
This is a general blog contains little bit of everything plus some Application Security.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Video games blamed for Norway attacks | TG Daily
Video games blamed for Norway attacks | TG Daily: "In a 1,500 page manifesto, Nowegian shooter Anders Behring Breivik has described using Modern Warfare 2 and World of Warcraft as training manuals."

Sunday, June 26, 2011
LulzSec disbands after 50 day HackStock | TG Daily
So... there will be no more FFF's?
Click on the link below to read more.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Mark Zuckerberg Only Eats What He Kills
Does he mean that he is going veg?
Read more here..

Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Portland Reservoir Gets Drained After Man Urinates In It - TIME NewsFeed
Portland Reservoir Gets Drained After Man Urinates In It - TIME NewsFeed: "The Portland Water Bureau got pretty pissed off when cameras caught 21-year-old Josh Seater from Molalla, Oregon, urinating in a reservoir in Mount Tabor Park at about 1:30 am Wednesday morning. The Bureau spent about $36,000 to drain the 7.8 million-gallon open reservoir, a major water source for the city's residents."

Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Facebook Sees Big Traffic Drops in US and Canada as It Nears 700 Million Users Worldwide
Is this the downfall of facebook? read more here..
Monday, June 06, 2011
Anonymous now start Operation India against corruption. ~ The Hackers News
National Informatics Centre (NIC INDIA) got hacked by Anonymous ! ~ THN : The Hackers News: "Purpose of this defacement is just to awake the Govt of India . Anonymous now start Operation India against corruption. Anonymous are world famous activist and always fight against Injustice."

Friday, June 03, 2011
Microsoft gives first official look at Windows 8 | TG Daily
Microsoft gives first official look at Windows 8 | TG Daily: "Tablets, specialized electronics, and other gadgets will all get their own version of Windows 8."

Monday, May 30, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Google unveils Acer Chromebook: $349, 11.6-inches with 6.5-hour battery
Google unveils Acer Chromebook: $349, 11.6-inches with 6.5-hour battery -- Engadget
Everything can be saved to the web. I can throw this (Chromebook) into a river, and I won't lose my stuff. No need for virus protection. No annoying updates. No patches. No patches for the patches," said Sundar Pichai, senior VP of Chrome
Saturday, May 07, 2011
USB stick-sized computer runs web, email, costs $25
Time to Hack: USB stick-sized computer runs web, email, costs $25
The diminutive device has a single USB input for a keyboard or mouse (or a USB hub to expand those options), HDMI monitor output, 128MB of memory, and an SD card slot for storage. The pint-sized PC is capable of web browsing, word processing, email, and many other standard computer features. None of this would be particularly impressive, if not for the fact that the device costs just $25.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Canada ranked second-happiest country in the world | Daily Brew - Yahoo! News
Highlights of the Article:
"Canada tends to have more of the things that make life better ... some way of getting educated and staying healthy."
"In Canada, 95 per cent of people have at least one person who can help, whereas that number is below 50 per cent in countries lower on the list."
"According to the survey, 69 per cent of Canadians rated their lives as "thriving." Sweden ties with Canada for second place, while Denmark tops the list with 72 per cent of people liking life."
"Despite being the richest country in the world, the United States finished 12th on the list, with 59 per cent of respondents "thriving.""
Read more here:
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
PepsiCo introduces Social Vending System technology | TG Daily
PepsiCo introduces Social Vending System technology | TG Daily: "The Social Vending System is a high-tech networked unit that has full touch screen interactive vending technology, allowing consumers to better connect with PepsiCo brands right at the place of purchase. A prototype model of the Social Vending System will be unveiled at the National Automatic Merchandising Association's One Show in Chicago, April 27-29.
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PlayStation data breach deemed in 'top 5 ever' - Business - CBC News
PlayStation data breach deemed in 'top 5 ever' - Business - CBC News: "More than 75 million accounts worldwide, including more than one million in Canada, are registered with the network that suffered a massive data breach this week, Sony confirmed Wednesday."
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Sai Baba's death leaves question mark on Rs 40,000 crore empire - The Times of India
Sai Baba's death leaves question mark on Rs 40,000 crore empire - The Times of India: "The death of spiritual leader Sathya Sai Baba has left a question mark on the future of the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust (SSSCT), estimated to have assets worth Rs 40,000 crore ($9 billion)."
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Kaspersky kidnappers demand $4.3 million ransom | TG Daily
Kaspersky kidnappers demand $4.3 million ransom | TG Daily: "Ivan Kaspersky - the 20-year-old son of security researcher Yevgeny Kaspersky - has been kidnapped, with criminals demanding $4.3 million in ransom for his safe return."
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Apple CEO Steve Jobs may have only six weeks to live: Report - The Times of India
Apple CEO Steve Jobs may have only six weeks to live: Report - The Times of India: "According to various media reports, in the photos, an extremely 'skeletal-looking' Jobs can be seen getting out of his car at the center, just one day after he was spotted at work on Apple's Cupertino campus."
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Googlegangers - People Who Share Your Name
Googlegangers - People Who Share Your Name: "Who is a Googleganger?
The act of searching your own name on Google is ego-surfing and if you come across people who share your name, they are called your googlegangers. In Jim’s case, he found that he had 24 googlegangers on the web."
The act of searching your own name on Google is ego-surfing and if you come across people who share your name, they are called your googlegangers. In Jim’s case, he found that he had 24 googlegangers on the web."
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Facebook Averaged Almost 8 New Registrations Per Second In 2010
Facebook Averaged Almost 8 New Registrations Per Second In 2010: "
- Facebook ballooned from 337 million to 585 million users in 2010
- That means roughly 7.9 new users signed up every second of the year, on average"
- That means roughly 7.9 new users signed up every second of the year, on average"
How sci-fi inspires real life tech interfaces
How sci-fi inspires real life tech interfaces | TG Daily: "Shedroff also noted that the data pad featured in Star Trek: The Next Generation (circa 1987) seems to have presaged Apple's wildly popular iPad, which he believes may have been 'seeded' in The Incredibles as well."

Monday, January 10, 2011
Facebook denies shutdown rumors
Thank god its a rumor....Read full post here.
Facebook denies shutdown rumors - Yahoo! News: "Facebook denied it was shutting down in a statement posted on... Facebook."

Tuesday, January 04, 2011
What is the Google Chrome Web Store?
What is the Google Chrome Web Store?:
"mainstream media have likened it to the iPhone App Store, but for web apps—specifically those that are optimized for Google Chrome. That kind of makes sense, but for those of you who have already visited the Google Chrome Web Store and “installed” a few web apps only to discover that they are, in essence, glorified bookmarks, the entire point of Google Chrome Web Store is still a bit fuzzy."

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