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Humanoid Robot can also interact with people

A humanoid robot, known as ‘Han’ can smile, wince, wink, frown or even act drunk with the touch of a button using a mobile phone app. ‘Han’, which can mimic human expressions greeted visitors on April 18 at a Hong Kong electronics fair.

Han can also recognize people’s face, gender and emotional feelings like happy or sad and will interact with them by holding conversations with the help of about 40 motors and several cameras inside it’s eyes and chest.

A unique feature of Han is his human-like skin, which is created by a patented material called “Frubber”, or “Flesh Rubber”, an elastic polymer.

The developers Hanson Robotics hope androids like Han could have uses in hospitality, health care and entertainment Industries where communication is vital with different approaches of welcoming & entertaining people and showing care for older people.

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Source: www.businessinsider.com

Apple launches new 12-inch MacBook

Apple launched a new MacBook of 12-inch at their March 9^th event in San Francisco.

The MacBook weighs just 2 pounds and is Apple’s lightest and thinnest Macbook so far, it is 24% thinner than 11-inch MacBook Air. It features the company’s ultra high resolution with 2304 X 1400 Retina-display, a full-size much thinner keyboard with a new Force Touch trackpad, incredibly compact USB-C port, video out, single connector charging, and a day-long battery life. The device will be available in multiple colors like silver, grey and gold.

The new MacBook is the future of the notebook,” said Apple’s senior vice-president of worldwide marketing Philip Schiller.

The new MacBook pricing will start at $1,299 and will be powered by Intel’s new Mprocessor.

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Source: http://www.timesofindia.com

Tips to Choose a Right Tablet

Now-a-days as the trend is going on to buy tablets, you should know which tablet is right for you and what you should know. Here are some tips for you to choose from Apple IPads, Android Tablets & Windows model.
The operating system on the iPad Air and iPad mini tablet lines is very clean and intuitive, and the wide selection of iPad apps that you can buy right on your tablet. This is the greatest strength of Apple’s iOS.

Google’s Android mobile OS gives you a choice of hardware from several manufacturers and offers maximum configurability, a top-notch notification system, fast and smooth Web browsing, and seamless integration with Google applications like Gmail, Google Maps, and Hangouts for video chat. Android also includes support for multiple user logins so you can share your tablet with a friend or family member.

Windows 8 comes the closest to offering a traditional computing experience with full x86 support for all of your Windows software. And you can run the full version of Microsoft Office when you buy a Win 8 tablet. Also, connectivity options and hardware add-ons for Windows models are also typically more plentiful than with other tablet types.

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Source: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/

A Glossary of a hacker’s dictionary

++++Term++++	+++++++++++++++++Definition
Advanced persistent threat (APT):	A strategic cyber attack that infiltrates a system and persists over a prolonged period of time, potentially undetected. APTs may be carried out by a nation state or criminal organization to steal sensitive data or compromise a target system.
Botnet:	A large network of virus-infected computers that can be used to generate spam, spread viruses, perpetrate click fraud or conduct attacks on other systems.
Bug bounty program:	A program where software companies offer cash rewards to hackers to find and report exploitable vulnerabilities before they can be used by cyber criminals. Facebook, Google, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft have been known to offer thousands of dollars in return for bugs.
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack:	An attack designed to disrupt a computer system or website service by bombarding the site with so much web traffic that it crashes. Botnets are often used to carry out DDoS assaults.
Ransomware:	Malicious software designed to block access to a system or account until a sum of money is paid.
Social engineering:	Non-computer methods of manipulation to obtain sensitive personal information, such as birth dates, or social security numbers. Personal knowledge often used to bypass passwords.
Special phishing:	An email masquerading as being from a trusted source or person you know sent with the goal of obtaining sensitive information, often by downloading data-sniffing and computer-controlling malicious software.
Zero-day exploit:	A previously undetected software vulnerability that is used to hack into affected system before developers or manufacturers can address or fix the problem.

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Source: The Globe and Mail

Twelve big hacks

Some of the largest hacks in history, by records exposed :

#	Name	Hacks	+++++++++++++++++Expose
1	NYC Taxi & Limousine	173 million	Hack exploits poorly anonymized trip details and personal information of drivers
2	Adobe Systems	152 million	Hack of company systems exposes informations related to customer orders
3	Shanghai Roadway	150 million	Firm may have illegally bought and sold customers’ information
4	eBay	145 million	Hack exposes names, encrypted password and personal information
5	Unknown South Korean Firms	140 million	North Korean hackers expose e-mail addresses and identification numbers
6	Heartland	130 million	Hack/malicious software exposes credit cards at processor
7	Target	110 million	Hack exposes customer information by targeting point-of-sale systems
8	Korea Credit Bureau	104 million	Insider fraud exposes 104 million credit cards
9	TJX	94 million	Hack exposes credit cards and transaction details
10	TRW	90 million	Hack exposes credit-reporting database
11	JPMorgan	83 million	Hack exposes names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mails of the holders of household and small business accounts
12	Home Depot	56 million	Hackers use malware to steal debit and credit card data from point-of-sale systems

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Source: The Globe and Mail

Facebook creates ‘Safety Check’ tool for disasters

A tool that push users notify friends and family that they are safe during or after natural disasters like Tsunami & Earthquake, is launched by Facebook.

The tool, called ‘Safety Check’, which includes the basic “feature” phones many people still use to access Facebook, will be available worldwide to the social network’s users on computers and mobile devices, especially in developing countries.

Though the people already use Facebook to tell people they are “OK” after earthquakes and other disasters, the Facebook’s Safety Check tool will make it easier. This tool was created in 2011 by Facebook engineers following the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan as a disaster message board.

Once users activate the tool, it will determine their location using the city they have listed in their profile, the last location they’ve shared or the city where they are using the internet. If they are in an area affected by a natural disaster, Safety Check will send them a notification asking if they’re safe.

If they say yes, their Facebook friends will be notified. There’s no option to say no. Users can also mark their friends as safe, but the friends have to approve it.

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Source: “http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/44834579.cms?intenttarget=no”

Ex-Googlers launch an app to make people talk

An app called Cord, developed by two former Google employees, Thomas Gayno and Jeff Baxter, is hoping to let people quickly record and send their brief voice messages lasting no more than 12 seconds to one or several people at the same time with just a single tap.

“Over the past decade, people are speaking to each other less and less,” Gayno told AFP.

“Increasingly they communicate by text — either by SMS, email or instant messaging. We want to tackle that and get people speaking to each other again.”

To transmit the voice with Cord, users will simply tap on the face of a visible contact placed in a circle, pressing once to listen to a message or to respond without the requirement of any number or text.

This voice enabled app will certainly play a key role in controlling new devices, from smartphones to wearables and other connected objects, as said by Thomas Husson, an analyst with Forrester Research. “However, I doubt that a service based on the promise of voice-services alone can scale – it will have to embedded among other features in an open way to control new devices.”

The two Google Veterans are hoping that this innovative new app will trigger a renaissance in an increasingly unfashionable method of human communication: talking.

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Source: “http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Ex-Googlers-launch-an-app-to-make-people-talk/articleshow/44500960.cms”

Bash Bug – A New Virus

A new programming flaw known as “Bash Bug” is reported to give a serious threat to the IT world effecting millions of computers and other devices such as home internet routers and even the systems that are used to run factory floors and power plants.

The Bash Bug also known as “Shellshock”, affects a system software called Bash, which is found on a variety of Unix-based systems, potentially allows hackers to take control of a victim’s computer and run almost any operation, from opening, altering and deleting files to shutting down networks and launching attacks on websites.

Bash is found on Unix-based devices that are running the Linux and Mac OS X operating systems. Devices that use Unix in some form include many servers, routers, Android phones, Mac computers, medical devices and even the computers that create bitcoins. Systems running power plants and municipal water systems could also be affected by the bug, though security experts already recommend that these systems remain disconnected from the internet to avoid opening them to such risks.
Bash is a command shell which “tells the computer to do of what you want do”. Thus, the bug in Bash allows the hackers to take control over a victim’s device.

Thus, Bash is believed to be worse than “Heartbleed, which expose passwords and other sensitive data to hackers”.

As we wait for the development of a fix to this bug, it will be always helpful to run up-to-date security software on your devices.

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Source: “http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/computing/What-is-Bash-Bug-and-should-you-be-worried/articleshow/43501380.cms”, http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/bash-bug-aka-shellshock-has-no-easy-fix-1.2779383

Google to separate photo service from Google+

Google is planning to separate Google+ Photos from the rest of its social network in an effort to draw more users toward the photo platform, sources recently told Bloomberg.

The goal would be to make the photo service more independent, so that the service can still be used without a Google+ profile.
According to the Bloomberg report, Google seems to give its photos service a more independent role and will allow non-Google+ users to use the photo services. The service, called Google+ photos, would still work with the social network’s users and may be rebranded as partof the move.

The report quotes, The world’s larget search engine grappling with competition from Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo! Inc., is freeing up services from Google+ after spending the past few years encouraging visitors to sign up for the social network. Recently, Google enabled the social network’s Hangouts videoconferencing feature to work for some business customers who aren’t users of Google+.

Google said in an e-mailed statement to Bloomberg, “Over here in our darkroom, we’re always developing new ways for people to snap, share and say cheese.”

Source: “http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech%20news/Google-to-remove-Photos-from-Google-report/articleshow/39469114.cms”,
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-01/google-said-to-plan-separating-photo-service-from-google-.html

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Some Tips to secure your Android

Android is the world’s most flexible mobile platform on the market. We are so obliged that we store our every private data on our handy smartphones and tablets than ever before leaving ourselves liable to data thefts. The major reason for its popularity is the flexibility of the third-party apps. Apps can be side-loaded inspite of Google’s hard work with all sorts of Play Store improvements, making Android liable to security threats and malware.

Here are some tips to help ensure a more secured Android.

1. Set up a screen lock to guard your device by using a password, PIN or pattern. The device will be locked automatically after some idle time because of the lock.

2. Encrypt the storage on your device so that an encrypted password is required even to use the device. The data can’t be stolen even the device goes into wrong hands as the stored data can’t be read unless it is decrypted.

3. Activate Google’s Android Device Manager which will allow you to track the device when you loose it. It also enables you to ring the device at full volume for five minutes and even erase all the data.

4. When storing sensitive data like credit card information or personal contacts on SIM cards, set up a SIM card lock so that the SIM card can be accessed by using the PIN.

5. Install an anti-malware app. It’s always secure to install and regularly use an anti-malware app.

6. Don’t install apps from unknown sources unless you trust that them 100 percent as they might contain spyware or malware.

7. Don’t install the apps without reading the permissions before installing as some gains access to your contacts and networking information.

8. Don’t root your device as apps with root access get unhindered access to your device’s file system, exposing it to more damage in case a malicious app is installed. It also voids your device’s warranty.

Is your Android secure enough? With just a few steps you can secure your Android and all the valuable data on your Android device.

Sources : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/slideshow/protectingandroiddevice/

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