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October 1, 2010 2 Comments
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September 14, 2010 Leave a comment
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It’s common knowledge that you can catch computer viruses on porn Web sites. But did you know it’s also risky to surf the Web searching for free movies or music?
A study from McAfee to be released on Tuesday finds that adding the word “free” when looking for entertainment content in search engines greatly increases the chances of landing on a site hosting malware.
For instance, searching for free music ringtones increases the chances of hitting a malicious site by 300 percent, according to the report, “Digital Music & Movies Report: The True Cost of Free Entertainment.”
Searching for “lyrics” for a particular artist is twice as risky on average as searching for “ringtones” for the same artist for the first five pages of results, the report found.
And including the term “MP3” increases the riskiness of music searches in general. There has been a 40 percent increase in the number of Web sites that are delivering infected MP3 files or that seem to be built for purposes of financial fraud or delivering malware, according to the report.
Meanwhile, McAfee found malware associated with a number of Web sites around the world advertising free downloads of sports games, movies, and TV shows.
Twelve percent of sites that distribute unauthorized content are distributing malware, and 7 percent of sites offering unauthorized content have associations with cybercrime organizations, the report concluded.
“The sites often look very professional and attempt to lure the user with the idea of a ‘trial period’ or even some nominal fee that is much less than what may ultimately be charged,” the report says. “Once the user agrees, they have to authorize their computer to access and interact with computers that are involved in a wide range of schemes–from money laundering to stealing credentials such as user names and passwords. In addition, with this access, your computer is profiled–with all of its software versions, user agents, and any other date–and this information can be provided to third parties for malicious purposes. (This is often called ‘fingerprinting.’)”
To reduce the chances of landing on malicious sites, McAfee recommends avoiding the use of the word “free” in searches for entertainment content, avoiding clicking on links in banner ads on content sites that aren’t well established, not clicking on links posted in forums and on fan pages, keeping security software up to date, and using safe search plug-ins like McAfee Site Advisor that warns of potentially risky sites.
Also pay for the content you want from reliable sources itunes is a good one to start you can find music and films on there and they are not over priced.
August 19, 2010 Leave a comment
(Source: BBC)
The average Briton spends almost half of their waking life using media and communications, data suggests. The statistics from regulator Ofcom suggest people in the UK spend seven hours a day watching TV, surfing the net and using their mobile phones. Read more of this post
August 17, 2010 Leave a comment
The parents’ evening at our local secondary was going well until we came to the art department. I pointed out that our 12-year-old greatly enjoys making videos — cutting together films taken with a Flip video camera, choosing songs for the soundtrack, and synchronising them with frame-quality accuracy. Could she, I asked, do a film-making course? The school had some computers apparently dedicated to film-making. And it is art. Sort of. Read more of this post
August 16, 2010 1 Comment
A new video shows the dual-screen Toshiba Libretto W100 strutting its stuff in uncharted territory somewhere between a tablet and a traditional clamshell laptop.
What is the Libretto W100? It’s a small 1.5-pound, 7-inch Windows 7 clamshell device that sports two capacitive LCD screens: one for viewing, one for typing. The typing screen is much like the virtual keyboard on the Apple iPad. Of course, the W100 can also function as a dual-screen tablet, which–in this respect at least–trumps the iPad. Read more of this post
August 11, 2010 Leave a comment
If you travel around with a smartphone and/or laptop and watch a lot of movies or give presentations, then the emerging pico projector technology should be fascinating to follow. Though the technology has appeared in phones and cameras, it hasn’t really been given much attention. We really are hoping that this product is going to change that (MPro120 pico projector), Read more of this post
August 6, 2010 1 Comment
This phone’s features are simply amazing have a micro projector included with your phone which plays HD videos.
Samsung Halo Specification
3.7″ WVGA Super AMOLED screen
8 megapixel autofocus camera with flash
front-facing VGA camera
720p / 30fps video recording and playback
DivX and Xvid playback support
Bluetooth 2.1
802.11b/g and n WiFi
3.5mm headphone jack
aGPS
16GB of internal storage plus microSD expansion
stereo speakers
DLNA support for seamlessly sharing photos and videos across other DLAN-equipped gadgets
integrated DLP pico projector plus specialized projector UI
HSDPA
Quad-band GSM and EDGE
Take imaging, for example. The Samsung Halo doesn’t just have a 3.2 megapixel camera, like the iPhone – it’s got a 8 megapixel camera, and as Samsung’s Pixon range feature some of the best quality camera phone technology on the market. 
Video is excellent. This phone feature’s 720p HD video playback. With the Hero, not only do you get 720p playback and recording, you can watch it on the new SuperAMOLED screen that Samsung’s developed, which is unbelievably clear and bright, with contrast levels that are Amazing to say its from a mobile phone.
Probably the best feature to accompany the HD video is the Pico projector. At the touch of a button, your phone’s UI, photos, videos – anything you like – can be beamed onto a wall or any flat surface. This phone will impress everyone including the iphone users especially with the micro projector that doesn’t need replacement lamps. The one this this phone is missing is 3D features when are they coming to phone’s?
August 5, 2010 Leave a comment
In Foldit, gamers take on protein challenges
Since computer scientists at the University of Washington launched a project in 2008 that taps into the brainpower of computer gamers to fold proteins, almost 60,000 people around the world have taken on the challenge.
In the process, Foldit players have been able to beat computers on problems that require radical moves, risks, and long-term vision, according to results being published on Thursday, in the journal Nature.
“The really fundamental question in most scientists’ minds was, ‘What can it produce, in terms of results? Is there any evidence that it’s doing something useful?'” says principal investigator Zoran Popovic, a UW associate professor of computer science and engineering. “I hope this paper will convince a lot of those people who were sitting on the sidelines, and the whole genre of scientific discovery games will really take off.”
There are more than 100,000 different kinds of proteins in the human body alone, forming every cell and setting the speed of chemical reactions. While scientists already know the genetic sequences of many, they’re still working to understand how they fold up into complex shapes that play vital biological roles.
Thousands of computers are already calculating how physical forces would cause a protein to fold. But computers do not always outperform humans, so the UW team decided to involve the power of thousands of human brains. It turns out that in Foldit, which is free, people tend to outperform computers when a problem requires intuitive leaps or strategy shifts.
Foldit has been compared to Tetris, but instead of stacking blocks, players fold a protein. Players are awarded points based on the internal energy of the 3D protein structure, and every puzzle has a high score that players can try to beat.
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July 28, 2010 1 Comment
The 27-inch iMac is becoming hard to buy for some customers, which could mean that an updated version of the desktop Mac is on its way.
MacRumors reports that at several Apple stores, some models of iMacs are no longer available for in-store reservation and pick-up, suggesting that Apple has let the supply run out. It follows a rumor last week that Apple is gearing up to introduce a fresh update to the all-in-one desktop. Apple hasn’t released a new iMac since October 2009.
Apple could be unveiling a new wide-screen (16:9) Cinema Display soon as well.
There’s also speculation that a new set of desktop apps could be arriving soon. AppleInsider reports iLife ’11 is coming on Saturday, August 7.
Along with a new version of iWeb, iPhoto is 
rumored to sport improvements to Faces and Places (iPhoto’s facial-recognition and geolocation features), and have more social-networking integration. Currently iPhoto allows export directly to third-party sites Facebook and Flickr.
iDVD is rumored to be deleted from the software suite, but the same French Mac blog says there will be a new “mystery” application included in iLife ’11. Any ideas what the unnamed iLife app would be?
July 28, 2010 1 Comment
Most gadget owners know that leaving any piece of electronic equipment in the direct sunlight isn’t a great idea. Now an iPad owner, who claims their touch-screen tablet overheats and turns off when left in the sunlight, is suing Apple.
Bloomberg reported Tuesday that the complaint was filed Friday in federal court in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The suit is seeking class-action status and asks for unspecified damages because the device “overheats so quickly under common weather conditions.” The suit says Apple’s iPad “does not live up to the reasonable consumer’s expectations created by Apple.
It’s not the first time we’ve heard the iPad overheating complaint. Not long after the first iPads went on sale in early April some new owners reported the issue.
PC Magazine editor Zach Honig said on Twitter that he took his iPad out in the sun on a warm day in New York City, and 10 minutes later, it shut down with the message: “iPad needs to cool down before you can use it.” Honig said he stuck his iPad in the fridge and it was back to normal a few minutes later.
The Atlantic’s blog also compiled known overheating issues, and The Next Web discovered that the iPad’s operating temperature is 32 degrees to 95 degrees Fahrenheit when running, or up to 113 degrees Fahrenheit when off.
Still, Apple’s been selling iPads at a pretty fast clip. The company said it has sold 3.3 million of the touch-screen tablets between April and June.
Only in america would they sue apple for this.
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