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Download Free KasperSky Internet Security 2010

Kashif — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:28:16 +0000

On the occasion of Windows 7 Public launch, KasperSky is offering Free License for KasperSky Internet Security 2010.

Name.com 12 Days of Domain Names, Special Offer -Day 1 .US in Just $6.99

Kashif — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:01:13 +0000

This is a sequel of Name.com Holiday Celebration Special Offer -12 Days of Domain Names. The celebration has already started and Day 1 gift is available to claim. Today you can register your favorite .US domain(s) for only $6.99, if it is available. Each day’s promotion lasts for 24 hours, so logon to their site [...]

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Name.com 12 Days of Domain Names, Special Offer -Day 1 .US in Just $6.99

Name.com Holiday Celebration Special Offer -12 Days of Domain Names

Kashif — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:41:55 +0000

After NameCheap’s Twitter Holiday Trivia Contest, now Name.com, another great registrar, is going to start holidays celebration -offering Tweleve days of Domain Names with a variety of specials on some of your favorite domain extensions. The offer will run from December 14 to December 25, 2008. Name’s offer is not like NameCheap’s Twitter contest, in which you have [...]

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Apple iPhone Password Locking Bug Lets Physically Local Users Bypass the Password

Kashif — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:38:18 +0000

Apple iPhone 2.0.2, in some configurations, allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, and obtain sensitive information or make arbitrary use of the device, via an Emergency Call tap and a Home double-tap, followed by a tap of any contact’s blue arrow. Details: SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1020763 SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1020763 CVE Reference: CVE-2008-3876 [...]

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Apple iPhone Password Locking Bug Lets Physically Local Users Bypass the Password

iPhone Doubles Web Browser Share

Kashif — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:23:13 +0000

The rollout of the iPhone 3G has seen a large increase in the iPhone’s global Web share, according to figures released Monday. The figures, collected by Web analytics company Net Applications, show that in June 2008, before the launch of the iPhone 3G, the iPhone had 0.16 percent share of the operating system market, as [...]

Google Takes Aim at Microsoft with new Web Browser

Kashif — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:01:27 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO – Google Inc. is releasing its own Web browser in a long-anticipated move aimed at countering the dominance of Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer and ensuring easy access to its market-leading search engine. The Mountain View-based company took the unusual step of announcing its latest product on the Labor Day holiday after it prematurely [...]

Microsoft Site Makes Digital Photos into Panoramas

Kashif — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:35:34 +0000

Digital cameras have liberated awe-struck travelers and proud parents from worrying about the price of film processing. But showing off those megapixels of memories is still reminiscent of tedious living room slideshows — and perhaps now worse, because instead of one blurry photo of the Eiffel Tower or the high school musical, there might be [...]

Hacker Claims Java Bug Affects Millions of Phones

Kashif — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:57:19 +0000

A Polish hacker and self professed security expert claims to have discovered vulnerabilities in the mobile Java technology implemented by Nokia in its mid-range S40 devices, potentially putting millions of handsets at risk. Adam Gowdiak, who is in the process of setting up a security research firm, Security Explorations, claims the bugs affect around 140 [...]

First Google Android Phone Release Date & Name

Kashif — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:51:24 +0000

The age of the Android OS is at hand. But if you’re not a current T-Mobile customer, it will cost you. According to an unofficial T-Mobile blog, the first version of the multimedia Google Phone will be released by HTC starting on September 17 for one week, for T-Mobile customers only. This offer will be [...]

Intel Rebrands Centrino Atom

Kashif — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:54:22 +0000

AFTER desperately trying to reach a critical mass (market), chip manufacturer Intel – locked in a deadly world war with rival superpower AMD, which refuses to quit – has resorted to desperate tactics. It’s dropped an Atom bomb, and there are expected to be many casualties. Probably the brand manager for the Centrino Atom will [...]

Sun Opens Java Tools in Mobile Fight Back

Kashif — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:35:21 +0000

Sun Microsystems has open sourced its Java toolkit for building mobile applications just as the role Java plays on handsets comes into question. The company has released the Light-Weight UI Toolkit (LWUIT) (https://lwuit.dev.java.net/) under a GPLv2 license with a classpath exception – for binary linking with an application – as an incubator project (https://lwuit-incubator.dev.java.net/) to [...]

Microsoft Releases .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

Kashif — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:24:01 +0000

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 is a full cumulative update that contains many new features building incrementally upon .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, and includes cumulative servicing updates to the .NET Framework 2.0 and .NET Framework 3.0 subcomponents. .NET Framework version 3.5 Service Pack 1 provides the following new features and improvements: ASP.NET [...]

Intel Unveils USB 3.0 Spec to Third Parties

Kashif — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:12:56 +0000

Intel Corp. on Wednesday said that it had made available the Extensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI) draft specification revision 0.9 in support of the USB 3.0 architecture, also known as SuperSpeed USB. The xHCI draft specification provides a standardized method for USB 3.0 host controllers to communicate with the USB 3.0 software stack. This specification [...]

Microsoft Offering Second Shot Again

Kashif — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:08:24 +0000

It seems that Microsoft have listened to the community and brought back their Second Shot offer much earlier than most people expected. Previously this seemed to run only once each year (albeit for several months at a time), and the last one only closed for taking exams the first time round at the end of [...]

µTorrent 1.8 Stable Released

Kashif — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:59:00 +0000

Popular BitTorrent client has released its first stable update since January 2008, µTorrent 1.8. The changelog is huge, but the main improvements are better Vista support & Teredo/IPv6 support which means better connectivity and download performance. With the 1.8 release complete, the µTorrent team will be focusing more resources toward developing a long-awaited Mac version. [...]

Bluetooth Still Has Space for Growth

kashif — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:02:45 +0000

Bluetooth seems to have reached a maturation period with growth rates that, while strong, do not match the growth of the recent past, reports In-Stat market research firm. Still, there is a place for growth. The Bluetooth chip market should benefit as new standards, such as low-energy and high-speed Bluetooth, are expected to be introduced [...]

Free Solution Accelerator Sniffs out Vista SP1 Security Holes

kashif — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:54:51 +0000

A free solution accelerator available for download straight from Microsoft is capable of sniffing out the security holes on Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and RTM computers in an IT infrastructure. The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 was released at the end of June 2008, and is the evolution of the Windows Vista Hardware [...]

Why Vista needs 4GB of RAM

Kashif — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:25:04 +0000

Vista is a pig. It’s a voraciously greedy resource hog that gobbles up more system resources than any previous operating system. That much is well documented. It’s baffling to note, therefore, that PC-buying punters remain seduced by the big, computational beasts of the component jungle. All too often, PCs are specced up with snazzy CPUs [...]

TV Remains Top Source of News

Kashif — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:52:05 +0000

Fewer Americans are reading newspapers and are instead getting their news online, but television remains the leading source of news in the country, according to a survey released Sunday. Not surprisingly, younger people tend to get more of their news on the Internet, while older folks use traditional media such as television and newspapers, the [...]

Symantec to Buy PC Tools

Kashif — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:49:29 +0000

Symantec is buying PC Tools, which sells PC utilities software designed to boost the security and privacy of Windows-based computers, Symantec said on Monday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the year. The purchase will allow Symantec to expand its reach in emerging regional [...]

Forget HD DVD

Kashif — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:45:53 +0000

After losing out in the battle to define the high-definition successor of the DVD, Toshiba Corp. has turned its attention to the next best thing: the DVD. On Monday, the Japanese electronics company is releasing a new DVD player that it says does more than previous models to improve the look of DVDs on high-definition [...]

Microsoft Patches Holes in Office, Browser

kashif — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:12:45 +0000

Microsoft released patches to fix 26 vulnerabilities in the company’s software, including major issues in its Internet Explorer browser and Office suite of productivity applications. The eleven patches, published on Microsoft’s monthly schedule, included six fixes rated Critical — Microsoft’s highest rating of severity — and five updates rated Important — the company’s second highest. [...]