It's great to go wireless and surf using wi-fi at home. That's why more and more consumers around the world are going for it. However, few of them are aware of the securtiy risks posed by an unsecured wi-fi network. Hijacking home wi-fi networks to commit cyber crimes is a rising phenomenon around...
Microsoft's Brandon LeBlanc made two important announcements via the Windows 7 team blog today. First - Windows 7 RTM ( Relased To Manufacturing ) or what you can safely call the final version will be made available via MSDN/Micorosft Connect starting August 6. Initially it'll be the English language...
The Google-Microsoft War which has so far resulted in some great innovation on both the sides is also responsible for a few casualties; the latest being Microsoft's video sharing site Soapbox. Last month Microsoft had made an announcement that it isn't too optimistic about the prospects of its...
Sports website RootZoo has filed a case against the popular social network Facebook alleging that they were charged for more number of clicks than actually occurred. Previously, such concerns have been raised by many advertisers and this lawsuit is a vindication the fact that Facebook is yet to...
Google has finally confirmed all the rumors of it entering the operating system market which had been going on since years. Yesterday, in an official blog post it confirmed its plans to directly challenge Microsoft by introducing its own OS which would be called Google Chrome OS. Google Chrome OS...
Mathematician and theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, 67, has been rushed to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, England with a serious chest infection. The Lucasian Professor of Mathematics - a post once held by Sir Isaac Newton - has suffered from Amyotrophic Lateral Schlerosis [ALS] since...
Conficker.c is a worm that has infected millions of computers and is scheduled to become malicious on April Fool's day 2009. The worm, which is a self-propagating computer program, could cause widespread damage to those who do not yet have the latest Microsoft updates. What exactly will happen...
Google isn't known for advertising on TV (other than placement in the commercials of others) but this year they had a brilliant ad called Parisian Love which basically just showed how powerful Google is for so many things and how integrated Google has become into our lives. The ad was powerful...
US Airways has dug deep into its corporate pockets and provided each of the 150 passengers on board the flight that crashed into the Hudson River last week with a check for $5,000. The airline explained its actions by stating that it will be months before their possessions will be released back to...
The crash of a US Airways Airbus into the Hudson River last week will take 12 months, according to Robert Benzon, the chief investigator assigned to the case. He went on to say that this case will likely be studied for decades to come. All 150 passengers and five crew members on board survived...
