The unhackable PlayStation 3 has finally been hacked

Yes thats true, the unhackable PlayStation 3 has finally been hacked, this means that you will be able to play PS3 games without using original disks. This is possible if you have a ModChip which is a USB device and is called 'PS Jailbreak'.

This modchip is now available for pre-order and soon would be available in global markets . Though it will give you the freedom to play without original games disks, you have to shell out a cool $169 to get your hands on this modchip.

This chips can be bought online via OzModChips.com, OzModChips is a Melbourne based business that imports and sells modchips directly to the consumer and in bulk to businesses. Once you have it in hand you can easily plug it into your PS3 and install it using instructions which can be downloaded from the product website.

Your Office Photocopy machine could be a digital time bomb

Have you ever used your office photo copy machine to scan important personal document? like your credit card, income tax papers, social security document, medical records, bank records etc. If the answer is yes then you have a potential threat of these critical data to be stolen.

Did you know most of the digital copier built after 2002 has a build in hard drive and it stores an image of every documents copied, scanned or emailed by the machine on the copier's hard drive. This makes any office copy machine packed with highly-personal or sensitive data and a potential digital time-bomb.

Over a period of time most of the office copier machine are sold out to third party vendors and if somebody is in a identity theft business it seems this machine would be a pot of gold. Retrieving images and data from the copier's hard drive is a very simple process.

Check out this investigative video. This would be surprising and this could be an eye-opener

Advanced technology has opened a dangerous hole in data security, specific precautions can help to minimize risk. The first step could be sharing this awareness.

Also get your office IT dept. to periodically clean the copier's hard drive data.

Source: labnol , cbsnews

The Basics of Blogging - With Video Tutorials

The Internet in today's time has changed the nature of work, allowing people to set up virtual offices and work from anywhere and at anytime. With plenty of online tools readily available, setting up your virtual identity is very simple. Blogs or Web-Logs is one such identity. Blogging has been adopted in a very big way on the internet, as it gives an individual the power of media.

I myself have been blogging part for the past 4 years and it has been really exiting. I get more excited when I get responses, emails and comments from my blog readers.

Today i thought of sharing the basics of blogging, its simplicity and its effectiveness and the easy tools available online.

What exactly is a blog ? how is it so powerful ? Well here's a video explaining a blog in simple english.



Now that you understood what a blog is, you would now like to set up one for your self. Below is a video tutorial explaing simple steps to setup your own blogs within minutes..



Hope both these videos were helpful, This is in response to all the email inquires I have been receiving on blogging and starting a blog// thank you all for your email/comments.

Do Know the real rockstar from Intel's Ad ?

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Intel had recently released a multi-year global campaign to showcase the advances it has made over the chip technology. Do you recollect the recent Intel Rockstar TV Ad ? In this particular Ad Intel had focused on Ajay V. Bhatt, the co-inventor of Universal Serial Bus (USB).

Who exactly is Ajay Bhatt ? Well he is an Indian computer architect working with Intel and currently holds a position of Intel's Chief I/O architect. He has been very instrumental in driving definition and development of technologies such as USB (Universal Serial Bus), AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) and PCI Express.

Just to share Ajay Bhatt himself was not in this Tv Ad, probably because he doesn't want his real fans to recognize him in public. His role in the Ad was played by a actor Sunil Narkar.

The Google Bus: A Google India initiative.

The Google Bus project: It's a mobile bus designed to showcase the benefits of Internet usage to the people across the cities of India. Its a good menthod to directly connect to the Indian masses. Currently the project was limited to Tamil Nadu initially and Google had promised to visit other areas in the country, if they get a good response to the program. Google Bus will be soon seen on Bangalore roads as well.

Here is the list of places and schedule for the Google Bus:-
04 May Kolar
06 May Mandya
08 May Mysore
13 May Bengaluru
14 May Hassan
17 May Arsikere
18 May Shimoga
21 May Bhadravati
24 May Chikmanglur
27 May Tumkur
30 May Chitradurga
02 Jun Davangere
06 Jun Hubli-Dharwad
11 Jun Belgaum
15 Jun Gadag
18 Jun Hospet

Also here are some interesting featured videos

1.Featured Internet Bus Video:-


2.Internet For Communication:-


3.Internet For Information:-


4.Internet For Education:-

The White House now gets into social networking

Recently the Obama administration had revamped WhiteHouse.gov, and also created several other websites including recovery.gov to track the economic stimulus bill and transparency.gov to monitor spending. It recently had also announced plans to launch data.gov a site which would make a broad array of US government data available to the public.

And now the white house is available on social networking sites like MYSpace, Facebook and Twitter. Content from President Barack Obama's website WhiteHouse.gov is being fed in real time to White House profile pages on MySpace and Facebook.

The White House has more than 60,000 fans on Facebook and more than 8,000 friends on MySpace within a few hours of the pages going online while more than 14,500 people had signed up as "followers" of the White House Twitter stream.

Obama's "New Media" team has already created a channel on YouTube upon his taking office and the White House is also present on photo-sharing site Flickr, video-sharing site Vimeo and on Apple's iTunes.

Here are the links on Facebook, MySpacce and Twitter. So if your are Obama fan.. join the club.

The World Wide Web turns 20 years

On March 13 of 1989 a software consultant named Tim Berners-Lee proposed a solution based on a distributed hypertext system (a global hypertext system) which eventually gave birth to the World Wide Web.

Tim Berners-Lee working at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research handed a document to his supervisor Mike Sendall entitled "Information Management : a Proposal". "Vague, but exciting" is how Mike described it, and he gave Tim the nod to take his proposal forward.

A mere two decades after its inception, the Web has revolutionized almost every aspect of our lives, from business to healthcare to relationships.

Happy Birthday to the World Wide Web - and sincere thanks and respect to Sir Tim Berners-Lee.

Heres a small documentary video on the topic.. enjoy!!

The Global Recession - Explained

“It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose yours. Harry S. Truman”. The US defines a recession as a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months, normally visible in real GDP, real income, employment, industrial production, and wholesale-retail sales.

Since the US economy represents about 20 percent of the global economy, trouble in the US can spread more or less quickly to throughout the world causing what is called “Global Recession”.

How did this Recession start ?.. it started with the crisis of credit. Check out the video below to understand the whole concept

The Crisis of Credit Visualized - Part 1


The Crisis of Credit Visualized - Part 2


What does it mean to Be in Recession, well it means..

1. Lower Incomes
2. Rising Unemployment
3. Lower inflation
4. Higher Government Borrowing
5. Fall in sales of houses.
6. Fall in Business and consumer confidence
7. More spare capacity in the economy.

Can this Recession effect me ? Why can't it... thousands are already impacted by losing their jobs..

Layoff Tally sheet 1 Layoff tally sheet 2

So what is the government doing about it ?... Well they are releasing economy recovery stimulus packages.

The recent being one by the US

Welcome to the era of cloud computing

How dependent are you on your computer? Currently most of us does depend a lot on our PC for data, personal information and using various application. Well the next era would be an era of cloud computing, where information and applications would be hosted in cyberspace rather than on specific processors and silicon racks.

Software and files which are traditionally stored on a user’s own desktop or a local server would be a thing of the past. Cloud computing, also known as software as a service (SaaS), instead stores resources remotely and delivers them over the internet. Data and services can then be accessed from any computer, irrespective of location or even operating system. All you need is a web connection...

Infact the begining has already been made by the internet gaints, namely Apple's Mobileme, Microsoft's SkyDrive and now its time for Google's GDrive.

Here's a brief about all the three services and guess who would be the best ??

Apple's Mobileme: For $99 per user, Apple's MobileMe will provide everybody an organized Web home for all of their important stuff. MobileMe will integrate PCs with a Web space in applications that serve both platforms. It will act as a repository of documents and files that iPhones or PCs or Macs or even iPod touch devices can access.

Microsoft's SkyDrive: Store, access, and share your files with friends or co-workers, from anywhere online. Free 25 GB online storage means you can easily get to your stuff with just a few quick clicks. So now with SkyDrive keep your Internet Explorer favorites in sync between computers, and access them anywhere from your SkyDrive. Leave comments on any file in SkyDrive and see all of the recent comments people have left for you. You set the passwords and you decide who sees what, so you have confidence that your data is in your control.Uploading content is as easy as dragging and dropping the files from your computer onto the Web.

Google's GDrive: Google’s GDrive would basically provide online storage through Google servers – enough for the entire contents of your hard drive. Using GDrive You’d be able to access all your desktop files remotely, via a web interface, and there’d be tight integration with a host of Google services – Docs, Gmail, Picasa, etc

So now, whos the best?? Well i vote for GDrive... because GDrive will probably offer unlimited storage free of charge - unlike SkyDrive that will offer 25GB free and that’s limited to 50MB per file.

So whats your take on Cloud computing ?? Do comment below..

What could be the future of Satyam ?

Satyam Computer Services Ltd. is being called "India's Enron," after its chairman admitted he had cooked the books to the tune of about $1 billion, leaving the company with almost no cash. Satyam has nearly 53,000 employees and is the country’s fourth biggest IT firm. It has also won various innovation accolades and awards for its corporate governance.

In a swift action to salvage the Satyam crisis, the Centre had set up a three-member board by nominating HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh, the former Nasscom president, Kiran Karnik, and the ex-SEBI member, C. Achutan, as independent directors to take charge and chart out the future course of action.

So now whats on the future course of action for Satyam, well as per Mr. Karnik the immediate task would be ensuring continuity and sustainability for customers and employees.

Telecoms software firm Tech Mahindra Ltd, a unit of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, had emerged as a strong contender for Satyam and was keen on taking over the entire company.

Larsen & Toubro Ltd is also likely to present a revival plan to the newly formed Satyam board.

Aegis BPO Services Ltd., the back office unit of India's Essar Group, has expressed interest in carving out Satyam's back office arm, but has not made a formal offer.
Also an U.S.-listed outsourcing services provider iGate Corp has told the board it is interested in buying Satyam and is in touch with private equity firms to fund a possible deal.

India and Pakistan military weapon comparison

With current tension mounting between India and Pakistan, a possibility of war cannot be totally ruled out. While India government keeps all its options open and Pakistan' building up military presence at the border, the tension is only building up.

Here is a quick overview of the military capabilities of Pakistan and the military capabilities of India along with a comparison chart at the bottom.

The missiles developed by Pakistan are:
Abdali-I (BRBM)
Ghaznavi (SRBM)
Ghauri (missile) (MRBM)
Ghauri-II (MRBM)
Ghauri-III (Close ICBM)
Hatf-I/IA (BRBM)
Shaheen missile (MRBM)
Shaheen-II (IRBM)
Shaheen-III (IRBM)
Babur_missile (Cruise Missile)
Ra'ad (Air Launched Cruise Missile)

Nuclear-Capable Missiles in Pakistan
Hatf-1
Est. Range: 80 km
Est. Payload: 500 kg
Est. Launch Weight: 1500 kg
Propulsion: Single-stage, Solid propellant
Comments: Mobile platform. Status: flight-tested.

Hatf-3
(Tarmuk) (Chinese M-11)
Est. Range: 300 km
Est. Payload: 500 kg
Est. Launch Weight: N/A
Propulsion: Two-stage, Solid propellant
Comments: Mobile platform. Status: flight-tested.

Hatf-5
(Ghauri)
Est. Range: 1000 km
Est. Payload: 700 kg
Est. Launch Weight: 16,000 kg
Propulsion: Single-stage, liquid propellant
Comments: Mobile platform. Status: flight-teste

The missiles developed by India are:
Ballistic Missile
Agni-TD
Agni-I
Agni-II, IIAT
Agni-III
Agni-IV
Prithvi-I, II
Dhanush
Sagarika

Cruise Missile (Land Attack)
BrahMos

Anti-Aircraft Missile
Akash
Astra
Trishul

Anti-Missile Missile
Barak-NG
Trishul

Here's a quick weapon comparison - India and Pakistan


















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