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What if you attacked by Virus, Whoz Mother tongue is out of this World ? O_o

Researchers at Kaspersky have reached out for assistance after an investigation into the Duqu Trojan uncovered a section that is written in an unknown programming language.

Duqu is a sophisticated Trojan which seems to have been written by the same people who created the infamous Stuxnet worm. Its main purpose is to act as a backdoor into the system and facilitate the theft of private information.
Conclusions-Kaspersky Lab Expert

• The Duqu Framework appears to have been written in an unknown programming language.


• Unlike the rest of the Duqu body, it's not C++ and it's not compiled with Microsoft's Visual C++ 2008.


• The highly event driven architecture points to code which was designed to be used in pretty much any kind of conditions, including asynchronous commutations.


• Given the size of the Duqu project, it is possible that another team was responsible for the framework than the team which created the drivers and wrote the system infection and exploits.


• The mysterious programming language is definitively NOT C++, Objective C, Java, Python, Ada, Lua and many other languages we have checked.


• Compared to Stuxnet (entirely written in MSVC++), this is one of the defining particularities of the Duqu framework.

The Duqu Framework: What was that?-Kaspersky Lab Expert

After having performed countless hours of analysis, we are 100% confident that the Duqu Framework was not programmed with Visual C++. It is possible that its authors used an in-house framework to generate intermediary C code, or they used another completely different programming language.

We would like to make an appeal to the programming community and ask anyone who recognizes the framework, toolkit or the programming language that can generate similar code constructions, to contact us or drop us a comment in this blogpost. We are confident that with your help we can solve this deep mystery in the Duqu story.

Source : Kaspersky Lab Expert,https://www.securelist.com

For Detail Analysis Visit securelist.

Apple Inc. unveiled a new iPad tablet with a sharper display and the ability to connect to the Internet on 4G broadband networks, as the electronics giant strives to stay ahead of rivals in the tablet market.



The new iPad will have a high-resolution "retina" display and connect to 4G LTE services that are offered by carriers like AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless. The tablet will also have a five megapixel camera.

The new 9.7-inch iPad starts at $499 and has 2048×1536-pixel retina display, 5-megapixel camera (with the same optics sensor from the iPhone 4S) and 1080p video recording. It will be available March 16 in black and white, powered by A5X chip (with quad-core graphics) and support 4G LTE networks. It’s 9.4 millimeters thick and weighs in at 1.4 pounds.



It will hit stores on Friday, March 16 not only in the U.S., but also in Japan, UK, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, France, Hong Kong, Singapore and Austria. And for the rest one wait until March 23.

Pre-orders start today. For Wi-Fi only iPads, it will cost $499 for 16 GB, $599 32 GB and $699 for 64 GB. For 4G models, it will cost $629 for 16 GB, $729 32 GB and $829 for 64 GB. It will have 10 hours of battery life, and 9 hours on 4G.



The iPad will also feature a retina display with 2048 x 1536 pixels, and 264 pixels for each inch. It will include 44% greater saturation and A5x quad-core graphics.

Apple is working on two LTE versions of the iPad with AT&T, Verizon in the U.S., as well as Rogers, Telus and Bell in Canada. Both LTE U.S. models will be 3G ready, too.

Update : Apple's new iPad ship date slips to March 19th in the US

Source : Engadget,Mashable,TheVerge

Soon when you logout of Facebook, you could be greeted with a full recreation of the Bing home page, complete with pretty photo and an active search box.When you type in a query and press Enter, you're taken out of Facebook to a separate Bing search results page.



At Marketing Conference , Facebook explained that over 37 million people log out every day, which offers huge potential for advertisers. The new log out ad unit is an option inside Premium On Facebook, a new paid campaign businesses can sign up for that also includes News Feed ads and Mobile app ads.

Microsoft made a hefty early investment (which is now worth more than $1 billion) in Facebook, and even powers web search results that can appear inside the site's internal search bar. Facebook's new ads likely won't bother users (since they've already @ logged out Page), and will provide a new opportunity for advertisers to turn the log out page into the coveted back page of a newsstand magazine.

Now that the Yahoo deal has seemingly fallen apart, Microsoft is even more eager to expand its search footprint against arch rival Google. Google reached a large search agreement with MySpace a few years ago, guaranteeing $900 million in payments over 3.75 years. Since that time, there have been rumors that Google has been dissatisfied with the monetization performance of MySpace’s search traffic.

Microsoft,Facebook Vs Google,MySpace

Source: TheVerge,TechCrunch,Facebook

Wait Is Over as Microsoft finally Unveils Windows 8 Consumer Preview Called Windows 8 Beta Available as a public download, the Consumer Preview build includes access to Microsoft's Metro style applications, and the over 100,000 changes Microsoft has made since the Windows 8 Developer Preview.

"The operating system is at Consumer Preview level. The apps are at preview level."- Dana Wollman



The Consumer Preview it is currently available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions in English, Chinese, French, German, and Japanese.

It's Windows reimagined and reinvented from a solid core of Windows 7 speed and reliability. It's an all-new touch interface. It's a new Windows for new devices. And it's your chance to be one of the first to try it out.

Note before you download: Windows 8 Consumer Preview is prerelease software that may be substantially modified before it’s commercially released. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, with respect to the information provided here. Some product features and functionality may require additional hardware or software. If you decide to go back to your previous operating system, you'll need to reinstall it from the recovery or installation media that came with your PC.

Source : Engadget,Mashable,TheVerge

Today is the big day — popular BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay is no longer hosting .torrent files, and moving entirely to magnet links.
For nearly all file sharers the change to magnet links is a non-issue — just click on the red link instead of the green one and everything ought to work as normal.

Nokia just unveiled an incredible camera phone called the 808 PureView during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The device features a stunning 41-megapixel camera. Nokia says this is only the beginning and that it will introduce the sensor into many more products in the future. The phone is expected to begin rolling out in May for 450 Euros and it will be available in a variety of colors.



Symbian has always enjoyed a reputation for producing impressive camera phones, and the Nokia 808 Pure View, has certainly upped the game.

As with other Nokia phones it uses Karl Zeiss lenses, but what makes this phone radically different is it features a sensor with an incredible 41 Megapixel capacity, either 7728×5354 in 16:9 format, or 7152×5368 in 4:3.

The phone uses a technique that Nokia calls over-sampling, to produce crystal clear, noiseless images with an effective resolution of 5 megapixels. The camera uses a dedicated graphics processing unit to combine algorithmically groups of up to seven pixels to produce one “super” pixel. The GPU processes one billion pixels a second.

In addition the massive over-sampling allows the camera to digitally zoom up to 4x with no loss in quality. Shooting video in full 1080p video allows for 3x zoom, or up to 6x zoom if shot in 720p definition.



This is Nokia's first smartphone to feature our exclusive new PureView technology, which completely blows away any prior expectations about the quality of camera phone photography.The Nokia 808 PureView features a 41-megapixel sensor with our highest performance Carl Zeiss optics to date and Nokia’s brand-new pixel oversampling technology.


It’s also a smartphone


Outside the camera, it’s also a great smartphone, of course! Inside, it’s got the latest Nokia Belle operating system with Feature Pack 1 enhancements. These enhancements allow improved performance, personalisation and entertainment options, with a new browser, the latest Nokia Maps and an improved notifications bar. One other great new feature is that the phone can deliver content recorded in surround sound to any stereo headphones, using technology from Dolby.

The screen is a four-inch, ClearBlack AMOLED display underneath Gorilla Glass, allowing for a big clear view of what’s going on, under any lighting conditions. Inside, there’s a 1.3GHz processor to keep everything humming. There’s 16GB of internal user memory, with support for MicroSD cards up to 32GB to contain all the pictures and video you’ll be shooting.

The device is remarkably pocketable considering how much there is inside. It’s only slightly larger than the Nokia N8 while the total weight, including the battery, is 169g. Talk time (over a 3G network) is rated at 6.5 hours, with a standby time of up to 540 hours.

Source : technobuffalo.com , Nokia , http://live.theverge.com/Event/Nokia_MWC_2012_event , http://conversations.nokia.com

Flipkart is launching music service this month – DRM Free, Priced at Rs. 10/


Flipkart in recent months has started expanding the number of products it sells— from books it has moved to mobiles, motherboards, and other products. Just last month reports came of Flipkart buying out rival online retail firm LetsBuy.com.

Now an exclusive news report from Plugged.in reveals that the website is planning to launch a music service, much on the lines of Amazon, which allow users to download mp3 songs for as low as Rs 10.

Now in India at some point we’ve all downloaded music, television shows, movies, illegally. As Songs.pk banned in India Flipkart’s latest offer of mp3′s at Rs 10 might sound like a good deal, and a good attempt to prevent piracy online.

What do you think? Will you buy a song for Rs 10?
for More Info visit http://www.pluggd.in/flipkart-music-flyte-pricing-297/

Source : http://www.pluggd.in

It seems like two of the top two torrent websites are down right now. Pirate Bay and EZTV are not responding to user requests at the time of reporting.

The Pirate Bay website at http://www.piratebay.se/ and EZTV website http://eztv.it seem to be offline and cannot be accessed right now. [19/02/2012 11:20 GMT +5:30].

Ping report of http://www.piratebay.se

Ping report of http://eztv.it

Waiting for More Info...

Stay Tune :)

Update1: Jason Livingood, Executive Director Internet Systems Engineering at Comcast told TorrentFreak: “Please note that we do not block websites and we are NOT blocking The Pirate Bay.”

Final Update : Both Site http://thepiratebay.se/ and http://eztv.it/ are back in Action.

Update : 02-03-2012

Server Down Again [02/03/2012 05:34 GMT +5:30].

Symantec’s pcAnywhere Source Code released on the popular Bittorrent indexing site The Piratebay where it quickly climbed into the top 5 seeded files of the Misc category.

What Anonymous Says :

"Symantec has been lying to its customers. We exposed this point thus spreading the world that ppl need" - #AntiSec #Anonymous

Pyka

• Do you travel by train? And, would you like us to call you and wake you up just in time to get down?


• Do you want to be on time to receive your guest instead of waiting when the train is delayed?

Then, PYKA is For You
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/26103353 w=400&h=225]

Sample Message

PYKA 12677 SBC 16-01-2012
This message sets a wake-up phone call for Bangalore City-Ernakulam Intercity Express reaching Bangalore City on 16-08-2011

Message Format

pyka train_number station_code [arrival_date] [mobile] [minutes]

train_number	Number of the train in which the passenger travels
station_code	Station before which wakeup call is to be made
[arrival_date] (optional)	Date of arrival at the destination for future journeys
[mobile] (optional)	Mobile number, if different from the sender
[minutes] (optional)	Minutes before reaching the station, when alarm needs to be raised (default: 20 minutes)

Disclaimer: The service is in beta testing phase. SMS delivery and Voice calls  depend upon a number of factors including network connectivity, congestion, and the phone being powered on. Also, alarms can sometimes use the schedule information.

Source : Pyka

This method will require you to modify the Windows registry

Step 1: Open the Windows Start menu and enter regedit into the search bar.[Backup your Registry before start Cooking]

OR

Windows + R and Type "regedit" [Without Quote]

Step 2: Right click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and select Find.

Step 3: Search for OEMBackground, which should be in Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background. If the key does not exist, add a new DWORD value with the name OEMBackground.

Step 4: Double click on the entry OEMBackground, and change the value from 0 to 1.



Step 5: Open Windows Explorer and go to the following path: %windir%\system32\oobe.

Step 6: Create a new folder named info, and open it.

Step 7: Create a new folder within info named backgrounds.

Step 8: Rename your desired wallpaper as backgroundDefault.jpg and place it inside the folder backgrounds (images must be less than 245KB in size).

That should do the trick, now just lock your PC, log off or reboot and enjoy.

Have your Facebook friends invited you to switch your boring blue Facebook profile to an attractive shade of red, black or shocking pink?

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejCjxSaxnEM]

So what happens if you click on one of these links?

Clicking on these links, which ask you to share them with your friends before even changing any colors, will only spread the scam, says security blog Sophos.

Source : Mashable & Sophos

When I bought a new notebook recently, I resolved to take better care of my laptop battery this time than I had with my previous ones. With my last laptops the battery was more or less dead after a year or so. If a battery is treated with care it can last up to four years. I thought that I knew how a notebook battery has to be handled, but after googling this topic , I realized that quite a few of my beliefs were outdated.



There are two important keywords when it comes to battery            preservation:

Charging and Temperature.

That is, how the batteries are charged, and the temperatures to which they are exposed, are key factors that determine their lifespan.

There is a lot of confusion surrounding this issue, mostly because lithium-ion batteries are different from older, Nickel-based batteries ,Charging them incorrectly can decrease their Lifespan.

Most lithium batteries should last you a few years, but improper care can decrease that lifespan, meaning that your battery will be unable to hold a charge or unable to hold as big a charge as it used to quicker.

So, to clear things up, here's how to actually extend your battery's health as much as possible.

•  Don't leave it fully charged : 

Lithium-ion batteries don't need to be charged all the way to 100%. In fact, they'd prefer not to be so the     40% - 80%rule you heard is a good guideline. When possible, keep it in that range to prolong its life as long as you can. And, if you do charge it to 100%, don't leave it plugged in. This is something most of us do, but it's
another thing that will degrade your battery's health.

• Perform shallow discharges :

Instead of discharging to 0% all the time, lithium-ion batteries do best when you discharge them for a little bit, then charge them for a little bit. The table  from Battery University, shows that discharges to 50% are better for your battery's long-term life than (since the 50% discharges provide the best number of cycles-to-usage ratio).

Depth of discharge (DoD) determine the cycle count. The smaller the depth of discharge, the longer the battery will last.

• Keep it cool :

Most people overlook this one. Excess heat is not only bad for your processor (and your lap), but your battery as well.

Once again, see the table from Battery University at the right side a hot battery will degrade in health much quicker than a cool one. As such, I highly recommend using a laptop stand or Cooling Pad.

• Fully discharge it once a month :

This may seem contradictory, but hear us out. While lithium-ion batteries shouldn't be discharged regularly, most modern batteries are what's known as "smart batteries", which means that they can tell you how long you have until your battery dies (e.g. "2 hours, 15 minutes remaining"). This feature can get miscalibrated
after a lot of shallow discharges. So, manufacturers recommend fully discharging your battery once a month to make sure this stays accurate.

Keep these things in mind and your battery will last longer.

Do you know you can not create folder named "CON" [without Quotes] anywhere in your Windows Pc.

 Try creating a folder named "CON"(without the quotes) anywhere on your hard disk and i am sure you wont be able to do so.

Huh ... Now What ? Error Message ?

Because Windows Reserved Some Name  like PRN , AUX , NUL , LPT1 , COM1 , CON etc ...

Here is the Solution:

Just copy from here "СON" (Without the Quotes) and now paste it in your Folder or File name .Yes the Magic Happen. But The Question is How ?? O_o

Reason: The reason is that i am using Unicode. Instead of 67 as the ASCII code of C. Unicode 6.0 Character Code is 1057.That is why i am able to make a folder by this name.

Analysis : 

There is nothing strange in this... one of your "CON" contains a Unicode character for"C" having 1057 as Character Code. Whereas the Other "C" has 67 as Character Code. Since windows works on ASCII Characters it allows the users to create CON Folder where "C" has 1057 as Character Code.

Mystery is now solved  '_'

You're probably aware that 64-bit and 32-bit versions of your operating system exist, but you may have no idea what separates the two.

32bit Os

The maximum memory[RAM-Random Access Memory] our system support depend upon the Operation System[32bit or 64bit] and Your Motherboard.

When you install 4GB ram on 32bit  Windows system your system will utilize only 3GB or 3.5GB .

There isn't a problem with the memory. Windows allows for 4GB of memory to be addressed, but this isn't 100 percent the same as having 4GB of physical memory. What happens is that some of the addressable memory (regardless of how much you have physically installed) is reserved for use by page files or by some of the devices that you are using, such as a graphics card, PCI card, integrated network connections, etc...so it's unavailable for use as normal main memory.

The maximum memory limitation varies by operating system; for instance, the 4GB memory limitation doesn't exist in 64-bit
versions of Windows [Which is used by High-End Users].
Memory maximums for current MicrosoftŠ Windows OS :

Windows 7 32bit and 64bit 



 

 

 

 

Windows XP 32bit and 64bit



 

 

 

Windows Vista 32bit and 64bit