DARPA aims to make a computer system that can outlive 100 years of technological change

Failure to respond to these changes can result in technically inferior and potentially vulnerable systems, said Jagannathan. However, many of these have required comprehensive updates and overhauls to remain compatible to external technological developments. source: www.techworm.net

April 13, 2015 · 1 min · 36 words · Emily Morgan

Facebook Ad of an iPhone leads to robbery

Name anything going wrong in this world and Facebook surely figures in it. Now you’re able to add robbery to the growing list of Facebook wrongs. What happened next is out of a con movie. The seller wanted $300 for the phone which the buyer agreed. The victim, afraid for his life gladly parted with the sum and the seller decamped with the money. The police stated that the buyer/victim was not hurt and the seller/suspect is still at large....

April 13, 2015 · 1 min · 94 words · Perry Pennington

First Hologram protest in history against Spain’s draconian gag law

Additionally they have to ask permission from the authorities if they want to hold any peaceful protest. What do the Spanish citizens do about this horrendous gag law. They decide to protest via holograms just circumventing the triad gag legislation. It remains to be seen whether the hologram protests will move the Spanish government into dismantling the draconian law. source: www.techworm.net

April 13, 2015 · 1 min · 61 words · Andre Price

Micromax’s Yu Yureka and OnePlus One to Receive Android Lollipop-Based CyanogenMOD CM12S Update

OnePlus has Recently developed its own forked version of Android called the Oxygen OS. However OnePlus One CEO has confirmed an OTA update for CM12S would be made for Indian users as well. Well, it looks like finally the wait is over. source: www.techworm.net

April 13, 2015 · 1 min · 44 words · James Daniel

Moto E 2nd Gen with 4G launched in India for Rs 7999, available exclusively on Flipkart

At present, the gadget is up for sale on Motorolas exclusive online partnerFlipkart. According to the Flipkart website, it will be delivered by April 28 if ordered today. TheMoto E 4Guses Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 Quad-core SoC clocked at 1.2GHz along with Adreno 306 GPU. The 3G version of the Moto E smartphone uses a Snadpragon 200 SoC. There are some more additional features of the Moto E 4G version are exactly the same....

April 13, 2015 · 1 min · 116 words · Stacey Welch

New Redirect to SMB Flaw in all Windows versions including Windows 10 allows hackers to steal login credentials

Many software products use HTTP requests for various features such as software update checking. These credentials can then be logged by the malicious server. The credentials are encrypted, but may be brute-forced to break the encryption, the CERT advisory says. Examples The Cylance researchers have given following examples show different attacks that could be conducted. to make it effectively demonstrate attack scenarios, the conditions have been simplified. source: www.techworm.net

April 13, 2015 · 1 min · 69 words · Cody Brown

Smartphones could provide early warning of an earthquake occurence

Science hopes to achieve that with our puny smartphones and GPS navigation systems. ShakeAlert, the West Coasts scientific-grade detector, has been in the development of science for nearly ten years. However, their development process has been brought to a halt due to lack of financial resources. These crowdsourced GPS earthquake detection could work apace with existing systems, to help fill in the void. The thought that global positioning can detect and measure ground dislocation has been studied using scientific-grade GPS....

April 13, 2015 · 1 min · 124 words · Brandy Montoya

Twitter’s midnight swoop shuts down 10000 ISIS affiliated Twitter ids

Twitter shuts down more than 10,000 accounts linked to ISIS. Twitter has suspended thousands of pro-#ISILaccounts in the last 3 hours. In early March, Twitter acknowledged shutting down at least 2000 ISIS-linked accounts per week in recent months. However many critics of Twitters ban policies are skeptical about the effectiveness of mass account suspensions. ISIS and their supporters make around 500 million tweets a day according to ISIS watchers. Anonymous had made public26000and14000Twitter ids of ISIS and its supporters, on different occasions under #OpISIS....

April 13, 2015 · 1 min · 86 words · Sarah Richard

Wake Up and savetheinternet.in, Indians rally for Net Neutrality

May Day, May Day, May Day! Net Neutrality is in Danger Dont look around, look into the screen. Yes into your PC screens, your smartphones, tablets, iPhones, iPads, laptops. The internet is under threat in India. The Indians have responded effectively by sending over 1 lakh emails to TRAI over the issue through the websitesavetheinternet.in. Over 27,000 e-mails are said to be in favour of net neutrality. The emails have been sent in response to the regulators call for public consultation....

April 13, 2015 · 1 min · 96 words · Henry Peterson

Windows 10 Hack : Unlock Secret Dark Theme in Windows 10 With This Registry Hack

So the statutory warning goes that if you are not aware of registry prefs, kindly dont touch them. It brings to the desktop version of Windows 10 a theme option reminiscent of Windows Phone. You might find that thePersonalizekey doesnt yet exist, so you may need to add it manually. Now create a new DWORD Value calledSystemUsesLightThemeand assign it a value of0. Till then you’re able to enjoy the dark side of Windows 10....

April 13, 2015 · 1 min · 104 words · David Kane

Xiaomi looks to capture US smartphone market with Xiaomi Mi 6

The company was able to establish this achievement through one of its famous marketing strategy of FLASH SALE. The Mi 5 will supposedly spread its wings to the European Markets. Xiaomi certainly have a strong foothold in the Indian and Chinese markets. Is Xiaomi the future of smartphones or just a FLASH SALE in the pan? source: www.techworm.net

April 13, 2015 · 1 min · 58 words · Matthew Lambert

Xiaomi Mi 4i With Octa-Core SoC to be launched at ‘Global Mi Phone Premier’ in India on April 23 Event

As per the GeekBench listing, the Xiaomi Mi 4i is a Android 5.0.2 Lollipop based smartphone. It is powered by a 64-bit octa-core Snapdragon 615 processor clocked at 1.65GHz. Also not much is known about the pricing and availability date as the launch is a world premier event. Update:Xiaomi Mi 4i launched at Global Mi Phone Premiere in India at Rs 12,999 Read More source: www.techworm.net

April 13, 2015 · 1 min · 66 words · Matthew Collins

Asus ZenFone 2 Model ZE551ML with 4GB RAM touted to be a Giant Smartphone

The fact that you gotta have some great purpose to use this powerful handset cannot be denied. This powerful handset cannot be simply used for just talking or checking your email or casual internet browsing. It may also be suitable for those who like to play powerful games while they are on the move. The company has stated that its ZenFone 2s one version called model ZE551ML will have 4GB of RAM....

April 12, 2015 · 2 min · 240 words · Jordan Davis