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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

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

This post was posted by Daizy for DMG Weblabs, Toronto. DMG Weblabs is a Toronto based web design company specialized in creating SEO web sites and mobile ready websites.

Source: The Globe and Mail

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