Microsoft
launches Office 2010 System in India
14
May 2010 00:00 am , IT News OnlineDCC News Network
http://www.itnewsonline.com/news/Microsoft-Launches-Office-2010-System-in-India/18610/4/1
IT
HELPS TO KNOW
Planning
to file online tax returns? Be warned
Surabhi
Agarwal , Hindustan Times - New Delhi, May 17, 2010
http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/news/Planning-to-file-online-tax-returns-Be-warned/Article1-544604.aspx
Car hackers can
kill brakes, engine, and more
Researchers
have taken a look at the onboard systems of today's cars and found
serious security problems
By
Robert McMillan, - IDG News Service - May 14, 2010
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/051410-car-hackers-can-kill-brakes.html?source=nww_rss
US FBI Promises
Action Against Money Mules
Brian
Kreb - May 11, 2010
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/05/fbi-promises-action-against-money-mules/
Indian
Government to develop own operating system
Times
News Network, May 10, 2010
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Tech/Enterprise-IT/Infrastucture/Govt-to-develop-own-operating-system/articleshow/5913140.cms
Ukrainian in
biggest credit card con job held in Delhi
Faizan
Haider - India
Today - May 12, 2010
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/96990/India/Ukrainian+in+biggest+credit+card+con+job+held+in+Delhi.html
BSA Reports $51
Billion Worth of Software Theft in 2009
Global
software piracy rate rises to 43 percent, stifling innovation and
economic growth
11
May 2010 - Business Software Alliance
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/bsa-reports-51-billion-worth-of-software-theft-in-2009,1292095.shtml
Indian Army
officer's computer hacked
Press
Trust Of India - May 07, 2010
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/army-officers-computer-hacked-govt/114782-3.html?from=tn
Complex
IM Worm Infects Yahoo! Messenger and Skype Users
Employs
advanced social engineering
By
Lucian Constantin, Security News Editor - May 7th, 2010
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Complex-IM-Worm-Infects-Yahoo-Messenger-and-Skype-Users-141588.shtml
Security
researchers warn that a new worm is targeting instant messaging users.
Spotted on Yahoo! Messenger (YM) and Skype, the attacks use
sophisticated social engineering techniques to trick users into
infecting themselves……
Wi-Fi
key-cracking kits sold in China mean free Internet
Kits
that crack WEP and guess WPA keys are popular despite hacking laws
By
Owen Fletcher, IDG News Service - May 05, 2010 05:31 AM ET
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/050510-wi-fi-key-cracking-kits-sold-in.html?page=1
India
now primary
producer of viruses
by
Janet Harris - April
29, 2010
http://www.securitywatch.co.uk/2010/04/29/india-now-primary-producer-of-viruses/
Centre
has new plan to check cyber terrorism
DNA
- April 29, 2010
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_centre-has-new-plan-to-check-cyber-terrorism_1376835
New
CDAC software to fend off cyber attacks
Abhijit
Dev Kumar - The
Hindu - Apr 25, 2010
http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/25/stories/2010042555651600.htm
IT Terms
demystified
private
cloud
The
phrase used to describe a cloud computing platform that is implemented
within the corporate firewall, under the control of the IT department. A
private cloud is designed to offer the same features and benefits of
cloud systems, but removes a number of objections to the cloud computing
model including control over enterprise and customer data, worries about
security, and issues connected to regulatory compliance.
cloud
computing
A
type of computing, comparable to grid computing that relies on sharing
computing resources rather than having local servers or personal devices
to handle applications. The
goal of cloud computing is to apply traditional supercomputing, or
high-performance computing power, normally used by military and research
facilities, to perform tens of trillions of computations per second, in
consumer-oriented applications such as financial portfolios or even to
deliver personalized information, or power immersive computer games.
To
do this, cloud computing networks large groups of servers, usually those
with low-cost consumer PC technology, with specialized connections to
spread data-processing chores across them. This
shared IT infrastructure contains large pools of systems that are linked
together. Often, virtualization techniques are used to maximize the
power of cloud computing.
The
standards for connecting the computer systems and the software needed to
make cloud computing work are not fully defined at present time, leaving
many companies to define their own cloud computing technologies.
Systems offered by companies, like IBM's "Blue Cloud"
technologies for example, are based on open standards and open source
software which link together computers that are used to to deliver Web
2.0 capabilities like mash-ups or mobile commerce.
Cloud
computing has started to obtain mass appeal in corporate data centers as
it enables the data center to operate like the Internet work through the
process of enabling computing resources to be accessed and shared
as virtual resources in a secure and scalable manner.
ESRB
Abbreviation
for Entertainment Software Rating Board.
The
Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory body for
the interactive entertainment software industry established in 1994 by
the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). ESRB independently applies
and enforces ratings, advertising guidelines, and online privacy
principles adopted by the computer and video game industry. Since 1994
the ESRB has rated more than 10,000 games and 400 online games.
ESRB
Rating Guide:
EC
- Early Childhood
have content that may be suitable for ages 3 and older. Contains no
material that parents would find inappropriate.
T
- Teen have content
that may be suitable for persons ages 13 and older. May contain violent
content, mild or strong language, and/or suggestive themes.
AO
- Adults Only have
content suitable only for adults. Titles in this category may include
graphic depictions of sex and/or violence. Adult Only products are not
intended for persons under the age of 18.
E
- Everyone have
content that may be suitable for persons ages 6 and older. Titles in
this category may contain minimal violence, some comic mischief and/or
mild language.
M
- Mature have
content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older. Titles in
this category may contain mature sexual themes, more intense violence
and/or strong language.
RP
- Rating Pending
have been submitted to the ESRB and are awaiting final rating.
Interesting
Quotes
When
you create, power is not situational. That is to say, your power to
create does not come from the circumstances, but from yourself. - Robert
Fritz
If
you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable…you
disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all you have left is a
compromise…the human spirit will not invest itself in a compromise.”
- Robert Fritz in book “The Path of Least resistance”
I
wouldn't call it fascism exactly, but a political system nominally
controlled by an irresponsible, dumbed down electorate who are
manipulated by dishonest, cynical, controlled mass media that dispense
the propaganda of a corrupt political establishment can hardly be
described as democracy either - Edward
Zehr
