The first company to bring processors into the GigaHertz space has done it once again with their phenomenal Phenom II quad core chip clocking at 7 GHz.

The team that achieved this goal used a 28 multiplier with a 250.1MHz bus clock on a 1.25GHz bus. The motherboard that was used for the testing was a DFI “LANParty” UT 790FXB-M3eH7 that sported a digital PWM. An AMD 790FX rev 00 NB and ATI SB750 rev 00 SB were present on the board, and the team also placed on it dual ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics boards, along with 2GB DDR3 dual-channel 667MHz RAM.

I was playing with a few softwares when my "avast antivirus" warned me of this "win32:sality virus".As usual i neglected it.This was a big mistake i made.Two hours later my antivirus declared VLC as virus, 4 hours later notepad was declared as virus and 24 hours later almost all exes were declared as virus. Many programs terminated abnormally.


I started searching net for information on this virus.When i got the following info about it:-
Characteristics
Type : Virus
Category : Win32
Also known as: W32.HLLP.Sality (Symantec)


Description
Win32/Sality is a polymorphic virus that infects Win32 PE executable files. It also contains trojan components. Win32/Sality has been known to be downloaded by variants of the Win32/Bagle family.
Method of Infection
When an infected file is executed the virus decrypts itself and drops a DLL file into the %System% directory. The DLL file is injected into other running processes. The virus then executes the host program code.
Some examples of the names used by the Sality DLL file as reported to CA from the wild include the following:
%System%\syslib32.dll
%System%\oledsp32.dll
%System%\olemdb32.dll
%System%\wcimgr32.dll
%System%\wmimgr32.dll
Note: '%System%' is a variable location. The malware determines the location of the current System folder by querying the operating system.


Method of Distribution
Via File Infection
Sality searches local drives C:\ to Y:\ for Windows PE executable files to infect. Some variants do....

Some people dont even say it in a single language.........for them to learn which language they feel comfortable .


1 Indian English - 143
2 English - I love you
3 Afrikaans - Ek het jou lief
4 Albanian - Te dua
5 Arabic - Ana behibak (to male)
6 Arabic - Ana behibek (to female)
7 Armenian - Yes kez sirumen
8 Bambara - M'bi fe
9 Bangla - Aamee tuma ke bhalo aashi
10 Belarusian - Ya tabe kahayu
11 Bisaya - Nahigugma ako kanimo
12 Bulgarian - Obicham te
13 Cambodian - Soro lahn nhee ah
14 Cantonese Chinese - Ngo oiy ney a
15 Catalan - T'estimo

A few years ago, Intels best processor was the Pentium 4. It had one processor inside of it. Then, Intel put two of those into one package to make a dual core processor. This just means that there are two cores on one processor(Pentium D ok!) So there were two Pentium 4's inside the processor.

Three years ago, Intel introduced a new processor. It was a much more efficient design, and it came with two cores in one package by itself. Instead of putting two different processors in one package, it was just built like that "natively". These new processors were called the Core 2 Duos beat the older Pentium D's (the dual core Pentium 4's) by a lot.

Since the introduction of the Core 2 Duos, there have been a few less powerful processors introduced, that were slightly different and at a lower price, but still based off of the same architecture. So, they were still dual core processors, but not necassarily a Core 2 Duo.

These less expensive processors typlically had a smaller amount of cache, and a lower Front Side Bus standard(FSB).

The models that only have 1MB of cache are named "Dual-Core" prrocessors, to seperate them as "having less cache". It really means nothing, other than the less cache.

I know people are bothered about protecting their Orkut account and safe guarding their privacy, so what do you need to know of protectting a Google Account?

1. How the account can be cracked.
2. How to get it back, once it’s gone out of your reach.
3. Take the precautions!
   

Google Accounts or any other web based service is immune from being cracked due to a flaw or a security hole in the system, in *MOST* cases, the account gets hacked due to ignorance of the user, the chances including, making yourself a victim of phishing, using the “Remember Me” feature on public computers, saving the passwords on browsers in computers which may be accessed by someone without your consent, etc.

So what are the things an ignorant user normally does that makes him a victim of account hijacking or cracking?....

The General Shortcuts


* CTRL+C (Copy)
* CTRL+X (Cut)
* CTRL+V (Paste)
* CTRL+Z (Undo)
* DELETE (Delete)
* SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)
* CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)
* CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)
* F2 key (Rename the selected item)
* CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word)
* CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word)
* CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph)
* CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph)
* CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)
* SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document)
* CTRL+A (Select all)
* F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)
* ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item)
* ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)
* ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object)
* ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)
* CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)
* ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items)
* ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened)
* F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop)
* F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
* SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)
* ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window)
* CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)
* ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu)
* Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command)
* F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program)
* RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu)
* LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu)
* F5 key (Update the active window)
* BACKSPACE (View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
* ESC (Cancel the current task)
* SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing)

Dialog Box Keyboard Shortcuts

* CTRL+TAB (Move forward through the tabs)
* CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the tabs)
* TAB (Move forward through the options)
* SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the options)
* ALT+Underlined letter (Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option)
* ENTER (Perform the command for the active option or button)
* SPACEBAR (Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box)
* Arrow keys (Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons)
* F1 key (Display Help)

Disable the Indexing Service in Windows XP


Windows Indexing Service creates indexes of the contents and properties of all files on local and network drives in order to increase file searching speed. If you are not bothered about the slight increase in search speed or if you use search engine like the Google Desktop Search or any other software, then you can safely disable the indexing service.....

Check out this Einstein robot which is able to teach itself how to smile or display other emotions. According to the researchers, who presented the project last month at the 2009 IEEE 8th International Conference on Development and Learning, this is the first time anyone has used machine learning to teach a robot to make realistic facial expressions.





If robot can smile, why don't you wear yours today.. :)