Li-Fi-like System intended to bring 100-Gbps Speeds Straight to Your Computer

The data which travelled in the form of light has certain drops in midway due to various reasons. Now, researcher believe its all over. That sounds amazing isnt. Wi-Fi, by contrast, can give a maximum top speed of about 7 Gb/s. And with light, theres no worry about sticking to a limited set of radio frequencies. If youre in the optical window, you have virtually unlimited bandwidth and unlicensed spectrum, Gomez says....

February 14, 2015 · 1 min · 102 words · Daniel Taylor

Users of Windows 10 preview for smartphones are reverting back to their original Windows 8.1 version.

Microsoft atlast released the Windows 10 on trial basis for Lumia models, however are users ready to opt it, yet! Microsoft is working towards bringing a new version of Windows 10 OS to its smartphones with a feature that users will have same experience as that of working on traditional desktop. Since were building Windows 10 to be the same core platform for PCs, tablets and phones, it should be no surprise that participating in the program for phones will work pretty much the same way it has been working for PCs, says Microsofts Gabe Aul....

February 14, 2015 · 3 min · 430 words · Maria Bradley

Windows Security Bypassed by Modifying a Single Bit by Researchers

Yavo continued, Interestingly, the exploit requires modifying only a single bit of the Windows operating system. Unfortunately, these methods are not going to stop attackers. We predict that attackers will continue incorporating exploits into their crime kits, making compromise inevitable. CVE-2015-0057 is not the only interesting vulnerability patched by Microsoft on Tuesday. source: www.techworm.net

February 14, 2015 · 1 min · 54 words · Brian Greene

DARPA’s DEKA robotic arm helped war veteran to climb again

The artificial bionic arm which is developed by DEKA is funded byDefence Advanced Research Projects Agency(DARPA). The DEKAs artificial bionic arm has enabled American war veterans regain the ability to go ROCK-CLIMBING. The wearer can control the electronic limb so precisely that its possible to drink from a bottle of water. This is typically a very challenging task due to the slipperiness of the vessel and the hand-eye co-ordination required....

February 13, 2015 · 1 min · 72 words · Donald Vasquez

Google’s new “OK Google” Voice Search Extension is a listening post

User would need microphone attached to their gadgets. The feature is easily activated on all the smart phones, desktop, laptops. User just needs to install theGoogle Voice Search Hotword (Beta)extension. So far so good! but wait there seems to be an privacy issue. If user wants a complete hands free then the microphone needs to be activated always. Besides, detaching the Smart TV from wireless web link would mean it lost its original purpose....

February 13, 2015 · 1 min · 107 words · Deanna Floyd

Chinese Woman Using Multiple iPhones To Manipulate Apple Store App Rankings

Now, how is she doing this? As a result the overall ranking of the apps will shoot up considerably. Grab of Weibo Grab of Weibo source: www.techworm.net

February 12, 2015 · 1 min · 27 words · James Alvarez

Facebook’s new Legacy Contact feature lets you add a contact who can manage your Facebook page after you die

Facebook has just unveiled a new Legacy Contacts feature which lets you manage your profile page after you die. For many of us, its also a place to remember and honor those weve lost. When a person passes away, their account can become a memorial of their life, friendships and experiences. ChooseSecurityand thenLegacy Contactat the bottom of the page. Facebook has also taken care of the Facebook users who want to die peaceful without any digital footprint....

February 12, 2015 · 1 min · 96 words · Mrs. Sandra Dalton

Hackers can use RFID readers to steal payment card numbers while you are in public

The cards at risk are enabled with radio technology that allows you to wave and pay. Radio frequencies are all over the place but the frequency most smart cards (i.e. source: www.techworm.net

February 12, 2015 · 1 min · 32 words · Jeffrey Mcguire

Major security alert as 40,000 MongoDB databases left unsecured

One of these alone includes around 8 million customer phone numbers and addresses. After doing a simple search the number of database instances vulnerable that they found were 39,890. This number though, could be much more higher as major corporations block such scans and searches. We encourage users who have experienced a security incident for MongoDB to create a vulnerability report Read More source: www.techworm.net

February 12, 2015 · 1 min · 65 words · Joseph Briggs

Microsoft’s newest deep learning system beats humans — and Google

Categories included hatchet, geyser, and microwave. This success is achieved from the program of Microsofts Project Adam work, which was completed last year. The further detail about the new system is enclosed in thethe paper(PDF). source: www.techworm.net

February 12, 2015 · 1 min · 37 words · Timothy Bray

Security researcher discovers vulnerability in Facebook which allows anyone to delete any Photo Albums

Laxman Muthiyah, the researcher who discovered the bug states on hisblogpost, Obviously thats very disgusting isnt it? Any photo album owned by an user or a page or a group could be deleted. Yeah and also it uses the same Graph API, he said. This is the response you will get if you try to exploit the bug now Took victims album id and tried to delete it. I was very curious to see the result, Laxman adds....

February 12, 2015 · 1 min · 112 words · Amber Nielsen

ThreatExchange : Facebook unveils platform for exchanging security threat information

We share in each others fate, Hammell noted. Also, they can decide what data they want to share with whom. source: www.techworm.net

February 12, 2015 · 1 min · 22 words · Ethan Knight

A XFO (X-Frame-Options) Flaw in Android Play Store Allows Remote Code Execution

A vulnerability on the Googles Play Store app have Android users vulnerable to malware. Beardsley states, Users of these platforms may also have installedvulnerable aftermarket browsers. Beardsley goes on to explain that Remote code execution is achieved by leveraging two vulnerabilities on affected Android devices. source: www.techworm.net

February 11, 2015 · 1 min · 47 words · Bianca Saunders