He wakesup from a dream, which he thought was a dream. In the dream world he is a hacker, and to enter the Real world, he takes the Red pill, He wakes up to the real world and fights back into the Virtual world, because He is the One – Neo. The concept of Matrix was once rejected by analysts. But today we feel with the kind of Technology advancements, it’s not far from I-M-Possible. I started from the “Hacker” word to bring-out another advancement of an underworld. Normally, the Hacker word is used for both good and bad guys. I`ll refer mostly to bad guys. Let’s start from this - Late last year, the software engineers developing a new Windows-based networking client confronted an all-too-common problem in today’s hostile Read further »

Are you tired of slow and sluggishness of Firefox when you need it the most? Try Arora, and you won’t regret. It is a Cross Platform – Windows/Mac/Linux/Embedded Linux/FreeBSD – Lightweight web browser uses the same rendering engine as Google Chrome and Safari, but works on almost any platform. Arora uses the QtWebKit port of the fully standards-compliant WebKit layout engine. Apart from the must-have features, Arora also Features that browsers like Firefox and Chrome do: blazing fast startups smart location bar , session management privacy mode download manager Set of tools for web developers – Debugging 30 Regional Languages The browser offers most of the features of mainstream browsers, Read further »

Every one loves the sleek and sexy look of MacBook Air – The Tempting Design. But can everyone afford a shiny notebook that starts from $1500 ? Answer is NO. That’s why, here is an alternative for you, which ofcourse doesn’t match Hardware configuration of Air, but somehow manages to live upto the expectations of design. iiView, a Singapore based manufacturer, comes with something that can replace Air, atleast design wise. iiView is actually a Intel Atom Based Netbook. Cyril Alonzo, CEO of iiView, said that instead of making Read further »

Verizon took a brave new step. They have planned to revolutionize the Mobile industry by changing the limit of App Stores from CellPhone Vendors to Service Providers. On Tuesday, Verizon held a conference at San Jose, California, Inviting developers for VDC – Verizon Developer Community. Developers showed high Interest in the idea. Though there holds a big hurdle for the project — cross-platform consistency At the conference, Verizon Wireless gave some details about its VCast App Store, scheduled for launch in the fourth quarter, 4Q. Inspired by the blockbuster success of the App Store for Read further »

Steve Ballmer had been looking into this deal with sky high hopes and desperation. But a bad news was awaiting to settle down his excitement. The Wall Street reacted negatively to Yahoo’s plan to hand over its Internet search and advertising reins to Microsoft. “Nobody gets it,” he said about the deal, unveiled Wednesday after more than a year in the making. Under terms of the 10-year deal, Microsoft’s Bing search engine and adCenter platform will power Yahoo’s search-based advertising business, while Yahoo’s sales team will handle both companies’ Read further »

Apple had been silent on the Critical Vulnerability found by BlackHat’s security expert presenter, till Google went ahead with the similar fix for the Android platform. I haven’t heard the official news coming directly Apple, but Carriers are doing it. First one to do is O2 UK, which announced that Apple will be releasing fix by weekend. There’s no news from AT&T yet, but they are not far from. It’s an admirably quick fix to a comically terrible problem. Probably, it will come as 3.0.1 or something similar. But at least Apple’s got an update Read further »

On the outside, the deal between Microsoft and Yahoo, is not related to Open source, means nothing to it. but there’s a hidden story that finds an analogy. FACT: It’s not a merger. Yahoo’s open source projects remain Yahoo’s, though their opensource driven search goes offline for long decade Hibernation. This is totally opposite to the Oracle-Sun deal, where Sun’s open source projects were said to be behind Oracle’s interest. But, Yahoo isn’t all strong on the other sides. Yahoo’s open source projects are now held by a company that is cash poor. The company will be under Read further »

BlackHat is a yearly security conference where Industry’s most Dark side secrets are revealed. Few years back, Sir Lenin identified a Cisco security flaw that could bring down EVERY SINGLE CISCO ROUTER in the world. Lenin was from ISS (Internet Security Systems), he was fired & tortured, and what not. Cisco, at no cost, wanted their secrets to be revealed. Well, that was years back. since that year, we have more darker sides of the IT world. This year, Security researchers have identified several SMS vulnerabilities that can be used to deny service to mobile phones. They’re presenting Today but their findings have been published. Detail A serious security flaw that could allow a remote attacker to take control of the Read further »

Are you on a Jailbroken iPhone? This news will probably will make you prouder and powerful. Talks started from  Electronic Frontier Foundation who was making attempts for making Jailbreaking a legal right for every iPhone owner, encouraging a more open world of OpenSource. In response, Apple gave a statement that would make it impossible for Jailbreaking to be legal in years to come. “A jailbroken iPhone is a weapon of Mass disruption” Apple made this claim in filed PDF last week with the agency. Apple explains that jailbreaking could allow hackers to altering the iPhone’s BBP, “BaseBand processor” software, which enables Read further »

Though surprising, but the discovery has been Big. Oxford scientists have been able to invent a new state of Matter – “Transparent Aluminium” – which is Transparent to UV Rays. They created a transparent form of aluminium by bombarding the metal with the world’s most powerful soft X-ray laser. ‘Transparent aluminium’ previously only existed in science fiction, featuring in the movie Star Trek IV, but the real material is an exotic new state of matter with implications for planetary science and nuclear fusion. - says Physorg.com According to Professor Justin Wark—from the Oxford University’s Department of Physics—the discovery is “almost as surprising as finding Read further »