Lady Gaga found dead: Facebook scam

This is a new red alert from security firm Sophos. Hackers have plotted a new trick to lure Facebook users. The security researchers from Sophos have identified a scam that has now started spreading on Facebook. Users are enticed into clicking on a bogus Lady Gaga themed video link.The spam appears in the form of following text:BREAKING: Lady Gaga Found Dead in Hotel Room. This is the most awful... By shashwatdc gupta

Mysterious company plans to launch new tablet

There is no dearth of companies, which aspire to launch a proverbial iPad killer, but till now none of them have succeeded. Where many established players have failed, perhaps an unknown and rather mysterious company might succeed. We are talking about TabCo, about which not much is known. The name TabCo obviously stands for Tablet Company; that is what the companys About Us page claims. The... By shashwatdc gupta

Facial recognition is the new cultural zeitgeist

The latest face recognition technology works by gathering information about all that is in public domain through diverse channels of cloud computing, including various social networks and blogs. You point a camera on someones face and you get to see information about the person name, address, contact details and much else. You might even be able to get access to things like personal account... By shashwatdc gupta

With 25.3% share, Samsung is top phone maker in US

comScore has released its latest report on the Mobile Subscriber Market Share in USA. As far as the mobile OS is concerned, there are no surprises. The Android OS continues to rule the mobile OS space. Two out of five smartphone subscribers in USA use the Android OS, according to comScore. The survey says, Google Android continued to gain ground in the smartphone market reaching 40.1 percent... By shashwatdc gupta

Spam king had hacked 500000 Facebook accounts

Believe it or not, between November 2008 and March 2009, 43-year-old Sanford Wallace is alleged to have hacked into 500,000 Facebook accounts to harvest friend lists. Also known by the aliases, Spamford Wallace and David Frederix, Wallace was arrested in Las Vegas two days ago. It is alleged that he used the compromised lists to make more than 27 million unsolicited postings on Facebook walls... By shashwatdc gupta

Tablets in the range of Rs. 13,999 from MSI

If you are looking for some really low cost tablets, then MSI will soon be offering you some reasonable sounding options. The Taiwanese computer maker has announced that it intends to launch low cost tablets starting Rs.13, 999 in the Indian market. These series of tablets known as Enjoy come in two variants. The 10-inch Enjoy 10 is for Rs 13,999 and 7-inch Enjoy 7 is for Rs 14,999. MSI India... By shashwatdc gupta

HTC plans eight new phones by September

The Taiwanese handset maker, HTC, has announced that it will launch eight new mobile phones in Q3 this year, as the company looks to continue its momentum against increased competition. If the launches go as per planned, then the company might be able to sell more than 13.5 million phones in the third quarter. So far 2011 has been an excellent year for HTC. The global brand, known for its... By shashwatdc gupta

Coming soon: tiny Android device you can wear

Android is on an innovation spree. It is already present in close to 50 percent of smartphones in the world. But that is not enough. Now few tech companies are in a race to create a new class of Android powered tiny devices, which can be worn on the wrist or as a bracelet around the neck.One of these companies is a new start-up called WIMM Labs, which counts former Rambus, Dell, Roku, Palm, EA,... By shashwatdc gupta

5.6 billion mobile connections in 2011: Gartner

The latest research report by Gartner Inc. indicates that the number of mobile connections in all parts of the world will reach the figure of 5.6 billion in 2011. This is up 11 percent from 5 billion connections in 2010. There will be a corresponding rise in revenues for the operators. Mobile data services revenue is expected to total $314.7 billion in 2011, a 22.5 percent increase from 2010... By shashwatdc gupta

Mark Zuckerbergs sister leaves Facebook

After a six-year tenure, Mark Zuckerberg's 29-year-old elder sister Randi, who also happens to be Facebook's marketing director, is leaving her brothers company. She has already handed her resignation. Randi has also tweeted about her exit from the social networking site that now boasts of more than 750 million users. Her Twitter post said, It is with mixed emotions that I announced my departure... By shashwatdc gupta

Govt accepts TRAI recommendations on Broadband

The Indian government has agreed to revise its definition of broadband as a connection that offers speed of 512 Kbps from January 2011. Previously broadband, in government parlance, was being defined as a connection that offered a minimum speed of 256 Kbps. From January 1, 2015, the stipulated download speed for any broadband connection, either wireline or wireless, will be 2 Mbps. All this is... By shashwatdc gupta

As Apple, Microsoft gang up, Google cries foul

Few weeks ago, it was the Googles executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, who made headlines by claiming, lawsuits on Android OS users were inspired by jealousy. Now we have Google Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, David Drummond, giving his a rather elaborate twist to that issue of lawsuits. On Googles official blog, there is a new post by Drummond, titled When patents attack Android.... By shashwatdc gupta