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Google Alerts Gmail Account Security in Iran

Google is asking its user in Iran to change their passwords and recheck their account recovery options. Few days ago an Iranian hacker stole a Google authentication certificate from DigiNotar (a Dutch certificate authority) and fraudulently creating more than 500 SSL certificates used to authenticate Web sites.

Enjoy Twitter Services in Hindi Very Soon

Twitter has said that it is going to launch its services in Hindi, Filipino, Malay and Chinese in the coming weeks. Besides these, Twitter will support 17 different languages. Facebook has already launched its services in Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Bengali, Telegu and Tamil. Twitter is also far behind Facebook in user number game.

Google To Close Its 10 Services

Google has decided to close its ten services which turns out less successful. These include: Aardvark, Desktop, Google Pack, Google Web Security, Image Labeler, Notebook, Sidewiki and Subscribed Links. Google said that it will help them to devote more resources to 'higher-impact products'.

Facebook is Paying For Finding Security Bugs

Try to hack Facebook, and if you are able, Facebook is ready to pay you. Facebook is encouraging its users and security researcher to find any bug in its service. Till now it has paid out more than $40,000 for this. Send them any vulnerabilities you found. If the report checks out, Facebook will pay you a bounty of at least $500. There are certain criteria...

Create PDF Documents Using Microsoft Word

Creating a PDF document with Microsoft Office 2010 is so easy. No additional plugin is required. Prior to this we have to either use third-party softwares or extra plug-ins. The post I am sharing here is not a trick but may be usefull for you if you want to create PDF files for secure and unaltered distribution...

Show Tabs in Right Side Vertical Bar In Google Chrome

Many people often open 10-12 tabs in their browser and get messed up. Browser tabs at the top may not stand very helfull for this situation. Or may be you have a wider screen so want to enable tabs in right side vertically. This feature is already built in Google Chrome browser but is hidden because it is still under experiments. To enable this feature just follow these two steps...

New Tech Words Added In The Dictionary

Oxford University Press is celebrating 100 years of its dictionary this year. The new 12th edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary contains about 400 new word entries. Newly added words include cyberbullying, upcycle, retweet, sexting, slow food, textspeak etc. The internet terminology is greatly affecting the english lexicon...

Facebook First, YouTube Second In Top Websites List

With 870 million unique visitors, Facebook is on the top of "The 1000 most-visited sites on the web" list released by Google. YouTube is on second position with 790 million unique visitors. This list has been released by Google Ad Planner. The list orders largest 1000 sites worldwide, based on Unique Visitors (users). This list is updated monthly...

Microsoft: Windows 8 Will Offer USB 3.0 Support

Microsoft has announced that its upcoming operating system, Windows 8, will offer native USB 3.0 support. In the results coming till now, USB 3.0 is 10 times faster than USB 2.0, can offer speed upto 5 Gbps. There is no doubt, how we are addicted to use USB devices at present, but the question is, till the release of Windows 8, will hardware support be available...

IBM Designs First 'Brain Chips'

IBM has developed a processor chip that can mimic like human brains. The chip is fabricated with digital silicon circuits, based on neurobiology,will help computers to sense data like we do. It has ability to sense, understand and act on information fed through taste, smell, sight, hearing and touch. Its compact size and low power usage...

Google Buys Motorola Mobility, $12B Deal

The search gaint Google is now heading towards telecommunications hardware business. Google Inc. is buying the Motorola Mobility company for approximately $12.5 billion in cash. The deal was announced today morning by Google CEO in a blog saying it will "supercharge the android ecosystem". But, he clarified, Android will remain open. Market reasearchers says that, Google has acquired Motorola not only because...