Google, which is yet to dispel the ongoing controversies over its privacy policy, has shortened the lifespan of its cookies. The company has disclosed that henceforth its cookies stored on the computers of site visitors will auto delete after two years. It will stay on if the user pays a visit to a Google site again. Privacy advocates had complained that storage of cookies took away the freedom of the user to decide his priorities. However, a better option for all site visitors would be to delete cookies from time to time.
Yes, researches in India (Satyabama University) have found a kind of wearable Bluetooth device that is capable of sending text messages to the nearest hospital when the wearer's heart shows any signs of extreme distress, heart strokes etc.. The Telemedicine, as they named the device, regularly records the patient's ElectroCardioGram (ECG) and sends the level to his/her cell phone. If it detects any signs of sudden cardiac failure, sends a text message to one of the local hospitals nearby alerting the issue. Now this device not only saves the 'precious' lives but also eases the job of a Doctor unlike before where the Doctor needs to analyse the patient for diagnosis. The only difference between this wearable and the other previously developed device is that it carefully reads the ECG levels and elimates any ambiguity before sending the text message. Thus improving the efficiency.
While this particular device has many priceless advantage, one has to think on the other way round-its side effects. Studies shows that Cell phone, Bluetooth ray exposures are harmful to human beings. With this being the case, actual implementation of the device is still followed by a question mark.
The entire thesis of this Telemedicine device will be completed in December.
For those who love mind-boggling varieties of videos, there is YouTube. For those who want more quality stuff, Sony has launched Crackle. It is much more elegant than YouTube and has more interesting and thought-provoking videos. Users can submit videos as in YouTube, but a team of Crackle experts and editors will judge them before putting them on the site. Also, the site gives awards for the best videos and the award winners will get a chance to discuss film ideas with Sony executives. There are around 1,000 professionally produced videos being streamed in Crackle at present and Sony has also launched Crackle Studios to produce more videos for the site.
Yes it is..Electronics giant Sony has patented a liquid airbag which will be used to protect hard disks from damage. The company is planning to use this airbag in various products including laptops, mobile phones, media players and cameras. Even if the equipment suffers a fall and gets damaged, the hard disk and key electronic equipment will survive as the airbag will cushion the shock. It will have inbuilt protrusions to help absorb powerful impacts. Sony spokespersons have disclosed in a statement to media that the liquid used in the airbag could be water or silicon oil.
Advanced Micro Devices will start selling its quad core microprocesors named Barcelona from September to take on its rival Intel, which brought out is quad core processors last year. As the saying 'Last but not Least' AMD Quad core is expected to be 50% faster than Intel's. The picture that shown here is the original architecture of AMD Quad Core taken from a non-proffessional camera. Though the speculations suggests that this chip is faster than Intel Quad Core we will have to wait and see how efficient it is.
Websites and emails that ‘phish' for personal information have not come down though widely-used browsers including Internet Explorer and Firefox have ‘antiphishing' features now. The browsers warn Net users about sites which are blacklisted but phishers have now found a way to circumvent this, says Mr David Jevans, chairman of the Anti-Phishing Working Group. Clever phishers are now registering new domains for each of their adventures. By the time the browsers blacklist them, they would have already cheated many users. Then they would register another domain. Jevans points out that phishing domains rose from about 11,000 last year to more than 37,000 by May this year. According to researchers of Cambridge University, each phishing site is able to attract and cheat 30 users in a few hours before it is blacklisted. This is a good business. The only long-term solution is authentication of each site, which is easier said than done.
Hackers have once again broken into Microsoft’s digital rights management system aimed at protecting copyrighted material including music. The FairUse4M programme available online will help hackers to ‘drag and drop’ protected music files, turn them into MP3s and play and share them at will. Earlier versions of the same programmes had caused much heartburn to MS and it had plugged loopholes in its DRM system to combat the menace. But music industry watchers say that DRM will be out of vogue soon since hackers will always find a way.
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