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There is always a threat to your computer system from viruses and trozans via Internet or USBs, so it is always recommended to use the best antivirus available. Very recently Microsoft has confirmed that a new, highly dangerous zero-day vulnerability that has caused multiple researchers to issuing warnings. This exploit is extremely dangerous at all the levels.

Most Harmful Malware: Rootkit

It can enter your computer or enterprise via hidden files on the USB drive or via network through shared files. It gets triggered even when the user views the icon. No other interaction is required for it to affect the system. It propagates itself. It loads as a rootkit infection. It affects all Windows operating systems, even full-patched Windows 7 systems. It seems to target extremely sensitive information ,researchers say it seems to have been made for espionage. If all that weren’t scary enough, a researcher has already published proof-of-concept code.

All anti-malware vendors are updating their antivirus softwares to add detection functionality of this rootkit and Microsoft is among them. This rootkit needs serious attention else it may lead to system damage, so backup your computer periodically.

Nokia has been a dominating powerhouse in the world of Mobile phones and has been coming up with better promotional offers and cheaper models over and over. Nokia has come up with yet another impressive handset the Nokia C6. Nokia C6 is almost a copied version of the popular Nokia N97 Mini and has almost all the features of that handset.

Nokia C6 is a complete mobile phone and has all the features that one can ask for. Like all handsets of the present generation Nokia C6 also has a touch screen for fast access to files and a full QWERTY keypad for quick emails and text messages. The big screen provides a good interface to the user for social connectivity via various social networking websites like twitter and Facebook.

Nokia C6 Features and Specifications

You can personalize your homepage with various widgets too and use the Nokia OVI feature to download wall papers and send and receive emails. The best part is that its design and looks are really impressive and is a tough competitor to Nokia N97 Mini. It costs just USD279, which is way less as compared to the price of Nokia N97 Mini.

You can have a look at all the features and specifications of Nokia C6 here.

Nokia Maemo N900 is one mobile phone which a way above all the rest of mobile phones. In case you are willing to spend few extra bucks, Nokia Maemo N900 is the best choice.

Nokia as everyone knows is a big fish in the mobile phone industry. Nokia produce a wide variety of handsets for simple mobile phones to high performance gadgets. Though Nokia is always known for some of the best quality handsets but has never provided any promo offers to its customers.

For the very first time, Nokia has come up with an offer that is expected to attract millions. Nokia on Father’s Day is providing a free mobile with every mobile you purchase. Nokia Maemo N900 is an amazing mobile phone and you may even get it free with one you purchase. There are few conditions that are to be fulfilled, but the sad news is that the offer is available in US only.

Nokia Father's Day Offer

Nokia N97 Mini and Nokia 5800 Express music are also available under this offer. Well I m very much sure that this offer will give a boost to the company and make new customers in North America and will challenge the leading companies of AT&T and Apple. So just go and grab the mobile phones you want and can even gift it your loved ones.

In this era of technology there is never a looking back. The existing technology may seem outdated after a few months. A little time back the huge technology giant Apple came up with the amazing eBook reader, the Apple iPad. It was expected to make a revolution in the market and dominate the industry just like what Apple iPhone did. But this time around the competitors HP, Acer and Microsoft didn’t stayed back and also introduced their products in the market.

HP has been around for quiet sometime with its tablets and the touch screen technology. In January at the ICES HP introduced its new product Slate in collaboration with the tech giants Microsoft. Slate the eBook reader from HP and Microsoft is powered by Windows 7 and has all the features that were missing from its competitor the Apple iPad.

Slate lies between a powerful Smartphone and a fully functional PC. It is perfect for reading eBooks, epapers and surfing the web. Watching movies and other entertainment functionality makes this gadget simply unbeatable in its class. If you look at Slate, you will be reminded of Amazon’s Kindle but the performance and features are simply above the rest. Slate is a link between Smartphones and laptops as its specifications lies between the two. HP Slate works with Windows7 and supports all the multi-touch features. Slate comes with 3G connectivity for high speed internet access and you can remain in touch with your friends through all the social websites.

Considering its specifications, HP Slate can be termed as an Apple iPad killer. Moreover higher functionality and being less expensive than iPad, it includes many more features to keep its critics quite for a while. Having so much additional features as compared to apple’s iPad, slate definitely is in the limelight and is expected to get a good share of the e-reader’s market in future.

Google have always been coming up with amazing logos on its homepage. The habit of Google making its users aware of happenings around the world has been appreciated in the past and people find this stuff interesting. Previously Google have made logos about Mahatama Gandhi’s Birthday, Google’s 2016 Olympic Logo.

Google did celebrated the great Solar Eclipse of the century with its amazing Google solar eclipse logo. And now as the new year is round the corner and Christmas holidays are on in most part of the world, so this time Google has came up with one of its best logos which is the Google Holiday Postcard logo to wish all its users a wonderful holidays. This concept of Google has gained popularity and now its users expects new logos here and now. Even when I open Google’s homepage I expect a new logo every time.

Google Holiday Postcard Logo

BSNL WiMAX Service

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has launched the fastest wireless broadband service WiMAX in Rajasthan with speed up to 7 Mbps. WiMAX is the latest technology for wireless data transmission and is replacing most Wi-Fi in many institutions and government agencies.

The aim of BSNL by launching this service is to empower rural India with high speed broadband Internet. BSNL WiMAX will offer 24×7 high speed wireless Internet connectivity enabling Video conferencing, tele-education and tele-medicine services too. WiMAX will enable the residents of village to make payment of utility bills, submit or collect land records, online vehicle registration, issuing birth certificates and many more through Panchayat Samiti (Block Headquarters).

BSNL has introduced WiMAX service at very cheap rates with Rs.140 rent per month and will initially erect 200 WiMAX BTS in Rajasthan, U.P, Punjab, M.P and Chhattisgarh. This service is launched form Ajmer and will offer high speed Broadband Internet speeds up to 7 Mbps over a range of 15 KM.

Looking for a new mobile has always been tough in this world of gadgets. Samsung is a big name in the technology industry and after the success of Samsung Marine world’s toughest mobile, very recently Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd has launched its latest Mobile phones Samsung Corby Plus B3410 and Samsung Corby Pro B5310 in Indian market. The mobiles are specially designed for younger generation and its features do support its looks.

The Samsung Corby Pro B5310 is highly equipped with features like Wi-Fi, 3.2 MP camera, GPS integration and 100 MB internal memory. The best thing about this handset over other ones in the market is that it offers ease of use by providing both Hybrid touch and QWERTY keypad. Samsung Corby Pro may cost around Rs.13,900 in India. The QWERTY keypad makes it really easy to text and mail your family and friends and is perfect for those who love social media like Orkut and Facebook.

Samsung Corby series has one more Mid-segment model the Samsung Corby Plus made for the youth and music and multimedia lovers. Both the handsets are really very attractive and eye-catching. Corby plus has push email service and 2 MP camera. The music quality is impressive with 3.5 ear Jack and interactive music keys. This handsets can be grabbed with just Rs10,000 in your pocket.

Microsoft has launched new efficiency products like Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Exchange Server 2010 with the aim to boost up the productivity alongside reducing the management costs in business organizations. But it isn’t easy to migrate from existing infrastructure to some newer technology without sufficient knowledge, guidance and tools.

To help you and provide you with enough details Microsoft along with Dell and Intel are organizing exclusive sessions for IT professionals on ‘Deploying and Migrating Your Client/Server Infrastructure to Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2’. These sessions will include interactive discussions with Microsoft experts about various tools that can be used to migrate IT in infrastructure. There may be live demos featured on Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit, User State Migration Tool & Windows Easy Transfer, Application Compatibility Toolkit, Windows Server Migration Tools and Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010.

This is a really good initiative by Microsoft as it’ll help both the professionals and Microsoft itself as many organizations have adopted Linux due to lack of knowledge about latest Microsoft products. There are rumors that Microsoft may even be distributing some Windows 7 for free among those professionals.

Event Details Microsoft Chandigarh

Dell Adamo is the best netbook of 2009 from Dell is almost an ultimate laptop in every feature and requirement. Dell Adamo the MacBook Killer is light in weight and is really a very powerful to provide you with fast and reliable results. The video provides all the features and specifications of Dell Adamo.

1TB Passport HD

The size of storage devices are decreasing day by day and are expected the same in future. After Sony’s 32GB Memory stick and Kingston’s 256GB Pen Drive, here comes the worldwide producer in storage devices Western Digital with One Terabyte (1TB) and 750GB models of My Passport Essential SE Portable USB Drives.

The device is small enough to fit into your pocket and weights just few grams. The size is similar to a passport that gives it its name. WD’s My Passport Essential SE portable drives are available now in the U.S. at select retail stores. My Passport Essential SE 1 TB portable drive is available for $299.99 USD and for the 750 GB model is for $199.99 USD. Portable drives powered directly from the USB port on your PC without the requirement of any external power source.

As we all know the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will be hosting the 2016 Olympics which are expected to be absolute extreme. The place is really superb and is among the few most beautiful places of the world. Coming to the point about Olympics, as Google is expected to create new logos for every event that they feel is important so how can they miss this big thing? Yes Google made a logo for 2016 Olympics at Rio de Janeiro. Keep expecting a new logo whenever you open Google’s home page.

Actual Rio de Janeiro Picture

More Google Logos:

Google Celebrates Solar Eclipse 2009 with Google Solar Eclipse Logo

Google celebrating its 11th birthday with New “Googlle” Logo

Google celebrating Mahatama Gandhi’s Birthday with yet another Logo

Google’s Amazing Barcode Logo

On this date barcode was invented. Oh you didn’t know about it, well neither do I. Thanks to Google’s new Barcode Logo that informed me about it. Google has made this habit of changing their logo now and then. Every day you expect something different from Google as the Google Logo on their home page keep on changing and informing us about some major events and importance of that very day.

Google's Most Amazing Barcode Logo

Today Google has come up with one of the most amazing Google logo which is a barcode denoting Google. It has come up with Google’s Solar Eclipse Logo, Gandhi’s Birthday Logo and Google’s 11^th Birthday Googlle logo but none has been as amazing as this barcode one.

Salute to the God of search engines Google for this initiative to make us know the importance of every day.

These days everyone is talking about the official launch of Windows 7 on the October 22 which is 2 weeks later and I am also among the ones who want to get an official copy of Window 7. I have been using the Windows 7 RC version and I found it really impressive and one of the best and Fastest Windows ever. The graphics and security features in Windows 7 have for sure improved and you can watch this video for more Windows 7 Features.

Many of us would like to use and buy Windows 7 although the Windows 7 RC version is no more available for download, but in case you are planning on buying Windows 7 then you can preorder Windows 7 on Microsoft’s official website. Microsoft is providing Windows 7 at very cheap price to students all over the world and may be even free.

You do need to apply for Windows 7 with a valid email address from your University or College and you will get to upgrade Windows 7 online in just $29.99. Microsoft is also providing free upgrade to some local students and students in SA.

The Home Premium version will retail for $200, the Professional Version for $300 and the Ultimate Version for $320. Book your copy for Windows 7 today.

The web has evolved from a bunch of simple HTML pages to fully functional Web2.0 with integration of multiple technologies. One major giant who has contributed the most to this web is no other than Google. Google is worshipped as god and has produced remarkable applications for this web including Google Earth, Google Translator Toolkit, Google Latitude for Google Maps, Gmail Applications and a whole lot more.

Google Wave

As Web 2.0 is enhancing with Social websites and forums increasing in number, Google just can’t stay out of it for long. Google has introduced Google Wave, which seems to be the next level of Web. A single place where you can where you can talk, share files, learn and may be much more.

Till date only certain people have been allowed to join Google Wave and even I have applied for it with a request. I will share its features with you as soon as I get to access Google Wave but in the meantime you can watch this Google Wave Developer Preview Video.

Wireless Power transmission is expected to change life of the people in the years to come and a US firm Witricity also managed to run TV through wireless electricity a month back. Already some big giant industries like Philips, Sanyo and Duracell are members of Wireless Power Consortium and just now one of the biggest names in the market Nokia has entered as a full member.

Nokia Wireless Power Mobile Phones

Wireless Power Transmission is expected to gain popularity in future and after Nokia being a full member of this Consortium we can expect Nokia’s mobile phone being charged in wireless manner. In a survey it is found that almost 80% of the people will prefer to charge their electronic devices via wireless electricity if it’s available, so this might have attracted Nokia’s attention and made this giant become a member of this trend. May be very soon we’ll find Nokia Mobile phones being charged wirelessly.

Have a look at this car that charges with wireless power.

In this era of amazing technology and gadgets it’s hard to imagine the conventional things used in our daily life. Even wrist watches have evolved from analog to digital ones. There have been some amazing wrist watches in the past but this lead us to the next level of thinking.

This Concept wrist watch has laser inside the wrist band and the thing that makes it spectacular is the it projects the time onto your wrist, not a conventional LED thing. The projected part is a little higher and projection is done on your wrist at such an angle that you can easily know the time by looking from the top.

Wrist watch with Laser Projector

So are you thinking of getting this one soon? Well the price is still unknown but surely it will attract lots of fashionable people to begin a new trend of wrist watches.

Almost each and everyone among us would have enjoyed the pleasure of the first bike ride and mostly with some support wheels when we were unable to balance it on our own but now technology has taken over this thing too. We no longer need to learn how to balance a bike, as this Gyrobike has automatic balancing ability.

Autobalancing Gyrobike

This Gyrobike has a 12 inch Gyrowheel on the front of the bike replacing the ordinary wheel that contains an adjustable speed spinning disc to manage the speed. The disc is powered with a rechargeable battery to make the bike running long. This Gyrowheel makes the bike stable and you just need to put the child on the bike and make him ride it without having to worry about making balance and that too without any supporting wheels or external help.

Gyrobike is expected to arrive this December at an approximate price of $100. Lets see what technology has next for us. Have a look at this amazing folding Bike by Mercedez-benz.

TATA DOCOMO, the TATA GSM service has become really very popular due to various reasons. TATA DOCOMO offers value to its customers as they will have to pay only for the time they talk because TATA DOCOMO charges per second and not for a pulse of 60 seconds. Tata CDMA Pay per call plan is also a great plan ti have as it offers a call puse of 600 seconds of Re.1 per every local call and Rs.3 per STD call.

TATA DOCOMO offers cheap call rates and has established itself in many states of India now. Although there is some network problem in some areas but the network is expected to get better as time progresses.

These days everyone access internet through one mode or the other. Many like to carry their world with them and access internet on mobile phones via GPRS. TATA DOCOMO offers attractive GPRS plans for you to access internet on the move through your mobile phones and that to with reasonable charges.

TATA DOCOMO GPRS Plans

Tata Docomo is presently providing 2 plans to access internet.

Rs.15 Pack for 3 days

To get this pack you will have to go to your nearest TATA Docomo dealer and ask him to make a special EVD recharge for GPRS/Internet use and after this you will get 20MB of internet access valid for 3 days.

Rs.95 Pack for 30 days

You need to follow the same steps as in above plan with the only difference of getting the recharge amount of Rs.95 and you will get 100MB free data access valid for 30 days.

After the free usage you will be charged 1p/1kb as the default rate and charged 10p/10kb on roaming. So now go and get your access to internet through your TATA Docomo. You can also access internet with your laptop or computer via a USB cable or Bluetooth. These are one of the best internet plan to have these days.

Settings for TATA DOCOMO GPRS

Tata Docomo Gprs Settings

Tata Docomo GPRS Settings Advanced

Google has make this a habit now to celebrate special days or events by changing their logo on the Google home page. Today is a major day in Indian history as today is the Birthday of India’s Father of the nation, Mahatama Gandhi.

Mahatama Gandhi played a major role in India’s Independence and his photo is placed on Indian currency too. However the Google Logo on Mahatama Gandhi is visible on Google.co.in and not on Google.com as this day has importance in India and not in other parts of the world.

Google Logo for Mahatama Gandhi

Google also celebrated Google’s 11th Birthday with Googlle logo and the major solar eclipse that happened in India nearly 2 months back with its Solar Eclipse Google Logo. Google does make its users aware of the happenings and the importance of the days by moderating their logo on the Google Homepage.

This trend from Google is really good and more good logos with useful information is expected from Google’s side to its users.

Google the greatest search engine also worshiped by professionals and Google is famous for celebrations special days and occasions by creating new Google Logos and putting them on Google Home Page. Now Google has turned 11, I mean Google is Celebrating its 11th birthday with a new “Googlle logo“, in which the double “ll” is denoted by 11.

Google's 11th Birthday Logo "Googlle"

Google has celebrated various occasions in the past like The great solar eclipse that occurred last month. Here is that Google Logo of the Solar Eclipse Celebration.

Google Solar Eclipse Logo

Google or I may say Googlle is doing a really great thing in reminding or making people know new happenings around us by placing it directly on its home page. Hope they will continue it in future and keep informing us about the latest happenings through Google Logo.