Archive for the 'Computers' Category
Posted on January 29 2010 by Manik Jaiswal
US House Websites Hacked By Brazilian Hackers
Investigators are inquiring how Brazilian hackers managed to gain access to 49 US House of Representatives web sites just hours after President Obama’s State of the Union address.
On each of the hacked sites, the usual material was replaced by a white screen and the words: “F— OBAMA!! Red Eye [...]
Posted on January 23 2010 by Manik Jaiswal
US Astronaut Timothy “TJ” Creamer Tweets From Space Station
American astronaut Timothy “TJ” Creamer has sent the first “tweet” from his personal Twitter Account “@Astro_TJ” from space after getting a personal Web connection on the International Space Station.
“Hello Twitterverse! We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station — the 1st live tweet from Space! [...]
Posted on January 20 2010 by Manik Jaiswal
Wipro Q3 Profit Results 21% @ Rs 1,217 Crore On Stronger Outsourcing
One of the top Indian Information technology outsourcing leader company Wipro Ltd reported 21.26 per cent growth in consolidated net profit at Rs 1,217.4 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2009.
Revenue rose to 69.38 billion rupees from 65.90 billion rupees in the [...]
Posted on December 23 2009 by Narendra Singh
MS Word Banned: Microsoft Can’t Sell MS Office In USA
Microsoft has lost an appeal in a patent dispute with Canadian company i4i with the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ordering the software giant to stop selling Microsoft Word 2007 and other Office 2007 products by January 11.
The court also hit Microsoft with [...]
Posted on December 18 2009 by Narendra Singh
Twitter Hacked By Iranian Cyber Army: Twitter Hacking Updates.
It seems like Twitter has been hacked by Iranian Cyber Army, some sort of a renegade hacker group that claims to be linked to Iran.
The hackers, giving the email address of iranian.cyber.army@gmail.com, are not too clear in the English, which was poorly translated:
U.S.A Think They Controlling And [...]
Posted on December 10 2009 by Narendra Singh
Vineet Nayyar Appointed as Chairmen of Mahindra Satyam.
Mahindra Satyam has declared the appointment of Vineet Nayyar as the company’s new chairman. Nayyar was earlier heading the company as the vice-chairman.
Mahindra Satyam announcement also said that the company had appointed former Sebi Chairman M Damodaran and Gautam Kaji as additional directors with immediate effect, expanding [...]
Posted on December 1 2009 by Manik Jaiswal
Lance & Shane Atkinson “Largest Spam Gang” Fined $15m by US Court.
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal judge has ordered the mastermind of a vast international spam network Lance & Shane Atkinson to pay $15.15 million in a default judgment for his role in what was identified by the anti-spam organization [...]
Posted on November 28 2009 by Manik Jaiswal
CAT Servers Crash Across India, Common Admission Test (CAT) Stopped
First day when the MBA entrance exam Common Admission Test (CAT) 2009 went online for the first time, computer servers crashed at several places across the country leading to the cancellation of examinations at these centres.
While there were numerous speculations in terms of technical/operational feasibility, paper [...]
Posted on November 24 2009 by Narendra Singh
Pankaj Goel’s CresTech Software Systems Ltd. Among Nasscom’s Top 50 Companies.
It was the year 2005 and barely 24 months had passed since Pankaj Goel lost his father. The then 25-year-old was the only earning member of his family and was supporting his widowed mother and a yet-to-be-married sister.
CresTech is market leader in Outsourced Software Testing [...]
Posted on November 24 2009 by Manik Jaiswal
Amitabh Chaudhary, CEO of Infosys BPO Resigns
“It is a professional move, however he will be around the company for some time,” a company spokesperson told but declined to provide the details of time period.
Mr Chaudhry took over from Akshaya Bhargava in 2005 to lead Infosys’ BPO business as its CEO, and played an instrumental role [...]
Posted on November 18 2009 by Manik Jaiswal
USA, China, Russia, France & Israel have “Cyber Weapons”.
Warning of a “Cyber Arms Race,” top Web/Internet security firm McAfee said Tuesday that China, France, Israel, Russia and the United States have designed “cyber weapons.”
Cyber warfare looks really terrifying; though, this may be the truth someday.
The internet security firm McAfee made a conclusion on its [...]
Posted on November 16 2009 by Manik Jaiswal
Egypt To Launch New .misr Domain.
Facilitating the millions of Arabic speakers, Egypt has announced the first Arabic domain.
In the fourth meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, the .misr announcement was made.
“Now we can really say that internet will speak Arabic,” said the country’s communications minister Tarek [...]
Posted on November 11 2009 by Narendra Singh
Open Source Programming Language Google Go Launched By Google
Big news for developers out there: Google has just announced the release of a new, open sourced programming language called Go. The company says that Go is experimental, and that it combines the performance and security benefits associated with using a compiled language like C++ with the [...]
Posted on November 10 2009 by Narendra Singh
Wipro CMO, Jessie Paul Resigns
Jessie Paul, the high-profile chief marketing officer (CMO) of India’s third-largest technology services company, Wipro Technologies has quit to start her own venture.
“I’m not commenting on anything at present. It’s a Wipro policy not to talk on management exits.”
Ms Paul’s resignation was accepted on Monday and she will continue [...]
Posted on November 8 2009 by Manik Jaiswal
Dell Launched World’s Thinnest Laptop; Dell Adamo XPS.
Dell has been joking us with photos of the new Adamo XPS Laptop for at the same time as now, Dell have now publicly launched Adamo XPS Laptop and the specifications seem to be attractive.
The Dell Adamo XPS is according to Dell, the world,s thinnest laptop, evaluate just [...]
Posted on November 6 2009 by Manik Jaiswal
Jim Carrey’s Launched His Fantastic Website
Jim Carrey finally got the permission to use the domain name JimCarrey.com and you’ll be thrilled to know that Jim Carrey has been busy putting it to first-class use.
Sporting his bushy beard, Jim Carrey exposed to reporters that his site is finally ready to launch.
The website itself is a [...]
Posted on October 22 2009 by Narendra Singh
Microsoft Launched Online Store & Retails Stores.
After the worldwide launch of Windows 7 and the launch of retail stores all over the world, Microsoft has unveiled its online store named Microsoft Store, said Trevin Chow, Senior Lead Program Manager for Microsoft Store.
The launched of online store features some new categories like Computers, Laptops and other [...]
Posted on October 6 2009 by Narendra Singh
Hotmail & Live Passwords Leaked Online.
The password details of thousands of Hotmail accounts have been leaked online, according to reports.
Microsoft later confirmed the reports saying they are investigating the issue, and they will help users to regain control of their accounts if necessary.
If you are using Hotmail services (including MSN), protect your account and [...]
Posted on October 1 2009 by Manik Jaiswal
Trace Mobile Number Network & Location anywhere in India.
Hurdles in tracing out details of location of the mobile no. have become history.
Now you can easily figure out the location while browsing few of the pioneering sites.
One among them is http://trace.bharatiyamobile.com
If your handset is stolen then also you need not to hassle around.
Just follow simple [...]
Posted on October 1 2009 by Narendra Singh
FaceBook Faces Vidyartha College Virus.
FaceBook known as the largest and the most amazing social network website worldwide, but now FaceBook is facing some problems too, Vidyartha College FaceBook Virus is a major threat nowadays, it seems like this virus has been lunched to decimate, the huge usage of the famous social website.
This FaceBook virus [...]
Posted on September 28 2009 by Chief Editor
Xerox to Buy Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) in $6.4 Billion.
Xerox, the world’s largest manufacturer of high-speed color printers & photo copiers, is to acquire Affiliated Computer Services (ACS), a business process outsourcing (BPO) company, in an agreed $6.4 billion cash and share offer.
Xerox, based in Norwalk, Conn., has suffered from declining sales of copiers [...]
Posted on September 26 2009 by Manik Jaiswal
Anchor Links in Google Search Results.
The search engine giant, Google has unleashed a new feature which allows users to jump to the information they want right from the search snippets.
This enhancement in google’s feature bag would definitely save much of the users precious time.
This would help users to navigate large articles more quickly and [...]
Posted on September 23 2009 by Narendra Singh
Dual Screen Booklet (Tablet) Device – Microsoft Courier Tablet.
Microsoft Courier is dual screen booklet (Tablet) device that is in the late stages of development.
It’s actually a very cool looking device that aims to make you’re working and personal life a lot easier.
The Microsoft Courier (Tablet) has what looks to be 2x 7″ screens [...]
Posted on September 21 2009 by Narendra Singh
Dell to Acquire Perot Systems.
Dell announced Monday that it will buy IT services provider Perot Systems for $3.9 billion.
Dell to acquire technology-services provider Perot Systems for $30 a share, in a deal the companies valued at $3.9 billion.
Dell said it expects to close the deal in the November-January quarter.
Dell said that Perot, founded by [...]
Posted on September 17 2009 by Manik Jaiswal
Shashi Tharoor remarked economy class as “cattle class” on twitter.
Shashi Tharoor is in the center of another Controversy.
He remarked economy class as “cattle class,” on twitter, which was strongly disapproved by Congress.
“The party strongly disapproves the statement of the minister. It is unacceptable, not respecting political or any other sensibilities,” said Congress spokesperson Jayanthi [...]
Posted on September 16 2009 by Narendra Singh
New Version of Google Chrome – 3.
Google has launched a new version of its Chrome browser and is promising Linux and Mac versions for mainstream users by the end of the year.
Perhaps the most important improvement over previous versions is a boost in JavaScript performance.
Figures provided by Google show the stable release of [...]
Posted on September 15 2009 by Narendra Singh
ImHalal.com – Exclusive Search Engine for Muslims.
ImHalal.com blogs starts with the quote “Ignorance leads to chaos.”
Which is the main objective behind creating a special search engine for the users who accidentally hit with explicit sexual content.
The first blog at Imhalal.com clarifies’ its serch results help of an example suppose,“If you go searching for [...]
Posted on September 12 2009 by Narendra Singh
IndiaMART Signs Deal With Quasar Media for Online Marketing.
IndiaMART have allotted a budget of around Rs. 25-30 crore for advertising and marketing activities and have appointed Quasar Media as its digital agency for digital marketing campaigns, media planning and media buying.
Mr. Dinesh Agarwal, CEO of IndiaMART 50% of the total advertisingbudget will be [...]
Posted on September 11 2009 by Manik Jaiswal
A Comparative Study of Google Internet Statistics.
Seems that Google has streamlined the cluster of statistics throughout the web and created a small microsite named Google Internet Stats for the UK.
This Google resource accumulates the latest industry facts and frames together in one place.
These have been collected from a number of third party vendors [...]
Posted on September 11 2009 by Narendra Singh
Yahoo Search Engine Deal with Bing.
Prior to July, no one cared about optimizing their sites to appear high in Yahoo! or MSN organic search results.
They were stuck in obscurity with Ask and AOL.
Thanks to the Yahoo-Bing, deal, however, Seth Besmertnik, CEO and Co-Founder of SEO firm Conductor, says clients are gearing up to approach [...]
Posted on September 9 2009 by Manik Jaiswal
Jobs in National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) announced job openings for dynamic leaders with in-depth experience in banking industry with an prominence on electronic payment and settlement systems for the subsequent profiles:
1. Senior Management Positions :
* Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
* Chief [...]
Posted on September 4 2009 by Manik Jaiswal
Yahoo Launched Yahoo Meme in English.
It’s a micro-blogging service where users post updates that can include photos and/or video. Meme supports reposting and following other users to stay abreast of their updates.
Meme drew similarities to Twitter and Tumblr.
Yahoo Meme launched a few months ago, but only in a Portuguese version.
Yahoo recently launched a Spanish-language version [...]
Posted on September 2 2009 by Manik Jaiswal
Gmail.com went down, affecting free and paying users.
Google’s popular e-mail application Gmail went down Tuesday afternoon for about an hour and a half, in an outage affecting both free and paying users.
Company wrote at posted at 12:53 p.m., “We’re aware of a problem with Google Mail affecting a majority of users. The affected users are [...]
Posted on August 31 2009 by Narendra Singh
Dr. Tathagat Avatar Tulsi, Youngest Ph.D. holder.
Tathagat Avatar Tulsi was born on September 9, 1987 in Patna, India. He is a scientist but is most known as a young sensation and holder of a Guinness World Record. He set a hat-trick in world records in academics: he finished high school at the age of [...]
Posted on August 30 2009 by Manik Jaiswal
Nokia has announced mini laptop called Booklet 3G Netbook.
The world’s top manufacturer of mobile phones has entered the notebook business with its Nokia Booklet 3G. Based on the Intel Atom processor (which powers most netbooks), this 1.25kg notebook comes with a 10-inch display and built-in HSDPA wireless connectivity.
Furthermore, it will also integrate A-GPS [...]
Posted on August 27 2009 by Manik Jaiswal
Loch Ness Monster (Giant Squid) Google Earth.
Jason Cooke found a Loch Ness monster otherwise known as the Giant Squid in Lake Hogwarts, while he was surfing satellite images through goggle earth.
The image was seen at Latitude 57 degrees 12′52.13″ North and Longitude 4 degrees 34′14.16″ West.
Loch Ness monster is believed to be a Plesiosaur, an [...]