Gauss - state-sponsored cyber weapon to specifically target bank accounts. Already middle east online bank accounts are at risk !

 A new cyberweapon that secretly steals bank account information from its victims was exposed on Thursday.
The sophisticated malware, discovered by Internet security company Kaspersky Labs, has been capturing online bank account login credentials from its victims since September 2011. There's no evidence it's been used to steal any money. The virus instead appears to be a spy interested in tracking funds: It collects banking login information, sends it back to a server, and quickly self-destructs.

Google treats its dead employees better than some companies do their living workers !

Google treats its dead employees better than some companies do their living workers.

Google's unusual "death benefits" include paying the deceased's spouse or domestic partner 50% of their salary for 10 years, the company's "chief people officer" Laszlo Bock revealed in an interview this week with Forbes.
What's more, all of the dead Googler's stocks vest immediately. Each child of the employee receives $1,000 per month until age 19, or age 23 for full-time students.

These perks aren't just for longtime employees. There's no tenure requirement, Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) told Forbes -- all of the company's U.S. employees qualify. Bock said the oldest Googler is currently 83.
A Google representative declined to comment in more detail about the policy. Forbes writer Meghan Casserly noted dryly in her article that "providing death benefits is a no-win for the company."

But that isn't the point, Bock told her: "Obviously there's no benefit to Google. But it's important to the company to help our families through this horrific if inevitable life event."

The death benefits revelation adds to the already legendary list of Google perks: free food, foosball tables, on-site dry-cleaning service, generous parental leave and more.
The company's perks site hawks a "Corporate Concierge team [that] can assist with everyday tasks such as planning a dinner party as well as more unusual requests, like finding a jewel-encrusted scepter to accompany a Googler's special Halloween outfit."

But Bock told Forbes he doesn't like the word "perks." Instead, he says, what helps employees ultimately helps the company.

As he put it: "There is, of course, research that show employee benefit programs like ours can improve retention, and appear to improve performance on some level."

Meizu MX Quad-core 4 inch Android Smartphone -!

Meizu MX Quad-core 4 inch Android Smartphone. Before we even get started on this, a word on Meizu. These guys have been churning out top-of-the-line electronics in China since 2003. They are responsible for Apple-sized queues across the country packed with fans waiting to get their hands on the company's latest smartphones.

Last year it was the dual core version of the MX, this time round its the quad core. Launched on 30 June in mainland China and Hong Kong, it is one of the most powerful smartphones currently available there.

Short Description

* 4 inch multi-touch screen
* Android ICS OS
* Quad-core Samsung Exynos A9 processor,
* 32GB/64GB memory
* 8MP HD back camera
(Price is in $550 range)

Specification of Meizu MX Quad-core

General

Model: Meizu MX Quad-core
Carrier: Unlocked
Phone Style: Bar, 4-inch 960 x 640 ASV display
Operating System: Android 2.3 OS, will update to Android Ice Cream Sandwich
Processor: Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 SAMSUNG Exynos

Hack attack exposes major gap in Amazon and Apple security !

The recent hacking of Mat Honan was doubly shocking: he's a writer for tech Bible Wired, and hackers were able to crack his accounts with non-technical ease.

Here's the scariest part: Anyone with both an Amazon account and an Apple ID is potentially vulnerable to the same attack.
The two companies say they're working to close the security gaps exposed by Honan's hack, but they were tight-lipped on Tuesday about the details of what changes they're making.
Honan's harrowing tale, which he chronicled in a detailed story for Wired late Monday, explains how a Friday-night hack quickly snowballed and took down many of his digital accounts: Amazon, Apple iCloud, Gmail and Twitter, plus the data on his three Apple devices.

EA sues Zynga ( facebook game app maker )for copyright infringement !

Zynga made a name for itself by developing games for Facebook, but a lawsuit from Electronic Arts accuses the FarmVille maker of acting less than friendly.

Zynga's new game The Ville is a "blatant mimicry" of EA's The Sims Social game, EA's suit alleges.


EA (EA) filed the copyright infringement suit Friday on behalf of its Maxis Label, which created The Sims Social.
"The similarities go well beyond any superficial

Images of Mars landing show "exciting ride," NASA says

 Images beamed to Earth show NASA's rover Curiosity had an "exciting ride" when it landed on the Red Planet, the space agency said Tuesday.

NASA obtained some 297 color, low-resolution images sent to Earth from its rover that landed on Mars early Monday.

Samsung Galaxy S3 Clone - HDC Galaxy S3 from china for $209 !

Now China is not copying iphones but  Samsung Phones..  ! HDC Galaxy S3 Main specs: 4.7 inch TFT touchscreen, 5MP back camera + 0.3MP front camera, 1GHz MTK MT6575 processor, 512MB RAM...
 

If you need more information about it, pls visit http://android-sale.com/hdc-galaxy-s3-i9300-phone.html

Also you can get cheap smart phones at http://www.chinavasion.com and delivered to your door step.

Note from blogger : We highly recommend that, its better to stick to branded phones if you are going to pay anything over $150. If you get a smart phone for around $50-100 form china, its worth buying otherwise your wasting your money. I'am telling this with my past experience.

Battle of the Smart Devices - Samsung vs Apple

Apple, one of the most famously secretive companies in the world, is giving the public a rare peek into how it makes and markets its products.

Two major Apple executives took the stand at the Apple patent trial against Samsung Friday in San Jose, California, discussing the history of the iPhone and iPad and the impact of Samsung on the company.

Apple is suing Samsung for $2.5 billion, claiming it copied the design of the iPhone and iPad. Samsung is countersuing Apple for patent infringement and seeks a portion of all iPhone and iPad profits.

Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of marketing, and Scott Forstall, senior vice president of iOS, both talked about how the iPhone came to be, sharing some color about the device's early days. The origin stories were meant to depict the iPhone as an original, breakthrough technology and show that developing it was a risky undertaking for the company.

5 warning signs of computer / Online gaming addiction !

South Korea is perhaps the world's leader in terms of identifying and treating gaming and Internet addiction. After wiring the nation with the world's fastest broadband infrastructure, South Korea's government spends millions per year to identify and treat gaming and Internet addicts.
About 8% of the country's population age 9 to 39 suffer from Internet or gaming addiction, according to a 2010 government study.

Some see South Korea as a window into the future: Perhaps other nations, including the United States, will see a wave of gaming and Internet addiction when our technological infrastructure catches up. Others say it's too soon to know if gaming addiction is really its own disorder.

Dining at the Olympic village - It's all free

Swimming superstar Michael Phelps once claimed he scoffed up to 12,000 calories a day. Usain Bolt's big sprint rival Yohan Blake says he chomps 16 ripe bananas every 24 hours.

A tiny Japanese athlete easily tucked away 50 pieces of sushi after training, while another marathon runner gobbled plates of raw mince.

Or how about the weightlifter who drinks the first milk of a cow that has just given birth?