Why home security essential for us

Today security is more necessary in this world. Weather it is of our homes or our shops; we require to give essential actions to make sure that we are not victims to the several miscreants that are consecutively rampant. We want to make sure that we are well protected. For a business like a supermarket, spy cameras become necessary.

Moving on from a commercial place like the supermarket and to a very personal place to us like our homes, security cameras help us afford safety here too. However, it might be an emergency and someone might be in real trouble. How are we going to prove it without having to open the door?

When we have a hidden cameras installed, we can simply have a look outside the door as to whether the person is just faking the emergency and waiting with a gun or if the person is in real difficulty. Also if we have security cameras all around our house, we can even verify the surroundings as to if there is an accomplice waiting on the prowl for us to open the door. We can easily check the realism of our emergency.

The security of our home is over a very persistent concern when we are away from home. However, with security cameras installed, we can make sure that we can continuously monitor our house. The feed from our security camera can be accessed during our laptop or even our phone. We can always record who is coming in and going out of our house and simply catch thieves red handed and report them to the authorities.

Different methods of Spy Cameras and Properties

Discreetness today has full on a new name when it comes to spy cameras. Today the spy cameras can be so detached that you will not be able to even notice their presence even if you look valid hard. There are spy cameras that are so small that they can be hidden almost anywhere.
Also it is not the size of the cameras but also the design that would help beating them. The spy cameras are created as clocks, ties, pens and even lamp shades. These are tough to mark out as anything out of the ordinary and blend in well with the background. Camouflage is most crucial when it comes to spy cameras and the designs today serve the purpose well.
Internet IP hidden cameras are a new evolution in the field of spy cameras. While the concept remains the same, the images that are being recorded by the spy cameras are fed to you still the internet.
This means that you can obtain the feed anywhere from any device that can connect to the internet. The feed can be viewed though your laptop or even your phone. This way even if you are on the move you can keep a watch of what is occurrence at your house or at your place of business.
Adding to the convenience are the wireless spy cams. These spy cams are easy to install and do not have the hassle of wires. Therefore they can be planted roughly anywhere. This makes it simple to install and position the cameras in angles that would not have been previously possible.

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Stable Version of Chrome 12 Released

The stable version of Google chrome 12 has been released with several improvements made on in security, privacy and graphics capabilities.

The downloaded files are checked for malware and Google claims it has been designed the feature in such a way that it doesn’t have to know which URLs you visited or which files you downloaded to be able to detect malicious files.

You can now also fine tune the data that websites store on your computer, including Flash Player’s Local Shared Objects (also known as Flash cookies), directly from Chrome.

On the graphics front, Chrome 12 includes support for hardware-accelerated 3D CSS, which enables some nifty effects such as rotating and scaling videos. Try this Chrome Experiment to see some of the new features in action.

Some minor improvements has also been made in Chrome 12 such as improved interface for setting a homepage and Chrome Apps can be downloaded directly from the address bar.

Existing Chrome users will automatically be upgraded in couple of days

Android 3.1 for tablets delayed by Google

For all the Android fans here is some bad news.Google has decided not launch tablet version of Android 3.1 till August. The worse thing is that the tablets that were supposed to ship with Android 3.1 – Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 8.9 – have been delayed until then too.

However this has been a rumor but this is confirmed by trusted sources.Google first screwed Samsung with the launch Galaxy S smartphone last June. At the time the search giant was very worried that it’s major Android partners were replacing Google’s location technology with the solution provided by a small location service provider called Skyhook. Google first learned about it in April, when Motorola decided to ship it’s next Droid with Skyhook solution. Google then refused to certify Motorola’s Droid 2 as Android compatible device until Motorola removed Skyhook’s location technology. Motorola complied, delaying it’s Droid 2 launch and then shipping it with Google’s location solution which they perceived to be inferior to Skyhook’s. Only to learn that Google allowed Samsung to start shipping it’s Galaxy S handset with the same Skyhook technology that Google now said is not Android compatible.

When Motorola complained, Google ordered Samsung to halt all the shipments of Galaxy S with Skyhook’s tech. Even with tens of thousand’s of Galaxies already sold or on the way to carrier customers. And Samsung had no other choice but to comply, stop all Galaxy S shipments and hastily replace Skyhook with Google’s location provider. Remember all the GPS/location problems Galaxy S had last summer? Yep – most likely it was about that.

Here we go again. With the pre-order options and promised mid-June shipping dates popping up around the world, I’d say thousands of Samsung Galaxy Tabs are en route to the carriers and distributors. And now they will have to sit in the warehouses for a couple of months, until Google fixes whatever last minute bug they found in Android 3.1.

In the meantime, potential customers will keep snapping HTC Flyers, Motorola Xooms and Asus transformers with even buggier Android 3.0 OS.

This news is shared from Unwiredview 

Netbook Prices to Come Down

A new Atom Processor has been introduced by Intel which is expected to bring down the prices of Netbooks. The netbooks will come under $200 but with a performance penalty.


The single-core Atom N435 runs at 1.33GHz and includes 512KB of cache, making it the slowest of second-generation N-series processors that go into most netbooks today. The next fastest chips are the Atom N450 and N455 chips, which run at 1.66GHz.

Asus is using the new Atom N435 in its latest Eee PC X101, which is priced starting at $199. The laptop is being shown at the Computex trade show being held in Taipei.

Netbooks are generally priced above $250. New netbooks using the N435 will provide "new levels of affordability for emerging markets," said Suzy Ramirez, an Intel spokeswoman, in an e-mail.

The new chip has given a boost to Intel's Meego OS and AppUp application store, as a number of netbooks with the new chip have been announced with the Linux-based operating system. Acer's Aspire One Happy 2, Samsung's N100 and Lenovo's IdeaPad S100, all running the N435 and Meego, are being shown at Computex.

Lower prices could also help draw renewed interest in netbooks, which are small and low-powered laptops for basic word processing and Internet surfing. After a phenomenal take-off in 2008, netbook shipments have stumbled in the last year, partly due to a growing interest in tablets.

This information is shared from PC World.

Timing Problems in HTC Android Handsets

Turns out iPhones aren’t the only smartphones susceptible to time malfunctions. Phandroid reports that there have been some complaints about HTC Android handsets’ clocks. Users are reporting timing is off anywhere from five to 15 minutes.

Luckily, it’s the Friday before Memorial Day and we’re hoping any of the affected users out there don’t have too many time-sensitive appointments going on. But if you’re one of them and the issue is getting to you, go ahead and manually set it then reboot. You can also wait it out, as some users have said their phones have been fixing themselves.

Of course this is nothing like the iPhone-daylight savings time fiascoes we’ve witnessed, but seeing as the phone has become a de facto watch for many, it’s still fairly annoying.

Twitter acquires Tweetdeck

Twitter has acquired TweetDeck, an application for organizing the display of tweets, for more than $40 million in a mix of cash and stock, according to sources close to the deal.

TweetDeck has been the subject of speculation about deals for months. TechCrunch surfaced reports, citing a $40 million-$50 million acquisition. The deal has yet to be announced, but papers finalizing the deal were signed Monday.

Twitter has been known to either downplay third-party apps or acquire them. In the past, Twitter has scooped up popular Twitter iPhone app Tweetie, and partnered with photo add-on TwitPic as it launched its new interface.

After a management shakeup, with co-founder Ev Williams out and Jack Dorsey back as head of product, the company is focusing on building and owning Twitter's most compelling features and interfaces.

This information is shared from Tweetdeck.

Sharp launches it's Android Phone

Sharp has introduced the world's first clamshell Android phone to the Japanese market, where clamshell phones are still very popular. The Aquos Phone Hybrid 007SH features Android 2.3 Gingerbread and a 16 megapixel camera, all encased in a waterproof shell.

The main screen is 3.4 inches in size, and offers 854 x 480 pixels of resolution. There is a 0.7-inch OLED sub-display visible when the phone is closed that will show the time and notifications among other bits of information. The 16 megapixel camera is also capable of recording 720p HD (1280 x 720) pixel video.

As is common with many Japanese phones, the 007SH has a built-in digital TV tuner as well. It also has a digital wallet function, an infrared port, and a micro-HDMI port. All of these goodies are found in a not-so-svelte 113mm x 51.8mm x 19.3mm (4.45in x 2.04in x 0.76in) casing, and the phone weighs 140g (4.94 oz).

We are yet to know whether this model from Sharp will be released worldwide or not because in the press release only Chinese market was mentioned.

Android phones vulnerable to serious data leakage

This could be a shocking news to all the Android users all over the world. A whopping 99.7 % of Android smartphones are leaking log in data for Google services.This article is written by Adrian Kingsley Hughes for Zdnet

The problem is in the way that applications which deal with Google services request authentication tokens. These tokens are handy in that they eliminate the need for the user to login to the service, but as the researcher discovered these tokens are sometimes sent in plaintext form over wireless networks. This means that anyone who happened to be eavesdropping on the WiFi network could grab these tokens.

What’s worse is that tokens are not specific to the handset, which means that a token destined for one handset could be used on another.

The implications of this vulnerability reach from disclosure to loss of personal information for the Calendar data. For contact information, private information of others is also affected, potentially including phone numbers, home addresses, and email addresses. Beyond the mere stealing of such information, an adversary could perform subtle changes without the user noticing.

To make matters worse, tokens are valid for a long period of time (14 days for Calendar tokens), which means that someone grabbing your token could have two weeks worth of access to your data.

Here is a list of few solutions for the Android users

Upgrade your handset to Android which offers HTTPS for Google Calender and Contacts sync. However, you may have to wait weeks or months for this update from your carrier, or worse still you may never see it (Like Verizon customers, who are stuck on Android 2.2.2 despite the fact that it contains multiple known vulnerabilities). - 

NOTE: 

This update still leaves Picassa Sync vulnerable.

Switch off automatic sync when using open WiFi.

Better still, avoid using affected apps on open WiFi connections.

Seems like Android and Google together aren’t doing a good job of protecting user’s data.

100th Million Android Device Activated by Google

Another interesting fact on Android this week is that Google has activated its 100 millionth android device which never an easy achievement at all.People are now expecting the launch of Google Music and new Chrome Books which will hit the markets soon.

Google's mobile operating system was launched in the year 2008 and the company currently activates 500,000 activations worldwide.This time last year, Google was clocking about 100,000 activations a day. That number doubled by the time August rolled around, and by December of 2010, Google was activating 300,000 Android devices every single day. As it stands, the company currently activates 400,000 Android devices each day.

Barra says the company’s now got 310 devices from 36 OEMs in 112 countries across 215 carriers. He also revealed that Google’s 450,000 Android developers have cranked out 200,000 available apps and these have been downloaded a total of 4.5 billion times. The first billion downloads apparently took two years to hit but the most recent billion downloads were done in the last 60 days.

Search Globe from Google

Search globe,a tool was recently launched by Google will visualize people’s curiosity with pinpoints related to the volume of searches grouped by languages.

The Google Data Arts Team, who created Google Body, harnessed the modern browser’s ability to generate fast 3D imaging with WebGL to display a colorful globe that represents the day-to-day searches by people all over the world.

Valdean Klump of the Google Data Arts Team said “The Search Globe visualizes searches from one day, and shows the language of the majority of queries in an area in different colors. You’ll see a bright landscape of queries across Europe, and parts of Asia for instance, but unfortunately we see many fewer searches from parts of the world lacking Internet access—and often electricity as well—like Africa,” explained in a blog post.

Chrome or Firefox 4 is needed to use the tool properly. The 3D tool that navigates the human body is here.

Price cut for Nintendo Wii

The prices of Nintendo Wii game system will be dropping the prices by $50 to $150 and prics of several games will be reduced as they are going to launch the successor next year.The price cut -- the second one since the Wii launched for $250 in 2006 -- comes less than a month after the Japanese company announced the console will have a successor next year. Nintendo Co. said in late April it will show off a playable model of the new system at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, which runs June 7- 9 in Los Angeles.

The Wii redefined gaming when it launched nearly five years ago, expanding the video game audience by offering intuitive motion controllers instead of complex buttons. But the Wii isn't as technologically powerful as its counterparts from Sony and Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. Unlike those two, it doesn't offer high-definition images.

Nintendo has sold 86 million Wiis worldwide since the system launched, including 35 million in the U.S. As such, it has outsold both of its competitors, but with the price cut the company hopes to expand the console's audience even more widely.

Price cuts extend the lives of gaming systems because more people can afford them. Sony's PlayStation 2 is still sold 11 years after its release. PlayStation 2 sold nearly half of the consoles after price cuts, at $149 and below.

Back from a long break

Guys,its been a long time since I posted.I am now back to blogsphere. There are lots of facsinating things happening in the tech world with I-pad 2 release in India,Sony Playstation data theft and Samsung Galaxy 2.The mobile market is flooded with lots and lots of new models from almost all top brands.In the coming posts you will get to know all the latest things on new gadgets,technology and mobile.

HTC Incredible S launched in India

After the launch of HTC Desire in India,Taiwanese giant has launched Android based smartphone Incredible S which runs on Android 2.2 Froyo. Incredible S features a 4 Inch Super LCD screen,8 Mega Pixel Dual LED Flash Camera and a 1.3 Mega Pixel Camera in the front side for video calling.

The Android smartphone will come with the HTC's Sense interface. Powered Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC with 1GHz Scorpion CPU, the smartphone offers 1GB ROM and 768MB RAM. The phone's connectivity options include Bluetooth 2.1, DLNA, GPS, . The phone comes with built-in DLNA technology which is used to share videos, pictures and music with other DLNA capable devices.It is priced at Rs 28,900.

HTC Desire Z launched in India

HTC Corporation has launched the smatphone HTC Desire Z at Rs 25,590 in India.It runs on Android 2.2 Froyo Operating Syste and a 3.7 inch screen.touch screen that enables surfing the web with a mere touch and a dedicated QWERTY keyboard for quick texting and emails.

HTC Desire Z claims 14.4Mbps download speed with HSPA network support and WiFi . On connectivity front, the smartphone supports Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, FM Radio, A-GPS, Digital compass, accelerometer, proximity sensor, and has 3.5mm audio port.

Other features include HD video recording and a 5-megapixel camera with flash, auto-focus and face recognition. The mobile phone supports 480x800 pixel resolution. Desire Z has an 800MHz Qualcomm MSM7230 microprocessor and 512MB RAM.

Block your search results in Google.

Google has been continuously bringing changes to the search results and it is more focused to provide quality results to the users.A new feature was introduced by Google yesterday which allows users to block domains which they consider it as spam.

The search engine is now showing an option next to the cached feature in search results to let users block a particular domain in the future.The user will get the confirmation message saying that blocked domains will not be displayed.

The users need to sign into their Google account before blocking the domain and they also have an option of undo if they later consider to unblock the domain.The new feature is rolling out now on Google.com in English for people using Chrome 9+, IE8+ and Firefox 3.5+, though Google will be expanding to new regions, languages and browsers.

Apple I-pad 2 sales begins

Sale of Apple I-pad 2 has began but online pre orders started much earlier.An year ago Apple sold more than 3,00,000 I-pads on the first day of its sales and this year also Apple is expecting numbers close to it.The same level of excitement is also there for I-pad 2 and device is termed as evolutionary rather than revolutionary.

With the same price tag of $499-$829 depending upon the storage, I-pad 2 is loaded with much more features and improvements.The new version of I-pad 2 will faster, slimmer and lighter, and now includes two cameras for video calling and photographs

After I-pad many tablet PC's began to storm the market and only Motorola Xoom appears to be it's closest competitor running in Android OS for tablet PC's. I-pad 2 will be launched on March 25th and 26th in Mexico,New Zealand,Spain and UK.

Pre Ordering of Nokia E-7

Pre Ordering for Nokia E7 business smartphone has began and user who want to order may log on to Nokia web site and fill an online form along with nearest priority center.The registered users will get a call within 24 hours from the nearest Nokia priority center with additional information about handset and deal.

Nokia E-7 has been priced at Rs 35,000.It is quipped with 4 inch screen with a 4 line QWERTY keypad.It also  has 8 Mega Pixel Camera with dual LED flash. It offers seamless connectivity, ease of use, excellent multimedia performance and a host of productivity applications.

From today users can experience Nokia E7 at their priority stores located at major cities in India.Nokia believes they can make an impact in the smartphone market with E7.

1,50,000 Gmail accounts disabled

Almost 1,50,000 Gmail users were well shocked when they woke up yesterday morning to found out their mails, attachments and chat logs were not found. Many were in doubt that whether their accounts were compromised.
Less than 0.08 percent of Gmail users have been affected by the bug and the users found only a welcome message in their inbox when they logged in.

The good news is that Google has said that their engineers are working to restore the access.Affected users will not be able to access the account when the problem is being worked on.There are lots of doubt in the users mind how long will Google takes to solve this issue.Some of the people have even started using backup sites to restore their mails which actually workout to some extent.

Samsung Windows 7 Mobile users angry after update failure

Windows 7 updates for Samsung mobiles lead into problem after many users reported that devices are bricked when trying to install the software update.One of the user reported that his mobile is currently unusable even after hard reset.Lots of users were frustrated due to these error messages and many of the users even claim they have made a big mistake by opting for a Windows mobile rather than a Android mobile.


Many Samsung users reported that the Windows phone update released by Microsoft was giving some problems while installing the update.Microsoft spokesperson said that the company had identified an issue within the update and has disabled the update for Samsung phones.Users were confused whether they need to take u p the issue with Microsoft or the service provider.

$5000 from Google for Best Infographics

A Sample Infographics about Singapore City

This blog post is especially for the people who are good in creating infographics. Google is offering a prize of $5000 for the best visualization on tax money. The contest was recently announced in the Google blog today for the site whatwepayfor.com created by couple of developers. The developers of the site has built an API for potential developers to access it

The contest starts today and ends on March 27th. The winner will be announced on April 18th. Earlier Google conducted a similar contest for a wedding planner site even though Google is not a site which is not popular for promotions and contests. 

Nexus One gets Android 3.0

The UI(User Interface)refresh has been one of the striking feature of Android 3.0 Honeycomb as a tablet only OS has been ported to Nexus One.Some tweaking is necessary to make the audio, bluetooth and Wi-fi features to be fully functional.

It has been reported that the next Android 2.4 Ice Cream update combines features from Gingerbread and Honeycomb. But now, with Honeycomb ported on the Nexus One, we surely hope this project takes off and doesn't halt like few-week novelty.

One has to perform some tricks to get the UI working in landscape orientation. The Honeycomb Alpha SDK ROM carries some modifications like the File Manager form the Cyanogen 7 pre-release Custom Rom, Terminal Emulator, QuickBoot for reboot and has been rooted.

Just in case you are going to try out this ROM on your phone, be warned that it might turn your phone into a telephony-less handset.

Windows 7 mobile and Bing ready for India launch

Microsoft's Windows 7 mobile and search engine 'Bing' will be launched into the Indian market.The date of launch of Windows 7 mobile has not been finalized yet. Amit Chatterje, Microsoft's Managing Director for R&D has said Bing will bring a totally different experience to the users.This was his first interaction with the reporters after taking charge as Managing Director of Microsoft(R&D) division.

Windows 7 mobile has good response from the users worldwide and I hope that Microsoft can expect the same response in India also and it will face stiff competition from Android users.He also confirmed 100 applications were being added to the App Store on a daily basis with users downloading at least one application everyday, reflecting the levels of acceptance of the product.

Office Web Apps launched in India

Microsoft Web Apps,the equivalent of Google apps has been launched in India which allows the users to create,edit,access and share documents of the Office suite which includes Excel, PowerPoint,word from any system with a internet connection.The service is absolutely free.

Microsoft Web Apps can be accessed from any browsers like Internet Explorer 7,Mozilla 3.5 or later with a hotmail id.The style,formatting,images and meta objects can be retained."Office Web Apps are a key piece of Microsoft's overall cloud strategy. Features like ease of sharing and high document fidelity make Office Web Apps a powerful enabler of productivity in the cloud for modern information workers and consumers alike. Moreover, this tool helps students collaborate on their school and college projects in a seamless way," said Sanjay Manchanda, Director, Microsoft Business Division.

Depletion of Internet Addresses reflects wired world

The supply of Internet addresses ran out after 30 years of it's creation on Thursday.It's not the time to panic as the transition should occur even without even being noticed.After the introduction of IPV4 standards,4 billion IP addresses were bumped up.The explosion of Internet in these 30 years has been enormous and Internet has been a integral part of our life and not to mention the popularity of Google and Facebook.

Already laptops, smartphones and web connected gadgets support IPv6, though Curran notes that according to some estimates less than 1 percent of Internet users may not have their equipment configured properly and will need to adjust their settings in the months ahead, as websites increasingly adopt the new standard.

There are 340 undecillion IPv6 addresses available. That's 340 trillion, trillion, trillion addresses which is equal to the size of sun.

Optimus 3D smartphone from LG

Imagine how a 3D smartphone gonna change the way you capture the images and the most important of all is that you don't need a glass see the 3D pictures. LG's Optimus 3D smartphone will be the first 3D smartphone to enter into the market.


Optimus 3D runs on Android Gingerbread v2.3 OS and powered by Nvidia Tegra Processor. The LG Optimus 3D features a 4.3 inch multi-touch display, 8 Megapixel 3D Camera, HD video playback and recording, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, HDMI out/DLNA and more.


The pricing and availability of Optimus 3D smartphone is yet to be known.

iPad 2 in May 2011

I-pad has really turned the attention of people to Tablet PCs'a and after the launch of I-pad,the markets saw a lot of other companies showing their interest towards Tablet PC's. according to the recent reports,production of I-pad 2 will be starting this month.the fifth generation of I-phones will begin in May.

The new model of iPad is likely to come with features like dual-core processor, dual cameras and a USB and an SD port. Some reports have claimed that the new iPad will come with a resolution of 2048 x 1536.I pad 2 is expected to be launched in May or June as the first generation I-pods are were launched in April last year.

Android dethrones Symbian

Android has become the most popular smartphone in the last quarter of 2010 and it has replaced Symbian which was on the top for nearly ten years.A total of 32.9 million Android-equipped phones in the last quarter, compared with Symbian's total sales of 31 million. Nokia has been struggling to retain it's position in the market as lot of people have preferred to Android mobiles than Symbian based mobiles.

HTC, Samsung and LG has contributed to Android's success over the last quarter and with the launch of Android 2.3(Honeycomb) we can expect Android to rule the market over the coming years. Android App market has been flooding with apps developed all over the world and there are variety of apps available in the market for the consumers to choose from

Motorola Defy launched in India

There is another news from Motorola and they have launched their another Android based mobile for tough usage.Motorola's Defy comes with 3.7 inch display and runs on Android 2.1.It has 800Mhz Texas Instruments OMAP 3610 processor with 512MB RAM and 2GB internal shared memory. I hope it will be soon updated with Android 2.2(Froyo).Motorola's Defy does have MOTOBLUR user interface with Live Widgets layered on the top of it. Its capacitive touchscreen display supports a 480x854 pixel resolution.

It comes with a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash. One can use the color effects in real time to shoot some nice images and also geo-tag them to Google Maps. It is also a blessing for the corporate users as it comes with Exchange 2003 and 2007 along with POP3/IMAP and Yahoo Mail. Of course the handset offers Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n) and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR.

Packing Google Services like Gmail, Apps, Calendar and Talk, the phone also offers access to Android Market for users to download Apps on the phone..Features like Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor and Social Network integration for Facebook, Twitter and MySpace also exists.

'Keep My Opt Outs' from Google.

A new feature has been added in the Chrome browser to protect your privacy online.A new plug in called 'Keep    My Opt Outs' that blocks advertisers from collecting personal information.To have good advertising experience Google has been developing additional plug-ins.

This 'Keep My Opt Outs" will definitely a big hit among the Chrome users as nowadays a lot of advertisements have come up requesting the user information. The extension is now available in Chrome browsers and the code is now available on Open Source basis so that in case of any bugs the developers can able to rectify it.

Google working hard to take spam off

Google has found that it search results are found sometimes less ideal and it has planned to reduce the amount of spam to great extent.Google has been maintaining a high level of quality of in the search results but it has conceded that there is a slight increase in spams in the recent months.

A new document level classifier is introduced which makes it to difficult to rank on page spam contents.Matt Cutts said that the new classifier is better at detecting spam on individual web pages, e.g., repeated spammy words — the sort of phrases you tend to see in junky, automated, self-promoting blog comments.

Matt Cutts also said Google radically improved their ability to detect hacked sites, which were a major source of spam in 2010.Google are evaluating multiple changes that should help drive spam levels even lower, including one change that primarily affects sites that copy others’ content and sites with low levels of original content.

There were some rumors that Google were lenient to the spammy sites that are serving Google ads which brings about 30 percentage of it's revenues.Matt Cutts replied "to be crystal clear, Google absolutely takes action on sites that violate our quality guidelines, regardless of whether they have ads powered by Google; displaying Google ads does not help a site’s rankings in Google; and buying Google ads does not increase a site’s rankings in Google’s search results".

First Dual Sim Android Mobile from Motorola

Motorola will be launching First Dual Sim Android Smartphone in India and the launch date is yet to be known officially.The Motorola XT800 Glam will be making its way to our shores and will be the first Dual-Sim Android phone to release here.The Glam has one GSM and one CDMA slot, so users have some flexibility in terms of choices for phone and data functions. The 3.7-inch touchscreen phone also comes with HDMI-out port, GPS and a 5 mega-pixel camera. Bluetooth, Wi-fi, 3G, EDGE and GPRS round up the connectivity options for the phone which is supposedly coming pre-loaded with Android 2.2 (Froyo)

The phone will be priced at Rs. 31,999 and it's a rip off as upgraded version of X800+ is already released in China .So they're essentially pawning off old stock at a premium, which seems rather excessive to me, but the phone does have a lot of features so maybe it might just be worth it 

Google Nexus to hit within 3 months in India

Apart from US and UK,the other countries are expecting the launch of Google Nexus S phones within few months.Reports suggested Nexus S will be available in India within the next 3 months.Google Nexus S is the first phone to have Android 2.3(Gingerbread) update.

Samsung's Galaxy S was a big hit in India and the resellers are running out of it's stock.The unlocked Google Nexus S is available at $ 530 in Bestbuy. Nexus S is expected to cost Rs 24,000 in India excluding the taxes.Nexus S is an important device for both Google and Samsung.

With more and more Android apps coming up every month,people have turned their attention towards Android based phones over the last few years.The prices are also expected to drop down this year.

Cyberattacks Doubled Up

The Security Threat Report of 2011 says spam, phishing and malware attacks on social sites has doubled compared o the previous year(2009).The attack was prominently on the largest social networking site facebook according to the review of cyberthreats.

Sixty-seven percent of people reported spam , 43 percent reported phishing messages and malware attacks jumped to 40 percent from 21.2 percent.An attack in one's facebook account is supposed to be the biggest treasure for the hacker as he can gets to know about friend list and relationships.


New survey scams and "clickjacking"  are tricking users into clicking on disguised malicious links were two prominent threats that emerged this past year and will continue to thrive on social networks, especially if Facebook doesn’t take steps to curb the dangers.

"A June 2010 Sophos poll found that 95 percent of respondents wanted Facebook to do more to prevent ‘likejacking’ attacks (essentially clickjacking by liking something on Facebook) and urged the site to impose stricter controls on the plug-in," the report notes.

The social media site, however, is either unable or unwilling to invest the necessary resources to stamp it out.

The cybersecurity landscape is dotted with other land mines, the study found, ranging from attacks targeting smartphones and other mobile devices to large-scale infrastructure breaches, such as Stuxnet-like malware and WikiLeaks-related "hacktivism."

goog.gl from Google

At last there is some news from Google Code Labs after they announced the availability of API for URL shortening and goog.gl is now available.

It works in the same way as other URL shortener which squezes a longer URL into fewer characters which is easier to share and tweet.The developers can shorten and expand URLs using the API, as well as fetch history and analytics. One could use these features for a wide variety of applications, enabling behaviors ranging from auto-shortening within Twitter or Google Buzz clients to running regular jobs that monitor usage statistics and traffic patterns.

Improvements are also made for auto detection of spam and malicious content and the documentation is there for the benefit of application developers

Google's Web Based Science Fair

Google will be making some exciting announcements about a worldwide, web-based science fair.

The tech giant is inviting students ages 13 through 18 from all over the world to compete — and the prizes won’t just be shiny blue ribbons, either. Google will be handing out scholarships and work opportunities to the most impressive entrants.

Youngsters will be able to submit their projects online, presumable through the Science Fair’s website, which has yet to launch with full details.

By this time Google would have hosted a live event on its brand new Science Fair YouTube Channel.

The global science competition is being hosted in partnership with CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research), LEGO, National Geographic and Scientific American. The goal is “to create a new kind of online science competition that is more global, open and inclusive than ever before.”

Teachers who want to receive classroom materials, including posters, stickers and bookmarks, as well as get registration information, can start signing up now.

This is one Google event we’ll be following with great interest; we can’t wait to see what cool entries will be coming in from young minds around the globe.

Wi-fi Direct smartphone from LG

LG Electronics after the success of Optimus has now announced their new Optimus Black to be displayed at CES show in Las Vegas.The speciality of the Optimus Black is the the presence of Wi-Fi direct.Samsung's Galaxy S was the first smartphone to receive Wi-Fi direct certification two months ago,but this is the first demo for access point less wireless connectivity standard.The users of Optimus Black will be able to network all their Wi-Fi devices even when not in the presence of a wireless access point; only the master device needs to be Direct-capable, leaving users the freedom to connect whatever device they want to the personal network served by their smartphone.

Droid Xoom to be available from Feb 14

In the Consumer Electronics Show(CES) this year Motorola will be launching it's tablet computer "Droid Xoom" which will run on Google's Android 2.3(Honeycomb).With I-pad and Galaxy tab setting the tablet PC market on fire Motorola too has stepped up.Motorola's Droid Xoom is powered with Nvidia Tegra 2 processor and a onboard of 32GB flash storage.It also has dual cameras,5 Mega Pixel at rear and 2 Mega Pixel at front.

The pricing of Droid is not known but it is expected to hi the market by Feb 14th.Apart form 32GB flash storage it will also support micro SD memory cards.