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Universe as a Super Hologram
2008-03-25 15:30:00
You may have heard about the startling parallels between recent discoveries in quantum physics and ancient beliefs of Taoism, Buddhism, and Hinduism through Books such as The Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra in 1975 and The Dancing Wu Li Masters by Gary Zukav’s in 1979.“Holographic Paradigm” is a continuation of this shiny happy alliance with a particular model of the universe that seemed to explain not only puzzling scientific phenomena but psychic experiences as well. The holographic paradigm was so named because of certain very unusual feature of holograms.In 1982 a remarkable event took place. At the University of Paris a research team led by physicist Alain Aspect discovered that under certain circumstances subatomic particles such as electrons are able to instantaneously communicate with each other regardless of the distance separating them. It doesn't matter whether they are 10 feet or 10 billion miles apart.Somehow each particle always seems to know what the other is d...
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Google Bomb
2008-02-01 00:35:00
The recent attack on the Church of Scientology website introduced me to the term Google Bomb . Apprently this attack was a result of Google Bomb .A Google bomb (also referred to as a 'link bomb') is Internet slang for a certain kind of attempt to influence the ranking of a given page in results returned by the Google search engine, often with humorous or political intentionsThe process of manipulating the results of Google by placing a link to a single webpage on several domains. The other most famous incident of Google bombing was when around 32 webmasters put the text “miserable failure” on their websites and placed a link under this text to George Bush’s autobiography. Causing this webpage to rank #1 in Google for the search term “miserable failure.”

origin of antimatter surrounding the galactic center
2008-01-24 19:35:00
New research based on the four years of observations from the European Space Agency’s Integral (INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory) satellite may have cleared up one of the most vexing mysteries in our Milky Way: the origin of a giant cloud of antimatter surrounding the galactic center.Integral found that the cloud extends farther on the western side of the galactic center than it does on the eastern side. This imbalance matches the distribution of a population of binary star systems that contain black holes or neutron stars, strongly suggesting that these binaries are churning out at least half of the antimatter, and perhaps all of it.The cloud itself is roughly 10,000 light-years across, and generates the energy of about 10,000 Suns. The cloud shines brightly in gamma rays due to a reaction governed by Einstein’s famous equation E=mc^2. Negatively charged subatomic particles known as electrons collide with their antimatter counterparts, positively charged positron...
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Looking for Web Hosting
2008-01-24 00:46:00
If you are looking for web hosting choice it may interest you . Web hosting would perhaps be the most sought after web service required by netizens after domain name registration and finding a suitable web hosting provider, can be very challenging. Like for domain name registration, we have hundreds and thousands of web sites that offer this service all across the globe. Beside the price, you will have to consider other service parameters like Disk Space, Data Transfer, Operating System, Bandwidth, Up Time, Location etc., when selecting your web hosting provider. Web Hosting Choice has all the necessary prerequisites to help you make the correct decision.They have also rated all the service providers on scale of 1 to 10, which should also help in your decision making.This web site also has a Learning Center with some valuable information and is a ready to use tool-kit for new web users. So folks go and check this web site.
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World 1st Waterproof Video Camera- Sanyo Xacti E1
2008-01-21 19:12:00
Sanyo launched world first waterproof video camera Sanyo Xacti E1during the 2008 International CES, January 7-10, Las Vegas ( Consumer Electronics Association ) and is a beautiful gadget and a true work of art. This powerful little camcorder easily records both full 640x480 resolution video at 30 frames-per-second and high-resolution 6-megapixel digital still images, all of which are handily stored to a standard SD or SDHC flash memory card (sold separately). Designed to IPX8 international standard for waterproof, the Xacti E1 is capable of recording full motion video five feet underwater for up to 30 minutes. Incorporating a water-tight design that can resist the pressure created when submersed at five feet, the Xacti E1 is capable of capturing dramatic photos and video footage underwater to share with the less adventurous family members and friends. It has a large 2.5-inch Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). The display flips out from the camera and rotates up to 285 degrees on an axis ...
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Making Anti-Matter
2008-01-17 20:32:00
Antimatter is the mirror image of ordinary matter and both should have been created in equal quantities at the birth of the Universe. That everything around is predominantly ordinary matter is therefore a major puzzle.For years researchers have wanted to create significant amounts of antimatter to test the so-called Standard Model, which describes fundamental particles and their interactions. Antimatter is destroyed whenever it collides with matter, turning both into bursts of radiation. Today, the Universe consists of predominantly one form of matter and scientists are not sure why this is so.Physicists say they have mass produced antimatter, a crucial first step towards precision studies of its properties that may help solve one of the greatest mysteries of the Universe.Antihydrogen has been made before, but only a few atoms at a time. Researchers at Cern (Cern is the European Organisation for Nuclear Research) accelerator were have successfully created antiprotons and trapped the...
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Technology in Massage Chairs
2008-01-17 00:53:00
Every time one visits to a store like Brookstone or The Sharper Image, one is amazed at the range and features of the Massage Chairs they have to offer . Even more amazing is the technology that goes into making these gadgets; I calling them gadgets because they are no more a piece of furniture. Most of them have an in-built computer now and they will follow you instruction as if you working with a masseur.With Robotic motors and rotors inside, you can choose your massage type from Kneading, Rhythmic Pressure, Tapping, Rolling, and Kneading and Tapping together. With options like Airbag and vibration seat massage where seat air bags exert firm lateral pressure at the outer buttocks and upper thigh to stimulate circulation, while vibration massage soothes your tailbone region.If you compare with a $40 or 50 forty minute session with a masseur, it is great investment to go and buy one of these chairs.My thanks to human touch for sponsoring this post.
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Femtocell--Your Own Base Station
2008-01-15 15:09:00
If you are having coverage issues with to your wireless operator or Wi-Fi provider,now you can have your own base station--Femtocell.Femtocells are tiny base stations that go into homes or offices to improve voice and data coverage. Femtocells behave like small WiFi access points that communicate over IP broadband connections (e.g. DSL, UMA) to a gateway. The Femtocell creates the mobile user “home zone”. An operator has the opportunity to offer new services and tariffs designed for the “home zone”.They look pretty sleek, no bigger then a wireless router.These tiny gadgets are packed with features like-Core Network Emulator for testing of different access technologies, such as UTRAN and UMA-Multi-RNC support-Support of hybrid environments; concurrent support of UTRAN over ATM and Femtocell over IP-End-to End voice and UDI video calls-Load Test Capabilities for IuCS over IP and IuPS over IP-Intersystem Handover allowing a mobile subscriber to move from the “public zone” t...
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Tata Nano and Air Car
2008-01-10 19:34:00
I am amazed to see the similarities between Tata Nano --the world's cheapest car,at $2,500 and Air Car.Look at the picture below and the one with my previous post and you will see what I seeOf course both of them are produced by Tata Motors but I am wounder who's design is it---- Guy Nègre or Tata Motors ? However that does not undermine the fact that we a have a absolute beauty that will herald a new auto revolution in India and elsewhere.Company chairman Ratan Tata, who introduced the new car at India's main auto show, has long promised a $2,500 "People's Car" for India — a country of some 1.1 billion where only seven of every 1,000 people own a car. That vow has been much-derided by the global industry which said it would be impossible without sacrificing safety and quality.In terms of performance it doesn't offer much more than the Model T. The Nano has a two-cylinder 0.6 liter gasoline engine with 33 horsepower, giving it a top speed of about 60 mph, according to Tata. ...
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Air Car Is Ready For the Road
2008-01-06 15:42:00
The world's first commercial compressed air-powered vehicle is will be running on the Indian roads very soon. The Air Car, developed by ex-Formula One engineer Guy Nègre and Tata Motors India has been under development for nearly fourteen years and could be become one of the biggest technological advances of this century. The fiberglass MiniC.A.T. runs on compressed air, and offers zero pollution and very low running costs.It is a simple, light urban car, with a tubular chassis that is glued not welded and a body of fibreglass. The heart of the electronic and communication system on the car is a computer offering an array of information reports that extends well beyond the speed of the vehicle, and is built to integrate with external systems and almost anything you could dream of, starting with voice recognition, internet connectivity, GSM telephone connectivity, a GPS guidance system, fleet management systems, emergency systems, and of course every form of digital entertainment....
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Happy New Year
2007-12-31 13:47:00
It's Time...to say Goodbye to 2007 The Peach Drop in Atlanta We Wish You Much,Peace, Love, Health and Happiness in 2008
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Web Hosting Made Easy
2007-12-19 15:59:00
Web hosting would perhaps be the most sought after web service required by netizens after domain name registration and finding a suitable web hosting provider, can be very challenging. Like for domain name registration, we have hundreds and thousands of web sites that offer this service all across the globe. Beside the price, you will have to consider other service parameters like Disk Space, Data Transfer, Operating System, Bandwidth, Up Time, Location etc., when selecting your web hosting provider. And this task has been made much easier by a new web site http://www.webhostingchoice.com/ ,which has all the necessary prerequisites to help you make the correct decision.They have also rated all the service providers on scale of 1 to 10, which should also help in your decision making.This web site also has a Learning Center with some valuable information and is a ready to use tool-kit for new web users. So folks go and check this web site.
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Food Prices & Biofoolishness
2007-12-19 03:57:00
The price of food is on the rise all over the world .In US markets, the price of a bushel of wheat has gone over $10 for the first time. Soybeans are at a 34-year high. And corn is hitting new highs with every passing week.According to Simon Johnson, chief economist at the IMF, there are three factors responsible for the spike in prices.First, increased demand from emerging economies like India and China, where consumers are demanding more calories in their diet.Second, weather. Droughts have had an impact in some parts of the world.But third is the contentious relationship between food and fuel. Corn prices, according to the IMF, have doubled over the past two years. And in significant part, that is due to demand for the biofuel, ethanol, and the way in which ethanol policy is made in the United States.Hopes are running high that the second generation of biofuels may one day wean us off our reliance on petroleum, but until we're burning switch grass and wood waste, the dream has a...
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Dumb cellphone user or a fleeceing service provider?
2007-12-13 20:10:00
A Canadian man has been shocked to receive a mobile phone bill for nearly $85,000.Piotr Staniaszek thought he could use his new phone as a modem for his computer under his $10 unlimited mobile browser plan from Bell Mobility.He downloaded high-definition movies and other large files unaware that this incurred massive extra charges. The trouble stems from the new phone he received when he renewed his mobile phone contract. The new model allows him to connect with his computer and download dataBell Mobility has since lowered the bill to $3,243, but Mr Staniaszek says he intends to fight the charges anyway and rightly so.Bell Mobility should have cut him off the moment he reached his limit on the bytes.The 22-year-old oil-field worker from Calgary said he thought a first bill for $65,000 in November was a mistake.When he spoke to Bell Mobility he was informed the bill had climbed to nearly $85,000 after more downloading. He said he normally paid about $150 a month for his phone and u...
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Portable Computing Then and Now
2007-12-03 01:12:00
Released in April 1981 by the Osborne Computer Corporation, the Osborne 1 is considered to be the first true portable computer - it closes-up for protection, and has a carrying handle. It even has an optional battery pack, so it doesn't have to plugged into the 110VAC outlet for power.While quite revolutionary, the Osborne does have its limitations. For example, the screen is only 5" (diagonal) in size, and can't display more than 52 characters per line of text. To compensate, you can actually scroll the screen display back and forth with the cursor keys to show lines of text up to 128 characters wideThe two pockets beneath the floppy drives work great for floppy disk storage, although the Osborne modem also fits perfectly in the the left pocket and plugs into the front-mounted "modem" port.Osborne 1Introduced: April 1981Price: US $1,795Weight: 24.5 poundsCPU: Zilog Z80 @ 4.0 MHzRAM: 64K RAMDisplay: built-in 5" monitor53 X 24 textPorts: parallel / IEEE-488modem / serial portStorag...
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Amazon's Kindle
2007-11-22 21:09:00
Amazon's Kindle e-book reader is the latest one entering E-book world of reading devices. So far reader interest has not picked up for these products, in spite of products like Sony PRS 505 Reader, Bookeen Cybook V3 and the iRex Iliad, which are available in the market for sometime. I for myself love Sony Reader.It looks like Kindle my not re-kindle buyer interest in portable reading devices. When you compare it with the features of Sony Reader, the new Amazon Kindle looks like a poor attempt to better this product. The Sony allows you to read virtually any format. It may not have the huge commercial titles selection that the Amazon gadget has, but you can read any PDF, TXT, RTF, DOCs, Blogs and RSS for free and right away. It also fails in looks, appeal and price when compared with Sony reader.It is on sale for $399 on Amazon.com and comes with some free reference books preloaded. You may also get subscriptions to news feeds from newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, Le Mo...

Challenges of finding Printer Cartridges
2007-11-18 14:39:00
With thousands of printer models around, it can be a big challenge to buy ink cartridges once you have run out of the in-box stuff. As is true with other electronics stuff, new models come out every 12 to 18 months and with that all the accessories for the old ones are gone from the shelves of electronics stores as well. I faced this problem first hand when I went to buy ink cartridge for my Epson Stylus CX3200. When the sale associate at Best Buy could not find it,he suggested that I should dump this printer and buy a new one, as it was a dinosaur of the printer world. While agreeing with his assessment,I did make some last ditch efforts to find any some options.And this effort lead me to Cartridge Finder and since then all my worries about getting ink cartridges is gone. It a very clean and easy to use website, where you can find ink cartridges for almost all the models at the click of the mouse. Folks instead of wasting hours at the electronic stores try this out.
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Text Entry Error Rate On iPhone
2007-11-16 00:49:00
A recent report by User Centric, Inc., a Chicago-based usability consultancy was submitted on the user experience of Apple's iPhone. Previously, test participants found the iPhone's touch keyboard overly sensitive despite the iPhone's overall high usability. In this usability study, User Centric compared texting experiences of iPhone owners and non-owners across devices.User Centric collected data from 60 participants who entered specific text messages and completed mobile device tasks. Twenty iPhone owners (had iPhone for at least one month), 20 hard-key QWERTY phone (aka QWERTY) owners, and 20 numeric phone owners (multi-tap texters) all entered six fixed-length text messages on their own phones. Non-iPhone owners also entered six messages on a test iPhone and a phone of another type. The Blackberry was the other phone for numeric users while QWERTYs used a Samsung E300.Text ing Error s More Frequent on iPhones than Hard-Key QWERTY and Numeric PhonesiPhone owners entered text as ...
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PayPerPost--Blogger meets Advertisers
2007-11-01 23:21:00
Over the years, Blogging has established itself as respected and accepted way for getting independent and unbiased opinion on all kind of issues, product, current affairs and what not. And all this have not escaped the eyes of advertisers and they are always on the look out for getting some attention from the Blogger s and that is were payperpost comes in the picture. payperpost is unique and I believe the only website which is acting as match maker for such opportunities.I came across payperpost soon after I started my blog and since then I have been writing some sponsored blog every now and then. Even though my blog is very specialized, I do find a few opportunities occasionally and little bit of revenue from such sponsored post gives you a good incentive to take look at some of the products and services.I just like everything about payperpost, right from the home page to registration to take opportunity to write a post and to getting paid for the post. The great thing about payper...
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Sceurity Tips For Mobile Users
2007-10-29 20:08:00
Here are some precautions that would significantly mitigates security risks associated with mobile wireless access.1. Install a firewall2. Enter passwords only into websites that include an SSL key on the bottom right. If the hotspot is not working properly, assume your password has been compromised, report to hotspot service provider and change your password at the next immediate opportunity3. Disable/remove the wireless card if you are not actively using the hotspot4. Ensure that your laptop is updated with the latest security patches5. Avoid hotspots where it is difficult to tell who's connected(hotels, airport clubs, conferences)6. Use hotspots only for internet surfing7. Read all pop-up windows in their entirety8. Do not use insecure applications such as non-encrypted email or instant messaging while at hotspots9. Explicitly disable municipal WiFi access from within the enterprise
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Is iPhone expensive?
2007-10-25 18:52:00
This 1987 cell phone ad from radio shack proudly advertises the breakthrough in Mobile phones at $1499. It started in 1984, at $3,000, and weighed about 3 pounds.Fast forward 25 years and we have iPhone at $399 and weight 135 Grams (4.8 Ounces).
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Greenpeace warning about iPhone
2007-10-16 16:15:00
According to a statement on Greenpeace 's Web site,"An independent scientific laboratory tested 18 internal and external components of the iPhone and confirmed the presence of brominated compounds in half the samples, including in the phone's antenna, in which they made up 10% of the total weight of the flexible circuit board.A mixture of toxic phthalates was found to make up 1.5% of the plastic (PVC) coating of the headphone cables.” As per Greenpeace Research Laboratories, two of the phthalate plasticisers are classed in Europe as “toxic to reproduction, Category 2” because they can interfere with sexual reproduction in mammals.They have called on Apple to eliminate the use of these chemicals in its products. And also the Greenpeace testers found that phone’s battery was glued and soldered in place. “This hinders battery replacement and makes separation for recycling, or appropriate disposal, more difficult, and therefore adds to the burden of electronic waste.”Now is...
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Giant Magneto Resistance--- Wins Physics Noble Prize for 2007
2007-10-09 22:52:00
The 2007 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to Albert Fert and Peter Grunberg for simultaneously and independently discovering Giant magneto resistance. This property has allowed the explosion of disk-space growth and is cited as being one of the first nano-technology breakthroughs.Magneto resistance is the property of a material to change the value of its electrical resistance when an external magnetic field is applied to it. The effect was first discovered by William Thomson in 1856.The magnetoresistance of conventional materials is quite small; but materials with large magnetoresistance have been synthesized now. Depending on the magnitude, it is called either as Giant magnetoresistance(GMR) or Colossal magnetoresistance(CMR). Magnetoresistance has aroused great interest recently because of possible application in devices such as read/write heads in computer discs and in sensors.Colossal Magnetoresistance has been predominantly discovered in manganese-based perovskite oxides....
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What is A2DP,AVCTP,AVDTP,AVRCP?
2007-10-05 20:33:00
In order to use Bluetooth wireless technology, a device must be able to interpret certain Bluetooth profiles. The profiles define the possible applications. Bluetooth profiles are general behaviors through which Bluetooth enabled devices communicate with other devices. Bluetooth technology defines a wide range of profiles that describe many different types of use cases. A2DP,AVCTP,AVDTP and AVRCP are Bluetooth protocol stack used by the profile.Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) ;A2DP describes how stereo quality audio can be streamed from a media source to a sink. The profile defines two roles of an audio source and sink. A typical usage scenario can be considered as the “walkman” class of media player. The audio source would be the music player and the audio sink is the wireless headset. A2DP defines the protocols and procedures that realize distribution of audio content of high-quality in mono or stereo on ACL channels. The term “advanced audio”, therefore, should...

ZigBee PRO
2007-10-03 17:14:00
A new feature set has been announced by The ZigBee® Alliance called ZigBee PRO to maximizes all the capabilities of ZigBee and facilitates ease-of-use and advanced support for larger networks.The newly released Feature Sets are designed to inter-operate with each other, ensuring long-term use and stability. Highlights of the expanded ZigBee PRO Feature Set include:Network Scalability – Improved support for larger networks offering more management, flexibility, performance choicesFragmentation – New ability to divide longer messages and enable interaction with other protocols and systemsFrequency Agility – Networks dynamically change channels should interference occurAutomated Device Address Management – Optimized for large networks with added network management and configuration toolsGroup Addressing – Offers additional traffic optimization needed for large networksWireless Commissioning – Enhanced with secure wireless commissioning capabilitiesCentralized Data Collec...
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WAP Over Bluetooth Profile (WAP)
2007-10-01 17:27:00
WAP defines how the wireless application protocol suite can run over a Bluetooth wireless technology link. A typical configuration is a mobile phone connecting to a public kiosk over a Bluetooth technology link and using WAP to browse for information. WAP works across a variety of WAN technologies bringing the Internet to mobile devices. Bluetooth technology can be used to provide a bearer for transporting data between the WAP client and an adjacent WAP server. The ad hoc networking capabilities offered by Bluetooth technology gives a WAP client unique possibilities regarding mobility compared with other WAP bearers. The traditional form of WAP communications involves a client device that communicates with a server/proxy device using the WAP protocols. WAP technology supports server push. Used over Bluetooth technology, this protocol offers many possibilities for distributing information to handheld devices on location basis.
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Blackberry Pearl still going great
2007-09-17 18:40:00
Blackberry Pearl remains one of the exciting products from RIM even after being in the market for about a year or so . This pretty sleek device has been a darling of some people and even the iPhone has not diminished their interest for Blackberry Pearl , after all iPhone can not deliver you office emails.Blackberry Pearl has become an inseparable part of our daily life for many of us, it is no more just a device to deliver e-mails but can be a substitute for mobile computing. I was amazed to find out that it can just do anything for your personal or business needs .The number of applications you can run on these devices is ever growing every day; I was really surprised to find out that there are nearly hundred or more third party applications available to run on your Blackberry Pearl .I was particularly happy to see that we can now run Citrix client applications on Blackberry Pearls because running Citrix applications are essential part of my everyday work.I was recently introduced ...
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JBL On Call-- Nokia 5310 XpressMusic phone
2007-09-06 00:13:00
Mobile Music, heating up while stand alone music players is matured and level.Nokia unveiled the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic mobile phone specifically optimized for entertainment, music and games. The Nokia 5310 XpressMusic device offers dedicated music or gaming keys, expanded memory, large LCD screen and extended battery performance to provide quick and easy access to entertainment content.With a sleek aluminium finish, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic phone blends an array of features with an iconic design. At only 9.9mm thick and weighing less than 71 grams, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic fits comfortably in a pocket or purse. Equally important, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic offers up to 18 hours of music playback, memory for up to 3,000 songs on an optional 4GB microSD card and dedicated music keys. With a 2-megapixel camera and a bright 2-inch QVGA screen with up to 16 million colors, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic is expected to begin shipping in the fourth quarter of 2007 with an estimated retail...
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Malicious Internet Activity By Countries
2007-09-03 16:38:00
The reality of Cyberwars reached a new level in the wake of sustained denial-of service attack on the Estonian government web sites which were targeted for several weeks in April and May this year. A global botnet of compromised home computers was used to create and direct the packet flood attack and hackers also defaced key government web sites.Malicious activity will continue to be on the rises as we move away to more and more towards e-commerce. This is going to poise a treat to the countries and business a like.According to Symamtec's last Internet Security Threat Report on malicious cyber activity in different countries the United States accounted for 31% of malicious activity, China came in second with 10%,Germany was in third place with 7%, France (4%) and United Kingdom 4% completed the top five.Taking the amount of a country's malicious activity and dividing by the number of that country's Internet users, Symantec found that Israel has the most per capita malicious Inter...
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Puffin with a Mouthful
2007-08-27 03:28:00
Hopefully that is enough for a hungry chick.Free Gift :Count the number of fish and win a surprise gift.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty taken on Eastern Egg Rock, Maine)