Cubit – The Open source version of Microsoft Surface
Move over Microsoft Surface, here come Cubit, an open source multi touch table. It is being touted as the open source version of Microsoft’s much hyped multi touch device, Surface. However, it is more of a scaled down version of Surface than a replacement for it. The Cubit is developed by the engineers in Eyebeam,… |
Shrunked – Shrink your image before uploading
If you upload pictures regularly, you would know that it is not always necesary to upload large images. It is not really worth it waiting for a 3000px image to uplaod when all that the site will display is, say, 800px. We can always use an image editor software to resize it and then upload…. |
Koobface breaks into facebook, again!
If the security firm Trend Micro is to be believed, another variant of the popular koobface worm has made its way into facebook again. But this time, it’s not only facebook that’s getting affected, other social-networking sites like MySpace, hi5, LiveJournal etc too are not being spared. If you recall, ‘koobface’ was first identified in… Computers Facebook General Microsoft News Social Media Troubleshoot Web |
Conficker Worm – Precautions, Detection and Removal
A Brief History Conficker is a new and interesting breed of self updating computer worm. It is also known as Downup, Downadup and Kido. It was discovered in October 2008. It exploits a known security problem in Microsoft Windows Operating System. The operating systems vulnerable includes Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003,… |
Computer in a Plug?
Marvell, a California based company, has built a Linux computer which is about the same size as an electrical plug. The product named “SheevaPlug” is not just another mobile devive running Linux. It is a new class of computers concieved very recently called Plug Computer, which provides desktop class performance. |
Gmail Down? Time to Backup your mails!
Recently, Gmail was down! And all of us panicked, didn’t we. Though we were sure that all our messages were safe, but going by the way things are happening at Google these days, you never know! I know I’m exaggerating, something like this happening is 99.9% impossible, but this gives rise to my QoTD. Computers General Google Hacks How-To News Software Tips & Tricks |