Easy Upgrade from USB 2.0 to USB 3.0 :Transcend's USB 3.0 Express Card Adapter

1.  Transcend has come up with a USB 3.0 Express Card Adapter, an easy-to-install add-in that allows users to speedup their notebook with blatant flying speed of USB 3.0 technology.The new USB 3.0 Express Card Adapter comes with 2 high-speed USB ports that fully support Super Speed USB 3.0 standard with bandwidth of up to 5 GB/s. In addition to this, its quick and easy 2 install, the card enables speed enthusiasts to experience data transfer rates up to ten times faster than USB 2.0 with optimized power efficiency.

2.  Transcend's PNU3 USB 3.0 Express Card Adapter is fully compatible with Windows 7 and comes at an affordable price of approx Rs 1900 with 2 years Warranty(check out Nehru Place rates before buying)

3.  Thanks http://itvoir.com

NOKIA should have merged with GOOGLE : Google CEO

This comes straight after the earlier post news spread across about the merge of Nokia & Microsoft......When asked about Nokia's choice of Windows Phone 7 as its smartphone system, Schmidt said "Google would have loved to see Nokia pick Android instead. Google tried to convince Nokia to choose Android, and it can still make that decision in the future".....(ha ha ha....Google still has hopes of a future revertive action by NOKIA....and who knows...it may just happen..we are just the readers!!!!!)

NOKIA & MICROSOFT : A MERGER TO READ ABOUT

1.    In todays shrinking world when we hear of merger of giants...its part of normal breaking news which hardly puts together rolling eyeballs 7 pop ups ....But this one is slightly different or if not different it is really BIGGGGGGG.This is about merger of fantabulous phone hardware NOKIA and the operating system giant MICROSOFT coming toether to produce and try beating the phones across?

2.    The deal which was in the rumour rounds already went much ahead of the expectations.....in effect, Nokia is handing over its future - in smartphones at least - to Microsoft and Windows Phone 7.  That means Good bye & Happy journey Symbian . So can the combo really become the third horse in the race, giving Apple and Android a run for their money ?I have my doubts....

3.    Crux of the acquisition pointwise listed below :

- Nokia to embrace Windows Phone as its principal smartphone.

- Nokia to contribute its expertise on hardware design, language support.

- Both would closely collaborate on joint marketing initiatives .

- Bing would power Nokia’s search services(nobodys guess!!!)

- Nokia Maps would be a core part of Microsoft’s mapping services.

4.    Just to mention,a year earlier when this merger was being talked about, was once declared an april fools rumour. And now about a year later it is on official Microsoft site.Thanks Microsoft site for info

The Gawker case : EXPERIENCING A HACK

1.   A six-letter password in lower-case text takes a hacker's computer just 10 minutes to crack. But make those letters upper-case and it takes 10 hours for it to randomly work out your password. Thus simply upper-casing your password can minimise a hacker's chance of finding out your account.Add numbers and/or symbols to your password and the hacker's computer has to work for 18 days.Despite widespread warning, 50 per cent of people choose a common word or simple key combination for their password.The most used passwords are 123456, password, 12345678, qwerty and abc123. 

2.   I read about the Gawker case recently wherein the subject media firm Gawker urged subscribers to change their passwords after its user database was hacked and more than 1.3 million passwords were stolen.Now imagine some one like Yahoo or Google requesting one fine day on a similar line....won't our heart come out????

3.   The exact Gawker announce ment goes like this 

“Our user databases appear to have been compromised. The passwords were encrypted. But simple ones may be vulnerable to a brute-force attack. You should change your Gawker password and on any other sites on which you’ve used the same passwords. We’re deeply embarrassed by this breach. We should not be in the position of relying on the goodwill of the hackers who identified the weakness in our systems. And, yes, the irony is not lost on us.”

4.   The problem emanated when Gawker recently launched a multi-site redesign thatthat failed spectacularly, leading visitors to blank pages. The culprit was a misbehaving piece of JavaScript, but when a single line of JavaScript causes your entire suite of sites to fail you no longer have websites, you have, well, nothing.The problem with Gawker’s redesign is that it uses JavaScript to load everything. That means that, not only is there no chance for the site to degrade gracefully in browsers that don’t have JavaScript enabled, the smallest JavaScript typo can crash the entire website.

5.   Now we all have seen it personally as we sometimes tend to have the same password for multiple accounts on the web.....this could be a simple fall like a pack of cards...one point failure leads to the complete fort coming down.....so guys...take care....change ur passwords for better and stronger security.....

MALWARE & AUTORUN : LOVE BIRDS OF PROPOGATION

1.    All the family members of trojans,malware and adwares few of which are mentioned above have one similarity in form of a common propagation method. They all ab"use" the autoplay feature of Autorun, many by creating or manipulating Autorun.inf files on network drives and removable media, so that when a user connects, the malware is automatically executed on their system. Newer operating systems, like Windows Vista and Windows 7, have made changes to the way Autorun is configured (Windows Vista) and how it works by default (Windows 7). These changes appear to have had a significant difference in the ability for autorun-abusing malware to successfully infect these newer operating systems, especially for Windows 7.

2.   More interesting details here

3.  Thanks http://blogs.technet.com & Microsoft Malware Protection Center