“We’re Highlighting The Big Tech News For The First Week Of April, 2007.
But First, Let’s Start Off With Your Must See Moment.
The Countdown Begins For Kennedy Space Center’s Newest Attraction — The Shuttle Launch Experience.
The 60 Million Dollar Shuttle Ride Opens On Memorial Day Weekend — And Takes You On A Journey To The Earth’s Orbit.
The Authentic Simulation Ride Lasts 8 And A Half Minutes — And Has Lots Of High Tech Extras To Make You Feel Like It’s The Real Thing…
Buying Digital Tracks Online Has Always Been Somewhat Frustrating…Since They Usually Only Work With One Type Of Player…
Now Apple And Emi Are Set To Change That.
The Tech Company And Music Label Unveiled A Plan To Sell Songs Without Copyright Protection Through Itunes.
That Means They’ll Play On Any Device That Supports The Aac File Format.
The Move Puts Pressure On Other Record Companies To Follow Suit…The Songs Cost 30 Cents More Than Their Protected Counterparts.
Cell Phones Just Don’t Seem To Mix With Airplanes…
This Week, The Fcc Announced They Are No Longer Considering Allowing Their Use On-Board.
The Order Comes Two Years After The Fcc Said They’d Consider Lifting The Rule That Requires You To Turn Off Your Cell Phone Once An Airplane Leaves The Ground.
The Fcc Cited A Lack Of Technical Data To Determine Whether The Phones Cause Interference Problems…
Mashups On The Web Combine Information From Various Sources Into One Place…Like A Map Showing Gas Prices…
Problem Is, You Needed To Be Pretty Tech Savvy To Make Your Own.
Not Anymore…Google Introducing My Maps…An Easy Way To Make Your Own Mashup.
You Mark Your Favorite Places On The Map…
Draw Lines And Shapes To Highlight Key Stuff…
Then Add Text, Photos And Even Videos.
Share Your Map With The World Or Just Friends And Family.
The New York International Auto Show Kicked Off In The Big Apple…With Car Makers Showing Off The Latest And Greatest Technology On Wheels.
Lexus Announced Standard Xm Radio In Its Lx 570 Suv…While Infiniti Says Xm Is Standard In Its Entire New Lineup.
Infiniti Also Announcing Two New Technologies –An Around View Mirror — With Small Cameras Mounted On The Front, Side And Back Of The Car For A 360 Degree View…
And A Lane Departure Prevention System To Take Over Steering If You Drift Out Of Lane.
Small Is In –Chevy Unveiling Three Tiny Concept Cars — And Asking Consumers To Vote For Their Favorite For Production.
Cnet Tv Has Tons Of Auto Show Coverage…Just Stay Tuned Or Use The Search Box To Find Our Car Tech Videos.
Before We Go…Since Its Easter Weekend…Why Not Check Out A Site That Makes Art From Those Marshmallow Peeps…
Peeps-Show Dot Com Is Definitely Family Friendly…Just Make Sure You Put Two Ss’s In There.”

by subhash

The Digital devil’s Dictionary application, developed by Apple for its Macintosh computers, was introduced with Mac OS X v10.4 “Tiger”.

Apple also included a Dashboard Widget for accessing the Dictionary application. In applications which support “Services”, there is an option in the application menu,which brings up the Dictionary application and displays the definition of a selected word.

Malware
Software that runs computer processes that either unexpected or unauthorised but are always harmful. The term “malware”generally covers viruses, worms and Trojan horses.

Backdoor
Term for an app or service that permits remote access to an infected computer. It opens a backdoor to circumvent other security mechanisms.

Phishing
A method of stealing personal data via an authentic-looking e-mail which appears to come from a real company or institution — to trick the recipient into sending vital banking or login information etc.

Trojan
Covert infiltration by malware or malicious software under the guise of a useful program.

Virus
A software with the ability to self-replicate and attach itself to other executable programs. May or may not be harmful. Depletes resources.

Worm
Autonomous program or constellation of programs that distributes fully functional whole or partial copies of itself to other computers.

Grayware
All applications that cause annoying and possibly undesirable or unforeseen behaviour in the way programs

Hacking Tools
Programs that render a computer or network more vulnerable to attack or use simulated hacking to test the vulnerability of all accessible components.

RATs
Remote Access Tools enable remote access to an infected computer, thus permitting outside administration or manipulation. Not malicious, but egitimate.

Spyware
Software that monitors and collects a user’s data and eventually transmits it to a company for vanous purposes.

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