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How many times have you ever been at the local coffee shop, or even a Washington DC conference center , and stressed over the security of the Wi-Fi connection? While there may not be much you can do about improving security for public internet access points, you can protect your wireless devices from being breached. We all know about popular anti-virus software, but not everyone purchases it or maintains a subscription. And while this may be a fool-hardy approach to online access, it does not negate the fact that thousands of internet users are victims of malicious programs every month. There has to be a better solution to online protection tha n having to purchase and install additional software. Indeed, Microsoft has found one. Introducing the New Windows 8 Every few years, we expect the newest, latest version of Windows to roll out, anxious to see what changes and improvements have been made. This latest upgrade to Windows 8 should have virtually everyone excited

Ransom Malware also known as cryptoviruses , cryptotrojans or cryptoworms is a type of scareware Trojan that locks the system and makes your computer unusable unless a fee is paid. Initially it was popular in Russia but now it spread across Europe with the latest thread targeting Swiss, German and Austrian users. Abuse.ch spotted a ransom that literally “locks” a user’s computer due to pirated content such as mp3s, movies, documents and photos that were illegally downloaded from pirate websites. It infects the computer trough possible web-browser vulnerabilities or third party applications including Adobe Flash player and Java. The latest Ransom malware could be purchased from underground forums at a relatively cheap price. Finally, it could be used by cyber criminals in order to infect computers and make profit out of it. The scareware displays fake messages by Metropolitan Police .  To unlock the computer a payment of 100$ transferred via Paysafecard is required. It also displays

Mozilla finally shows it operating system for mobile Boot 2 Gecko recently at Mobile World Congress 2012. The Boot 2 Gecko has its interface built with HTML5 and CSS web standards, making it extremely customizable. The Boot 2 Gecko OS is built upon a Linux kernel, and Mozilla has developed various APIs for functions such as the phone dialer, camera, and 3D graphics. Boot to Gecko therefore has the ability to function like a mobile device. Make calls, sms, capture photos, USB and wireless devices can be connected are main technical features users can expect from this OS. Mozillawiki says B2G is not based on Android but uses some of the same low-level building blocks used in Android (Linux kernel,libusb, etc) in order to reduce the burden on ODMs/OEMs to bring up B2G on new hardware. However, B2G is not based on Android, and will not be compatible with the Android stack (in particular B2G will not run Android applications).

{by Nishadha Silva } Collaboration means a group of people working together to create something. In general most software engineers do this in there day to day life. However the advances in technology and the increasing number of people working from distributed locations lead to more advanced online collaboration tools. Below are some online collaboration tools that are well suited for software engineers. Confluence Confluence is software to manage wiki’s . Wiki’s became very popular after the success of community driven websites like Wikipedia . Business started noticing this and adopted this to manage their business knowledge. People can share their articles and his peers can give feedback instantly. A great tool for manage business knowledge in a collaborative way. Creately Creately is an online diagramming tool , specifically built for software teams. Even as a standalone diagramming tool it compares well and can be considered as an alternative to Microsoft Visio. But when it c

Conversations Nokia has reported that software update for Nokia Lumia 800 will be available online in all country where there are Lumia 800 users. Nokia has released Lumia 800 only couple of weeks ago with MS Windows Phone 7.5 Mango OS. As per the update list it shows comparable increase in  performance and usability. ° Improved charging ° Voicemail notification improvement ° Replying to mail improved for Microsoft Exchange 2003 users ° Improved display in switching in bright light ° Improved audio quality Not everyone will get the update at once – the number of simultaneous downloads has to be limited – but it should be delivered in all the initial launch countries over the course of the next two weeks. The software will be downloaded through Microsoft Zune. source