck Hittinger</a> can fit in with the tight knit crew. You can see other photos from the set at <a href="http://photos.toofab.com/galleries/american_reunion_set_photos#tab=most_recent&id=420613" target="_blank">Too Fab</a>. Looking good so far?TechNewsWEBPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18138688328645221658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681755097687415855.post-84915060433889575482011-09-09T00:33:00.000+08:002011-09-09T00:33:14.404+08:00Google Acquires ZagatGoogle has placed one of its biggest bets on location to date, acquiring local reviews giant Zagat.<br />
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Writing on the company’s official blog, Marissa Mayer, Google‘s vice president of Local, Maps and Location Services, wrote, “Moving forward, Zagat will be a cornerstone of our local offering — delighting people with their impressive array of reviews, ratings and insights, while enabling people everywhere to find extraordinary (and ordinary) experiences around the corner and around the world.”<br />
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Zagat is far cry from the startups you typically talk about in the location space. The company was founded 32 years ago and started as a printed guide to restaurants, with “Zagat Ratings” becoming an industry standard.<br />
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More recently, however, Zagat has reinvented itself on the web and with mobile apps, bringing it into competition with the likes of Foursquare and Yelp.<br />
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Location has been a tough nut for Google to crack. The company acquired early location-based social networking service Dodgeball in 2005, only to eventually shut it down and see founder Dennis Crowley leave to start Foursquare. More recent attempts include Latitude, a largely forgotten Foursquare competitor, and Hotpot, a recommendation engine that’s baked into Google Places. The company also appointed Mayer, one of its most prominent executives, to lead its location efforts in late 2010.<br />
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While we don’t have a price tag on the Zagat acquisition yet, it’s safe to call the buy one of Google’s biggest to date in the content business. Here’s a look at some of Google’s largest acquisitions through the years:<br />
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The signature weapon of the 9/11 Era is lethal, easily concealable and maddeningly easy to construct. But the greatest danger from the improvised explosive device — what ensures its endurance far from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan — lies in how cheap it is.<br />
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The improvised explosive device, or IED, isn’t a bomb. It’s a category of bombs, and within that category, insurgent MacGyvers construct makeshift bombs from whatever they have at hand. The Iraqi insurgency often relied on looted stockpiles of artillery shells or mines, juryrigged together and detonated from a cellphone. In Afghanistan, insurgents can’t similarly rely on abandoned weapons depots for their explosives, so they construct bombs using ammonium nitrate fertilizer, detonated by a fuse or using wooden plates that complete a hidden circuit when a soldier inadvertently steps on it. Insurgent allies in the security services of states like Iran or Pakistan add more sophisticated bomb ingredients or aid with logistics.<br />
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The common theme: all the ingredients for the bombs are inexpensive enough to remain in mass production, even when the U.S. attacks an insurgency’s revenue stream. And they’re vastly cheaper than the vehicles they destroy, the gear used to find them, and the troops they maim and kill.<br />
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Determining just how expensive they are is difficult, owing to all of the different components in the bombs. But according to the Pentagon’s bomb squad, the average cost of an IED is just a few hundred bucks, pocket change to a well-funded insurgency. Worse, over time, the average cost of the cheapo IEDs have dropped from $1,125 in 2006 to $265 in 2009. A killing machine, in other words, costs less than a 32-gig iPhone.<br />
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Dollar figures for the bombs are hard to come by — it’s not like there’s a Consumer Reports for black-market mines — but the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, known as JIEDDO, shared some estimates with Danger Room about how much Afghanistan’s bombs cost. Those estimates, publicly released for the first time, will have to serve as a proxy for the costs of the weapons worldwide.<br />
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The most plentiful types of bomb from 2009 — the most recent available figures for the myriad types of bombs — were, unsurprisingly, the cheapest. On average, a “victim-operated” bomb — one set to explode when its target or a civilian inadvertently sets it off — cost a mere $265. (That seems remarkably high for bombs that can be as simple as a bunch of fertilizer chemicals, wires and a pressure plate made out of two blocks of wood, but that’s what JIEDDO says.) Those types of bombs accounted for 57.9 percent of homemade bomb incidents in 2009. The next most plentiful category of bomb, those set off with command wires leading from the device, also cost $265 on average in 2009, accounting for another 23.8 percent of attacks.<br />
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As the bombs get more difficult to construct or operate, the costs rise. Bombs activated with a remote detonator like a cellphone cost a mere $345 and accounted for a surprisingly small — 12.6 percent — of attacks, perhaps owing to the U.S.’ hard-won ability to jam the detonator signal. (One would imagine the major cost component is the cellphone.) For insurgents to turn a car into a bomb or convince someone to kill himself during a detonation — or both — the cost shoots up into the thousands: $10,032 for a suicide bomber; $15,320 for a car bomb; nearly 19 grand to drive a car bomb. All together, those relatively expensive attack methods accounted for fewer than six percent of bomb attacks in 2009.<br />
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Most of those bombs have gotten cheaper to produce. In 2006, victim-operated IEDs cost an average of $1,125. Command-wire bombs were $1,266. Remote detonation bombs? The same. And as the costs dropped, victim-operated and command-wire detonated bombs skyrocketed. Back in 2006, they accounted for merely 21.3 percent and a piddling 1.9 percent of all bomb attacks, respectively.<br />
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But the sophisticated bombs have gotten more expensive. Car bombs cost $1,675 on average in 2006 — which seems absurdly low, given the cost of one involves acquiring and then tricking out a car. And the going rate on suicide bombers appears to have risen, from $5,966 in 2006 to nearly double that in 2009. Accordingly, both accounted for over 16 percent of IED attacks in ‘06. And JIEDDO says it has preliminary reporting indicating that suicide bombers cost $30,000 as of January.<br />
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It’s also worth mentioning that the number of IEDs in Afghanistan has mushroomed: from 1,952 in 2006 to 5,616 in 2009. All told, since the Afghanistan war began, homemade bombs have killed 719 U.S. troops and wounded 7,448.<br />
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<i><b>more at <a href="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/09/ied-cost/">Wired</a></b></i>TechNewsWEBPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18138688328645221658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681755097687415855.post-51169563766619312792011-09-08T13:06:00.002+08:002011-09-08T14:06:16.632+08:00Facebook To Launch Music Platform With Spotify, MOG & Rdio<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U71F2hdTvyo/TmhM7Nh9MMI/AAAAAAAAAPI/_-E79YA-O2I/s320/facebook-free-music.jpeg" width="320" /></div><br />
<a href="http://technologynewsontheweb.blogspot.com/search/label/Facebook" target="_blank">Facebook</a> intends to launch its long-rumored music service next month with Spotify, MOG and Rdio as three of the company’s launch partners.<br />
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The music and media platform will be announced at <a href="http://technologynewsontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/09/facebooks-f8-developer-conference.html" target="_blank">Facebook’s f8 developer</a> conference on Sept. 22. It will allow users to listen to music from within Facebook.com. Evidence of Facebook’s music platform first surfaced in the code of Facebook’s video chat service.<br />
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According to two sources familiar with the matter, Facebook will not directly host or stream any music or media. Instead, it will rely on partners to provide the content. This is in contrast to Apple, Google and Amazon’s strategy of hosting music content on their servers. Facebook’s plan is to become a platform for media content in the same way it is a platform for applications and games.<br />
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One of our sources specifically mentioned three music services as launch partners: Spotify, Rdio and MOG. It’s unclear whether Facebook has lined up other launch partners for its music platform or whether Facebook will open up its platform to other developers. One of our sources noted, however, that Facebook doesn’t like playing favorites, so our bet is that Facebook will open up its music platform to other third-party developers.<br />
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We’ve also heard whispers that Facebook intends for this platform to go beyond music — for example, it’s possible that Netflix could stream movies through Facebook. However, we don’t know if Facebook will go beyond the music platform announcement at f8.<br />
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Update: “There’s nothing new to announce,” a Facebook spokesperson told us. “Many of the most popular music services around the world are integrated with Facebook and we’re constantly talking to our partners about ways to improve these integrations.”<br />
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<b><i>more at <a href="http://mashable.com/">Mashable</a></i></b>TechNewsWEBPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18138688328645221658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681755097687415855.post-40832085498074191692011-09-08T01:51:00.000+08:002011-09-08T01:51:58.393+08:00Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules Movie Trailer Official<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wdcvExk-5UI/TmevKg-ytZI/AAAAAAAAAPE/KGhlCcdmsMc/s320/Diary-of-a-Wimpy-Kid-2-Rodrick-Rules-Movie-Trailer-Official.jpg" width="288" /></div><br />
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Cybercriminals are trying to trick Windows users into paying £88 ($143) by claiming that they're running a counterfeit copy of the operating system, a security expert said today.<br />
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The scam, a kind dubbed "ransomware" for the way criminals try to extort money, poses as a message from Microsoft that alleges Windows is pirated. In reality, the user is infected with malware acquired after following instructions received in malicious email messages or through peer-to-peer (P2P) networks.<br />
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"This is not the first time cybercriminals have tried to pose as Microsoft in order to gain enough credibility so users are fooled and will pay money, said Luis Corrons, the technical director of Panda Security's lab. "But this time they are getting a bit greedy."<br />
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Previous ransomware attempts that leverage Microsoft's brand have demanded only $15 to $20 (a maximum of £12.50), said Corrons. In April, for example, Finnish antivirus vendor F-Secure reported a similar Windows activation scam that racked up charges by keeping users on hold to a high-priced long-distance number.<br />
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The malware and subsequent scam is being primarily pitched to German-language speakers, said Corrons.<br />
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Another prevalent scam affecting Windows users in Europe and Southeast Asia is the ongoing Microsoft support scam where users are cold-called by a company claiming to be Microsoft, who convince the user to have a security check on their computer, then remote-access the PC, show the user fake security alerts (malware they have just installed) and then offer to sell them anti-virus software.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The "black" screen of death</span><br />
To enhance the believability of the scheme, the malware displays Microsoft's logo and the notorious black screen that Microsoft forces on counterfeit copies of Windows when its validation software recognizes a counterfeit.<br />
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According to Corrons, the on-screen instructions claim that unless the victim pays the ransom, all data on the machine will be lost. Local prosecutors will be notified unless payment is made within 48 hours, the scam adds.<br />
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"They have played two cards here," said Corrons, "saying they are Microsoft and that [prosecutors] are aware of the situation."<br />
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Both claims are fake, Corrons added. "After two days, nothing happens. You can still use your computer [and] no files are deleted," he said.<br />
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Payments must be made through one of two payment services relatively unknown in the US, but more widely used in Europe: Ukash and Paysafecard.<br />
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Panda has obtained the activation code that the scammers eventually send to paying customers. Like legitimate Windows activation codes, it's a 25-character alpha-numeric string: QRT5T-5FJQE-53BGX-T9HHJ-W53YT<br />
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"For all of you [who] wouldn't like to pay anything to these bastards, this is the code you can use to deactivate it," said Corrons.<br />
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<i><b>Source: <a href="http://news.techworld.com/">Tech World</a></b></i>TechNewsWEBPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18138688328645221658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681755097687415855.post-45422545341903383212011-09-08T01:20:00.000+08:002011-09-08T01:20:04.805+08:00DevPress is Giving Away Free Memberships to WordCamp AttendeesThis past weekend DevPress announced that they would like to give away free memberships to WordCamp organizers to distribute to any of their attendees. The DevPress team simply loves WordPress and WordCamps and wants to show their support by hooking up hardcore WordPress fans with free memberships. If you’re organizing a WordCamp, make sure to get in touch with DevPress!<br />
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An update to Google Takeout, the search giant’s data export service, now allows Google Voice users to retrieve all of their account data.<br />
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“We believe that our users should be able to export any data that they create in (or import into) one of our many products,” Google engineer Anthony Jawad writes in a post on the news.<br />
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“This means that all of the data associated with your Google Voice account, from your call history to voicemail messages, greetings and call recordings, is now available for download,” he adds.<br />
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The Google Takeout update, also announced by way of the quirky YouTube video below, comes courtesy of The Data Liberation Front, a team of in-house engineers building products to help users move their data in and out of Google.<br />
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Google Takeout was first released in July. The service launched with the ability to export data from Buzz, Contacts and Circles, Picasa Web Albums, and your Google profile.<br />
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Jobs renovated entire industries according to his unique vision. Film music, mobile phones, media, computer, and now, its impact has been enormous. And a lot of rumors about the next new thing, a remake of Apple's traditional television.<br />
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One thing that might be lost in an avalanche of coverage of Steve Jobs, has been its impact on technology investments. Not all of the industry, but the overwhelming power that Apple has had a number of competitors. It 'obvious creative destruction.<br />
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While Apple 1.0 influenced the way we think about the user interface of PC, it was hardly the monstrosity worrying that Apple was 2.0. The Cupertino computer maker little benefit from its innovations - Apple has been a marginal player with a small market. Yes, we know that the original Mac was very influential and often torn by Microsoft. In fact, Mac-maker was kept alive by an investment of $ 150 million from Microsoft in 1997. With what could be Bill Gates keeps a weakened competitor, claiming that his company did not have a monopoly on operating systems. The irony is that the lifeline will be a competitor to reach the point where it is now a threat.<br />
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But it is much more than Microsoft. Today, the triple threat of the iPod / iPhone / iPhone has left behind a trail of business models overwhelmed, directors and shareholders alike misery. Look who was wounded - and helped - the perfectionist in Cupertino:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Destroyed</span><br />
<b>Hewlett-Packard:</b> The printer company may still have some ink left in its cartridges, but its PC business badly, purified from the sale of the iPad. HP plans to sell its division 40000000000 dollar and the PC industry exciting. HP tablet input, touchpad $ 499, was an unmitigated disaster - Best Buy sitting on more than 200,000 unsold units - until the price was cut by 80 percent, to $ 99<br />
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<b>Dell:</b> About Apple, Dell, founder Michael once famously said: "What would I do? You close and return money to shareholders." When Apple's market capitalization increased from Dell in 2006, Steve Jobs, said the Barb employees by e-mail. Today, earnings from Apple ($ 29 billion) alone is greater than the entire market capitalization of Dell. And Dell does not seem to have answers to the challenges that Apple has launched its PC business as traditional.<br />
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<b>Research in Motion/BlackBerry:</b> RIM is a very instructive example of how a leader can be overthrown by an innovative competitor. RIM's long owned the market for mobile email and text messages via the MOVEMENT FOR 'CrackBerry. "Topping out at $ 144 per share in 2008, trades now $ 20s, and have a strong response to the iPhone.<br />
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<b>Nokia:</b> Not so long ago, Nokia had better than a market share of 50 percent of the market for mobile telephony. Today? Only 15 percent and forced to abandon its own operating system for taming Microsoft also ran-Phone OS, Windows Mobile.<br />
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<b>Ericsson:</b> I’m sorry, but the name doesn’t ring a bell.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Damaged</span><br />
<b>Microsoft:</b> When the monopoly of evil and hated, Mister Softee is currently led by Steve Ballmer. Under Ballmer, Microsoft has become vulnerable on several fronts. He missed almost all major trends in technology over the past decade, with Kinect is the only exception. Ballmer said so well he would not let his children use an iPod or Google is missing a quarter of the entire computer. As recently as two years ago, he said Linux was a serious competitor to Microsoft than Apple. Maybe Ballmer sale of 49300000 shares of his Microsoft stock at the end of 2010 - the $ 1.3 billion in cash - is a better telling that his proclamations stupid. Microsoft still has its cash cow Windows and Office, but I guess he could see a significant reduction over the next decade.<br />
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<b>Sony:</b> Previously owned portable music space, but the Walkman was replaced by the iPod and its well-regarded Vaio laptops are being replaced by iPads. It has a large consumer of e-business, film and television, but it is a slap in the face of Koreans under and above Apple.<br />
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<b>Intel:</b> A mixed bag, to say the least. Intel starts on Mac and some other chipsets in Apple products, but its PC business appears to be in danger.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Challenged</span><br />
<b>Google: </b>Like a giant, Google acquired Android, and turned it into a legitimate competitor to the iPhone. But does not sell OS - gives it away for free, and to preserve the rights of research (the bread and butter).<br />
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It was smart to develop the mobile not to be eclipsed in this space, but also created another set of headaches: the exposure of patents. Apple dominates not only space but also the acquisition of a great treasure of Nortel's patents, in order to isolate and challenge all comers. This has forced Google to pay for a comparable portfolio, entering (former partner of Apple) Motorola's $ 12.5 billion. The jury is still out whether it will be to isolate some of the tests based on Apple technology to Android.<br />
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<b>AT&T:</b> It was desperate enough to let Apple dictate the terms for the iPhone, transforming the industry. When the iPhone dropped calls in large numbers, Apple could have saved from an ignominious death.<br />
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<b>Verizon:</b> It could be argued that the telephone giant could be a number of categories: challenged? Benefited? Perhaps the foot in each camp?<br />
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Undoubtedly, the first sales of the iPhone from AT & T had a market share of competitors. But Verizon's reputation for reliable network coverage has been strengthened. His expertise in advertising has also limited the damage. Once the exclusive AT & T ended, Verizon was there to become a iPhone4/iPad2 seller. Both products are well sold to the company. Verizon Android sales meant they were also in a good position for negotiations with Apple for contracts. This is something that most other mobile phone companies can claim.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Benefited</span><br />
<b>Samsung:</b> Similar to Verizon and Foxconn, Samsung benefits from Apple as a major supplier but is also a competitor in its own right. The Economist recently reported that Samsung makes 26 percent of the component cost of the iPhone. Indeed, there is litigation between the two firms over designs and patents, but so far, Samsung is a net winner in the new Apple econosphere.<br />
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<b>Sharp:</b> Apple invested billions of dollars in Sharp to ensure a stable supply of LCD laptop and its ongoing relationship seems to work well for the Japanese multinational.<br />
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<b>Corning:</b> “Gorilla” Touchscreen Glass is the supplier not only to the iPod Touch/iPhone/iPad but also to an entire industry. The i-line and its many competitive inspirations have been a boon to Corning.<br />
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<b>Sprint:</b> Will reportedly begin selling the iPhone 5 later this year.<br />
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<b>Foxconn:</b> Manufacturer of many Apple products continues to benefit from the relationship with Cupertino.<br />
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<b>STMicroelectronics:</b> Makes the Accelerometer and Gyroscope in iPods and iPhones.<br />
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<b>Qualcomm:</b> Produces the wireless baseband chips in iPhone4 and to be in iPhone 5.<br />
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One day, a new competitor comes in and do for Apple what Apple did for others. It is the nature of creative destruction that these innovative companies are temporary, lasting from years to decades. Survive as IBM and GE are the exception not the rule. That's why investors should always be on guard against loss. There is no such thing as an eternal stock.<br />
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What might the 2011 version of Orson Welles’s War of the World‘s radio broadcast look like using today’s fastest method of information-sharing?<br />
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Gerardo Buganza, the interior secretary for Veracruz state in Mexico, said it could very well be the “<a href="http://technologynewsontheweb.blogspot.com/search/label/Twitter">Twitter</a> terrorism” caused by two people who allegedly spread false reports of gunmen attacking schools and kidnapping children. Those reports caused such panic when parents scrambled around the city to get to their children that there were dozens of car accidents and emergency phone lines were jammed.<br />
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The two people, a private school teacher and a radio presenter, now face 30 years in prison for charges under terrorism laws.<br />
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According to the Guardian, these are the most serious charges ever for inciting chaos or violence through Twitter.<br />
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Prosecutors claim one of the defendants tweeted, “My sister-in-law just called me all upset, they just kidnapped five children from the school.”<br />
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Both defendants claim that they only repeated what they saw elsewhere on the Internet.<br />
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Do you think people should be imprisoned for inciting violence or chaos using Twitter? How serious should the punishment be? (Welles received no punishment for the mass hysteria that the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_%28radio_drama%29">Halloween 1938 broadcast</a> caused.)<br />
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<i><b>Source: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Mashable</a></b></i>TechNewsWEBPHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18138688328645221658noreply@blogger.com