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2014-09-14T02:11:00.001+04:00

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Amazon allowed kids to spend millions on in-app purchases, FTC says

2014-07-11T18:59:00.000+04:00

Amazon.com has billed parents for millions of dollars’ worth of unauthorized in-app purchases made by their children, the FTC said in a complaint filed Thursday in a U.S. court.

The FTC’s lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, seeks a court order requiring Amazon.com to refund parents for unauthorized purchases made by their children. The FTC also wants the court to ban the company from billing parents and other account holders for in-app charges without their consent, the agency said in a press release.

Amazon.com keeps 30 percent of all in-app charges, the FTC said in its complaint. The Amazon case “highlights a central tenant” of consumer protection laws in the U.S., that companies should get customer permission before charging them, said Jessica Rich, director of the FTC’s Consumer Protection Bureau, during a press conference about the lawsuit.

Amazon employees raised concerns about in-app purchases by children years before the company changed its procedures, Rich said. Amazon customers seeking refunds found a process “unclear and rife with deterrents,” she said. Amazon’s official policy on in-app purchases said it does not give refunds, she added.

Amazon, in a letter to the FTC July 1, said it was “deeply disappointed” that the agency was moving toward filing a lawsuit. “We have continuously improved our experience since launch, but even at launch, when customers told us their kids had made purchases they didn’t want we refunded those purchases,” wrote Andrew DeVore, Amazon’s associate general counsel.

The FTC’s lawsuit against Amazon.com echoes a complaint brought by the agency against Apple. In January, Apple agreed to pay at least $32.5 million to customers in a settlement with the FTC over children’s in-app purchases.

This week, Politico reported that Apple has complained to the FTC that Google allows the same kinds of in-app purchases in its mobile app store.

The FTC’s recent focus on in-app purchases by children has drawn criticism. This week, Senator Deb Fischer, a Nebraska Republican, questioned the FTC’s actions in a letter to the agency.

“Few, if any, doubt that the app marketplace established in recent years by Amazon and its competitors has fundamentally expanded and improved the American economy,” Fischer wrote. “To pursue enforcement against these companies for specific policies in place at the market’s nascent stage would constitute a de facto tax on innovation that threatens future growth and opportunity.”

In the Amazon case, the FTC noted that the company offers many children’s apps for mobile devices such as the Kindle Fire. The company violated the FTC Act, prohibiting unfair and deceptive business practices, by billing parents and other Amazon account holders for charges incurred by children without adult consent.

Amazon’s app store allowed children playing games to spend “unlimited amounts” of money to pay for virtual items without parental involvement, the FTC alleged.

When Amazon introduced in-app charges to the Amazon app store in November 2011, there were no password requirements of any kind, the FTC alleged. Many kids’ games encouraged children to acquire virtual items in ways that blur the lines between spending virtual currency and real money, the agency said.

In one app, Ice Age Village, children can use virtual coins and acorns to buy items in the game without a real-money charge. However, they can also purchase additional coins and acorns using real money on a screen that is visually similar to the one that has no real-money charge, the FTC said. A one-time purchase in the app could cost as much as $99.99.

As early as December 2011, Amazon employees raised concerns about in-app purchases, the FTC said in its complaint. One internal Amazon communication said that allowing unlimited in-app charges without any password was “clearly causing problems for a large percentage of our customers,” the FTC said.

In March 2012, Amazon updated its in-app charge system to require an account owner to enter a password for individual in-app charges over $20. But Amazon continued to allow children to make an unlimited number of individual purchases of less than $20 without a parent’s approval, the FTC said.

An Amazon employee noted at the time of the change that “it’s much easier to get upset about Amazon letting your child purchase a $99 product without any password protection than a $20 product,” according to the complaint.

Then in early 2013, Amazon updated its in-app charge process to require password entry for some charges, but the process worked in different ways in different contexts, the FTC alleged. Even when a parent was prompted for a password to authorize a single in-app charge made by a child, that single authorization often opened an undisclosed window of 15 minutes to an hour allowing the child to make unlimited charges, the agency said.

Amazon changed its in-app purchase policy again in June, “roughly two and a half years after the problem first surfaced,” the FTC said in a press release.

The Top Five Most Innovative Tech Projects Of 2014 So Far

2014-06-29T20:57:00.004+04:00

As the world sits in awe as another smartphone is launched, a gaggle of engineers and bright-eyed entrepreneurs have been quietly innovating behind the scenes. Want a natural alternative to street lighting? Or how about driving – via your iPhone – a free-roaming scalextric toy car that can blast out EMPs? Then, friends, you have come to the right place.

Here I’ll explore the top five startup projects and gadgets of 2014 so far.

1. SCiO molecular scanner

SCiO is like something straight out of science fiction. Aside from the fact that it looks like a cheap flashing toy that Dr Who might point at something with flailing tentacles, the concept itself if genius.

SCiO is the brainchild of Israeli startup Consumer Physics, which is a collaboration of brains from MIT, Stanford, CalTech, Harvard, Wiezmann Institute, The Technion, and Tel-Aviv University. SCiO is an affordable handheld molecular sensor that lets you scan and discover the molecular makeup of anything it’s pointed at, which then beams the data to your phone in real-time.

What that means is that you can scan anything and get a complete report on its molecular structure on your phone. How old is that apple you’re about to buy? Or which watermelon is the sweetest? How many units of alcohol in that glass of wine? That kind of thing.

The possibilities are as exciting as they are endless. Not least the wealth of information, data and analysis that could be built up from millions of people scanning everyday objects. The first batch won’t be shipped to Kickstarter backers until January next year. But it will go on sale in March 2015 for $249. You can watch the video of how it works on their Kickstarter campaign here.

2. Budget driverless car

Google’s driverless car dominates the headlines, but the reality is that it’s unlikely to be available any time soon and it’s certainly not going to be within your price range. But one startup is hoping, at least, to change the latter. Cruise Automation, based in San Francisco (where else?), is developing a car automation accessory that will retail for $10,000.

Kyle Vogt, the founder of the project, is hoping to start installing his “RP-1” invention onto cars early next year. It only currently works on an Audi A4 or S4, but Vogt is hoping to modify the device so it can be retrofitted on to any car. It works largely in the same way Google’s driverless car works in that it has multiple sensors that can scan the immediate area for routes and potential collisions.

Vogt describes his invention as a “highway pilot”. He essentially means that it will work as a driving aid, rather than a system to fully takeover driving responsibility. Users will be able to switch on the system by tapping a button on an inbuilt interface in the car, and then let system take over. The driver can regain control of the car by tapping on the brake pedal or by placing their hands on the steering wheel.

Incredibly, the project only began in November 2013. Vogt and his team have worked around the clock to make it into a reality and they plan to start installing it onto cars early next year. Watch the video here.

3. Glow in the dark trees

Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde and his colleague Alexander Krichevsky have developed a way of splicing illuminating properties of Jellyfish with trees to create leaves that glow in the dark. It’s brilliant, it’s innovative and it’s creation of a man who is comfortable in a turtleneck jumper and red velvet dinner jacket. There’s nothing you can’t be excited about here.

Roosegaarde first unveiled his idea at SXSW this year. Currently he only has a small houseplant prototype that works, but he’s hoping to create a much bigger version soon. To make this a reality, Roosegaarde has collaborated with the University of New York and Krichevsky, whose technology firm Bioglowunveiled genetically modified glow-in-the-dark plants earlier this year.

Krichevsky creates the plants by “splicing DNA from luminescent marine bacteria to the chloroplast genome of a common houseplant, so the stem and leaves emit a faint light similar to that produced by fireflies and jellyfish.”Dezeen reports.

If glow in the dark trees were to be planted across pavements around the world, replacing street lights, the potential environmental benefits could be huge. Not to mention the incredible drunken memories you’ll have of strolling down the Rainbow Road level in Mario Kart.

You can watch an interview with Roosegaarde here

4. AnkiDrive

AnkiDrive made a few waves at WWDC last year, but since then the plucky young startup has barely rocked any boats, or even made a splash in the last six months….. and other laboured water-related puns. But the Scalextric-style game officially launched this month and is looking to regain some of that initial acclaim.

Created by three engineers, Anki is one of the first genuinely high-tech physical games to hit the market. The premise is fairly straight forward, you control a car with your iPhone or iPad and drive it along a race-track. There are no barriers on either side of the track because the cars can determine its own position using some AI. As the Anki Team described it to me: “Each car scans the track 500 times per second using state of the art algorithms to determine its exact position, speed and trajectory. Using powerful AI, it then knows where it is in relation to every other car on the track.”

To add a bit of spice, not only are the cars designed by Harald Belker, the guy who designed the cars in Minority Report, but they also have some Mario Kart-esque weaponry attached to them. You can blast out EMP’s that stop rivals dead, fire missiles and hammer the gatling gun. There’s also a weapon and upgrade system on the accompanying iPhone app that lets you upgrade with the points you’ve accumulated from races and chose different loadouts. Before you panic, there are no in-app purchases, all points are acquired from playing the game.

5. PocketScan

The Pocket Scan balances on the fine line between ludicrous budget invention on a cable infomercial and utter practical brilliance. I could easily imagine it being both advertised by Troy McClure and Dr. Nick or being demoed by a CEO at a marquee launch event at CES.

The simple, palm of the hand-sized, invention allows you to scan anything it comes into contact with. Whilst a hand-held scanner is useful, it doesn’t seem that revolutionary when many of us could just take a photo with our phones if we wanted a digital replica of something.

But it’s the Pocket Scan’s added functionality that stands it apart. If, say, you were to scan a document, the Pocket Scan’s accompanying software will recognise the text – in any language – and turn the scanned file into a document that can be edited. The same goes for pictures and anything else you scan. All scanned images appear in real time on the computer or tablet as you can them, too.

New Species Of Elephant, Aardvark-Related Shrew Discovered In Namib Desert

2014-06-28T00:25:00.000+04:00

A Round-Eared Elephant-Shrew

A new species of elephant shrew has been discovered in Africa's Namib Desert; the animal is closely related to the sea cow, aardvark, and of course the elephant.

The newly-discovered critter is called the round-eared sengi, or Macroscelides micus. The animals is part of the order Macroscelidea, which currently contains 19 sengis. Members of Macroscelidea are characterized by their narrow snouts, LiveScience reported.

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The first representative of this species was collected Michael Griffin of the Namibia Ministry of Environment and Tourism by the Etendeka volcanic formation. When the species was first spotted researchers thought it was a Macroscelides flavicaudatus.

"We knew that it looked a little odd, but it was the genetic analyses that suggested that it was really very different," researcher John Dumbacher, curator of ornithology and mammalogy at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, told Live Science. "Once we got back to the field and saw several live individuals, it was clear that they differed from M. flavicaudatus in many ways, and that this wasn't just an 'odd' individual."

The team found the animal was smaller than Macroscelides flavicaudatus, had rust-colored fur, lacked darks skin pigment, and had a hairless gland on the underside of its tail, aCalifornia Academy of Sciences news release reported. The team compared the animals with other specimens, revealing they had discovered a new species.

"Had our colleagues not collected those first invaluable specimens, we would never have realized that this was in fact a new species, since the differences between this and all other known species are very subtle," Dumbacher said in the news release. "Several museum collections were instrumental in determining that what we had was truly new to science, highlighting the value of collections for this type of work. Genetically, Macroscelides micus is very different from other members of the genus and it's exciting to think that there are still areas of the world where even the mammal fauna is unknown and waiting to be explored."

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Colo.’s abortion protest law stands

2014-06-27T11:50:00.002+04:00

Colorado’s “buffer-zone” law – which creates a protective bubble between anti-abortion protesters and medical facilities, including those that perform abortions – likely remains safe despite Thursday’s unanimous ruling by the Supreme Court to strike down a similar law in Massachusetts.

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Colorado’s buffer-zone law won’t be affected by Thursday’s ruling, said Durango lawyer and state House Rep. Michael McLachlan. He successfully defended the state’s buffer-zone law before the Supreme Court in 2000 while serving as the state’s solicitor general.

In a phone interview a few hours after the high court’s ruling Thursday, McLachlan said, “It’s certainly not a decision that is in any way going to end the legality of – or the debate about – abortion rights in the United States.

“But it’s important to understand that this is a setback for women in Massachusetts. It isn’t a setback for women’s freedom, health or abortion rights in Colorado,” he said, pointing to important differences between Colorado’s and Massachusetts’ laws.

Other legal minds worried that the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Massachusetts’ buffer-zone law, which barred protesters from coming within 35 feet of clinics that perform abortions, spelled trouble for similar state laws.

At liberal-leaning Mother Jones, legal commentator Molly Redden writes that in light of the court’s ruling, “buffer zones are basically dead.”

At Lifeguard, an anti-abortion group based in Durango, Shelley Gundrey, who is secretary to Lifeguard’s board of directors, said she was thrilled by the ruling.

“I think it’s great that they upheld our rights to the First Amendment and the fact that we have free speech,” she said.

“We do a prayer vigil outside of Planned Parenthood on Fridays – the day they do abortions, and we basically just pray, always over 100 feet from the front door. It makes it really difficult to talk to those girls going in,” she said.

Gundrey said while anti-abortion protesters have developed a reputation for trying to dissuade women from having abortions with violence and intimidation, Lifeguard’s anti-abortion protesters pose no threat to women trying to enter Durango’s Planned Parenthood.

“You definitely hear of every now and then some crazy kills somebody, and that’s horrible. We don’t advocate for any of those approaches. We believe in dignity of life for everybody, even the abortionists. I’m sure they have their struggles,” she said.

The ruling dismayed abortion-rights activists across the country.

“Obviously, we’re disappointed that the Supreme Court ruled against protecting women who want to access reproductive health care,” said Cathy Alderman, Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains’ vice president of public affairs.

Alderman said the ruling does not directly impact Colorado’s buffer-zone law, which plays an important role protecting women trying to enter Planned Parenthood clinics in Denver and Colorado Springs from being harassed, threatened and abused by anti-abortion protesters.

The buffer zone is less relevant in Durango, she said because Planned Parenthood’s Durango clinic is on private property.

She said she expects Massachusetts’ Legislature to quickly pass another law reinstating buffer zones between protesters and medical facilities in a form that more closely models Colorado’s law.

Under Colorado’s buffer-zone law, it’s unlawful for protesters to come within 100 feet of medical facilities or 8 feet of people trying to enter them.

McLachlan, a Democrat who successfully established the constitutionality of Colorado’s buffer-zone law in the 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision Hill v. Colorado, said the provisions in Colorado’s buffer-zone law are much narrower than those in the stricken Massachusetts law: Whereas Colorado’s buffer-zone law creates a protective bubble around all medical facilities, the stricken Massachusetts law specifically instated a 35-foot bubble around clinics that perform abortions.

McLachlan noted Justice Antonin Scalia said in a separate concurring opinion that Massachusetts’ law ran afoul of the First Amendment because it “singled out a group of speakers and treated them differently than other people. It was too broad,” he said.

He said the Supreme Court’s majority opinion striking the Massachusetts law, which was written by Chief Justice John Roberts and cosigned by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, actually affirms the constitutionality of Colorado’s buffer-zone law.

When states pass laws that intrude on citizens’ freedom of speech, he said they must meet a high constitutional bar by demonstrating that they have a “compelling interest” in enacting the law, such as protecting the health and safety of the public.

The stricken Massachusetts law was passed in 2007 in response to a history of harassment and violence at abortion clinics, including a deadly shooting rampage at two facilities in 1994.

In the court’s majority opinion, Chief Justice Roberts acknowledged that Massachusetts had a “compelling interest” in creating a buffer zone that allows women to enter clinics that perform abortions safely and without harassment. But Roberts said Massachusetts’ law burdens “substantially more speech than necessary to achieve the commonwealth’s asserted interests.”

McLachlan said while Colorado’s buffer-zone law is in no danger, the court’s ruling against Massachusetts “still shows that the debate in the U.S. about a woman’s right to choose and make reproductive decisions is far from over. It’s a historic battle for women’s freedom. And this is probably going to be a conflict in our society after I’m long gone and probably after you’re gone.”

Apple launches $199 16GB iPod touch with rear camera in 6 colors, slashes prices on 32GB & 64GB models

2014-06-27T09:36:00.002+04:00

Apple's entry-level 16-gigabyte iPod touch received an update on Thursday, dropping the price to $199 while adding a rear iSight camera and expanding its color options to six. Apple also slashed prices on the 32- and 64-gigabyte variants, now priced respectively at $249 and $299.

The update brings the 16-gigabyte iPod touch in line with its larger 32- and 64-gigabyte versions, which are all available in black, space grey, pink, yellow, blue, and (Product)RED. All three models are available from Apple's online store and are advertised to ship within 24 hours.

Previously, the 16-gigabyte iPod touch was priced at $229, it only came in space grey, and it lacked a rear camera. It also lacked support the iPod touch loop wrist strap. Customers will still have to buy the strap separately for $9 with the 16-gigabyte model, however.

Prior to Wednesday's refresh, the 32-gigabyte iPod touch was priced at $299, while the 64-gigabyte version reached $399.

Aside from the addition of the 5-megapixel rear camera to the 16-gigabyte variant, the specifications on the media players remains the same. All three include a 4-inch Retina display, a forward facing FaceTime HD camera, and are powered by Apple's A5 processor. They also run iOS 7 and ship with Apple's EarPods.

The iPod touch lineup last received an update in June of 2013 when the previous 16-gigabyte version lacking an iSight camera launched for $229 in one color. It took the place of the previous fourth-generation model, which had been priced at $199 but featured a slower A4 chip.

While the iPod once led Apple's comeback, its portable media players represent a shrinking portion of the company's massive business, now led by the iPhone and iPad. Still, as of the end of 2013, the iPod continued to lead an ever-shrinking market of portable media players, with the NPD Group pegging Apple's share at 72 percent.

In its quarterly earnings conference calls, Apple used to routinely note that the iPod touch accounted for more than half of all iPod sales, though it declined to break down specific share based on model. Last quarter, iPod sales dwindled to just 2.7 million units, a sum that didn't even garner a mention from the company as it discussed its financial results.

The iPod touch continues to be flanked by the display-less clip-on iPod shuffle, the multi-touch diminutive iPod nano, and the legacy hard-drive based iPod classic with iconic click wheel.

Apple buying Disney? A consultant explains why he thinks a deal is ‘frighteningly obvious.

2014-06-27T09:34:00.003+04:00

Francis McInerney is convinced Apple will buy Disney.

Apple’s success has started to become a problem. The company’s revenue and profits have grown so fast that it’s difficult for it to find new markets that will be large enough to ensure its revenues continue growing.

Apple has introduced a stock dividend and bought back shares to appease investors who question whether the world’s largest technology company by market capitulation is still a growth company.

Apple is expected to release a smartwatch this fall, which should provide a boost. But Francis McInerney, a consultant at North River Ventures, has another idea for how Apple can keep growing. Why not buy Disney?

“The logic is so great this could happen tomorrow,” McInerney said. “The two companies have an identical way of thinking in complementary markets. There’s nothing they do that competes with another. And yet combined this would be a powerhouse deal in the imagining.”

Although an Apple-Disney union has been the subject of Wall Street speculation for years, McInerney believes the shift of content to the cloud will force Disney to act.

“This changing structure, this Gutenberg-like tectonic shift in human behavior based on the cloud’s ability to offer unlimited computing at marginal cost, says to Disney, ‘We’ve got to be on the platform to grow in the new space,’ ” McInerney said.

His argument doesn’t draw from any inside information of either company, just his own analysis of their cultures, their tendency to prepare well for the future and their needs to remain profitable.

McInerney imagines the two combined as a “Netflix on steroids,” in which Apple would benefit from finding ways to monetize Disney’s content offerings, and Disney would have a safe and profitable place in the emerging, unbundled world of TV and video to peddle its wares. Having Disney under the Apple umbrella would also be an asset if Apple ever launches a television set, which has been suggested for years but may not become a reality.

At the same time, there are plenty of good reasons to think this deal will never happen. Apple rarely makes splashy acquisitions. The $3 billion it recently paid for Beats is the company’s largest acquisition. Disney’s market cap is $143 billion, and its shareholders would expect a premium on top of that price. Apple currently holds $151 billion in cash and marketable securities, but the majority of that is offshore and would be taxed if brought back to the United States. Another question mark would be ensuring regulators approve the acquisition.

Both Apple and Disney did not respond to requests for comment.

McInerney — who calls this potential deal “frighteningly obvious” — is quick to point out that Disney chief executive Bob Iger sits on Apple’s board of directors. The companies appear friendly, but expecting them to join forces still looks like a giant leap.

JP Morgan sees shares of Apple reaching $108, believes redesigned iPhone will exceed expectations

2014-06-27T09:33:00.000+04:00

Investment firm J.P. Morgan became the latest to increase its price target for Apple stock on Tuesday, projecting that the company will be propelled to $108 per share thanks in part to this year's anticipated "iPhone 6" launch.

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Analyst Rod Hall issued a new note to investors, a copy of which was provided to AppleInsider, to lay the case that shares of AAPL are likely to see earnings grow beyond current expectations on Wall Street. Hall anticipates that Apple has multiple new product launches in the works for late 2014, including a redesigned iPhone.

Hall's estimate is up from his previous target of $89, which has been underwater for some time. His new price target of $108 calls for Apple to reach that goal by the end of 2015.

In addition to a redesigned iPhone, Hall also expects that Apple will launch a so-called "iWatch" this fall. However, he doesn't believe that new product category would have a significant effect on the company's bottom line.

J.P. Morgan was the second investment firm to raise its price target on Apple on Tuesday, joining Needham & Company, which increased its forecast to $97. In that increase, analyst Charlie Wolf also cited an expectation that "iPhone 6" sales will be strong, but he was also impressed by the announcement of Apple's new programming language, dubbed Swift, at this month's Worldwide Developers Conference.

Other firms tracked by AppleInsider that revised their price targets upward earlier this month areCowen & Company ($102), and RBC Capital Markets ($100). Many have been prompted to increase their targets in the face of strong gains by AAPL stock since the company's successful March quarter results, in which iPhone sales came in higher than market expectations.

Google trains its firepower on Apple

2014-06-27T09:28:00.003+04:00

Investors applauded after Google (GOOG) on Wednesday announced new versions of Android that will support wearable devices, cars and television, sending the company's stock up 2.5 percent at the close.

The excitement wasn't over a "killer" device that would immediately translate into massive new revenue for the company, but rather the search giant's move to engage Apple (AAPL) on key fronts. Google's new offerings will also widen its online platform, drawing more consumers to a range of products and, critically, convincing them to share their shopping and other valuable data.

Analysts with CRT Research said Google "now has a winning formula to conquer the living room -- with meaningful monetization likely to follow over the longer term."

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Google had to respond eventually to Apple's growing strategic directions. The latter introduced its iPhone interface for cars earlier this year. At the 2014 Worldwide Developer, the company found new ways to expand use of its devices, including home automation and health monitoring. Apple is still rumored to be planning a wearable device called the iWatch, as it has been preemptively nicknamed. A new, more powerful version of Apple TV also may be in the offing.

In other words, Google and Apple remain in a race for the hearts and wallets of consumers. Google has made great headway in market acceptance, with Android-powered phones taking the smartphone lead globally and tablets using the operating system gaining market share. Its recentacquisitions of Nest and Dropcam showed a focus on home security and automation. Music and video offerings underline the company's interest in diving deeper into entertainment.

To compete with Apple, Google has to show a willingness to enter the same consumer markets that its rival is targeting. That's what the newest version of Android, called L, showed. First, Google had been working on features similar to what Apple has recently added to iOS, including automatic owner recognition for improved security and 3D graphics capability for better gaming.

Then came the checklist of future markets. Android Wear for wearable computing includes health-tracking, navigation apps and voice-activated ride-sharing. More than 40 automakers -- more than Apple has recruited so far -- have signed on to include Android Auto. Meanwhile, Android TV can take video-streamed movies, TV and game feeds from any device and project them onto a TV screen.

The ability to have any or all of these versions of Android working together means that Google has greatly increased the potential reach of its ecosystem, as well as the markets for developers and possible arenas for advertising, which is the company's bread and butter.

For Google Fit, Your Health Data Could Be Lucrative

2014-06-27T02:38:00.000+04:00

Google GOOGL -0.2% Fit was one of several big updates Google announced at its annual I/O conference Wednesday, a service that lets apps and wearables cross reference our health data with one another. Sounds great for developers and consumers.

What’s in it for Google?

There’s a major advertising opportunity for Google to aggregate our health data in a realm outside of traditional search, observers say, but the company will need to downplay that business opportunity for the next year or more.

Google will need the ok from regulators like the FDA and FTC (which could be a challenge), and it will also need consumers to feel comfortable handing their health data over for processing. It’s one thing for Google to share your heart rate, steps and temperature with other apps thanks to the increasingly-sophisticated biometric sensors going into wearables — quite another for it to share that data with marketers.

Google emphasized several times during its announcement of Google Fit on Wednesday, that users would control what health and fitness data they gave the platform access to. “That’s the key,” the company’s representative said. “You’re in control. You can delete fitness activity.”

Google Fit needs to win consumers hearts. “Even before advertising comes into any of this, you need a really good user experience and to make consumers want to use these products before you start inundating them with adverting,” says Brian Yeager, an analyst with online advertising research firm e-Marketer.

Google, Apple AAPL +0.6% and Samsung are all trying to solve the same problem with their new health-data platforms: bringing together the motley array of health apps and wearables to get a comprehensive view of someone’s health. Google seems to be the most likely candidate to profit from such a service with ads.

“It’s a pretty good possibility that Google will take the Google Fit platform and figure out how to integrate advertising with it,” Yeager says. Advertising drives the vast majority of Google’s revenue and the company will account for almost a third of the $140 billion made from global advertising this year, according to eMarketer.

To put things in perspective, the healthcare and pharma industries are a small portion of all digital ad spending in 2014, according to e-Marketer’s estimates: $2.4 billion out $50.7 billion.(Retail will be the biggest spender, accounting for $11.2 billion this year.)

But that doesn’t mean healthcare isn’t lucrative to Google’s ad business, which makes money from clicks related to valuable search terms. The term “self-employed health insurance” for example, commands a cost-per-click price tag of $43.39, according to this 2013 breakdown by Statistic Brain.

The financial and insurance industries were also the biggest spenders on Google’s online ads in 2011, with health insurers like State Farm and eHealth Insurance contributing to a total spend of $4 billion that year.

Pharmaceutical companies meanwhile pay top dollar for Google search terms like “Lipitor” and “diabetes.”

“Diabetes ads are incredibly profitable,” says Derek Newell, CEO of corporate wellness management software firm Jiff. Not only do targeted pharmaceutical ads have high click-through rates, they’re expensive. On Google’s dynamic pricing platform AdWords, “[pharmaceutical] companies buy up all of those spots,” says Newell.

The looming problem for Google is that people are using its traditional search bar less and less, and they’re increasingly turning to apps to get details they need — to Kayak’s app for booking a flight, or to OpenTable for finding a restaurant.

To nourish its all-important ad business, Google needs to increasingly place itself in the middle of all the personal information that these apps process everyday. It’s already in a strong position to do that with Android, which now has more than 1 billion active monthly users. Google also owns one of the world’s biggest mobile advertising networks, AdMob.

Google Fit now represents another way that Google could tap into specific health-related data that flows between apps — data which has no chance of ever coming up in traditional search.

“The big question is are they going to try and put search on top of [Google Fit] to mine your data,” says Newell. “If Google knew that you had diabetes, then Google could start feeding you pharmaceutical advertisements about diabetes.”

Google could also sell access to Google Fit’s data to services that go beyond advertising — like Practice Fusion, one of the world’s largest electronic health record companies. Around 112,000 active medical professionals use Practice Fusion’s free, ad-supported service, which is targeted at small practices who can’t afford the usual $50,000 annual fees to set up an electronic records system.

One of Practice Fusion’s leading data scientists, Chris Hogg, suggests Google Fit could feed data directly into the company’s e-medical records. “We could easily integrate these kinds of devices and data streams and give more information back to physician at point of care,” he says.

The grand idea is that eventually, instead of updating your medical records every time you see your doctor, heath data gathered from platforms like Google Fit or Apple HealthKit can be pushed to those records far more frequently, even in real time.

“There’s this big gap between doctor visits,” says Hogg. “Collecting data from these devices and from our phones, then aggregating it on Apple and Google and eventually making its way track to doctors, is a transformative change.” His company has already begun updating its e-medical records with the real-time data from AliveCor heart monitors and Diasend glucose monitors that patients wear outside the hospital.

Would Google charge health IT firms like Practice Fusion to access the potential mountain of consumer health data that Google Fit could generate, or would that remain free? If the service really does take off over the next few years, the answer could ultimately affect Google’s bottom line.

Cloud and on-premises Microsoft email faced off in LA County: Guess who won

2014-06-27T02:34:00.000+04:00

In a scenario illustrative of Microsoft’s tectonic shift to the cloud, Los Angeles County halted an on-premises Exchange upgrade to instead roll out Office 365 and its Exchange Online service.

The county had already migrated about 12 of its more than 30 departments to the new on-premises email system when it decided to evaluate Office 365.

It hadn’t considered the cloud suite to be mature enough when it was planning its email platform unification project about three years ago, but a steady stream of subsequent Office 365 enhancements hit a tipping point for CIO Richard Sanchez and his team.

They were impressed not only with the suite’s broad functionality, but also with its security and regulatory compliance features, which were a must for county agencies involved with areas like health care and law enforcement.

“Office 365 has evolved into a very attractive product,” Sanchez said.

While the cloud suite became a viable alternative for the needs of L.A. County, the on premises email project was proving expensive and complicated.

“There were considerable costs we were incurring on for migration services, as well as for storage, computing facilities and the like,” Sanchez said.

And he realized that the county government was going to get less functionality. While the original project was focused solely on upgrading and consolidating the on-premises email system on Exchange, Office 365 offered them a lot more.

Through the Office 365 for Government edition it chose, L.A. County is not only getting Exchange Online, but also SharePoint Online, Exchange Online and the full-featured Office productivity suite with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and other apps.

L.A. County also liked Office 365’s mobile capabilities, an important element in an organization where many employees do work away from their desks, like sheriff deputies, food inspectors and social workers.

“We saw Office 365 as an opportunity to leverage the additional technology and also relieve us from the burden of having to manage email and continue to acquire hardware for storage and software licenses,” he said.

Some departments had SharePoint and Lync, but now the collaboration server and the unified communications tool will be available to all county employees, which total more than 100,000. This is expected to improve productivity and collaboration across the county government.

The move to Office 365 is also allowing L.A. County to simplify its Microsoft software licensing and make sure it is maximizing its product rights.

About a third of the departments had volume licensing agreements with Microsoft that had been negotiated independently. Now, there is a single county-wide Enterprise Agreement.

Sanchez doesn’t see the partial upgrade to Exchange on-premises as a wasted effort. Since those agencies are already on a unified email platform, it will be easier to shift them over to Office 365, he said.

Because L.A. County’s IT infrastructure was primarily made up of Microsoft products, Sanchez and his team didn’t seriously consider other cloud suites like Google Apps, because it would have meant significant effort in retraining a staff already familiar with Outlook and Office.

L.A. County, the largest in the U.S. in terms of population, plans to begin its 42-week rollout of Office 365 in August, aided by Microsoft Consulting Services and partner En Pointe Technologies.

Microsoft fixes Exchange Online outage after almost 9 hours

2014-06-27T02:29:00.000+04:00

Microsoft has finally fixed an Exchange Online outage that left affected users without access to email for almost nine hours on Tuesday, prompting many to vent their frustration online as they struggled to get their work done.

The company hasn’t said how many customers were impacted, but judging by the volume of complaints posted in discussion forums and social media sites, it must have hit a substantial number of users.

Plus, the length of the outage, and the fact that it struck during U.S. work hours, makes it a significant and embarrassing one for Microsoft, which is locked in a fight with Google in the cloud communication and collaboration software market.

Exchange Online is sold as a standalone service, and also as a component of Office 365, Microsoft’s cloud communication and collaboration suite for businesses, schools, government agencies and nonprofit organizations.

In an update posted in page 15 of a discussion thread in the Office 365 support forum, a Microsoft representative declared that the service had been restored around 6 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time. The outage hit shortly after 9 a.m.

“Investigation determined that a portion of the networking infrastructure entered into a degraded state. Engineers made configuration changes on the affected capacity to remediate end-user impact,” wrote the Microsoft support official, identified as David Zhang.

A common theme among affected users who complained online was that Microsoft was slow to acknowledge the outage and didn’t communicate well with customers. Many felt that the Office 365 status dashboard wasn’t updated quickly enough to reflect the problem.

A good sample of these complaints is encapsulated in the reactions to this update Microsoft posted to the Office 365 Twitter account at one point during the afternoon.

Outages such as this one create difficult situations for IT departments whose companies have shut down their on-premises servers and switched to vendor-hosted cloud services like Office 365. In these situations, IT pros have little to no control over the outage and yet have to field queries and complaints from their angry users.

Inevitably, these types of outages also trigger second-guessing of the decision to move to cloud services and give up the inherent control of running one’s own servers for email and other applications. This second-guessing is usually directed at the high-level IT executive who pushed for the move to the cloud, like CIOs, CTOs and IT managers.

Office 365 comes in a variety of editions that vary in price and in the applications and tools they include. Most Office 365 editions come with Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Lync Online and OneDrive for Business, and some also include the full-featured Office productivity app suite.

The basic version of Office 365 for Education, called A2, is free, while the most sophisticated version for businesses, Office 365 Enterprise E4, costs $22 per user, per month and includes a 99.9 percent uptime guarantee.

A Microsoft spokeswoman contacted via email acknowledged the problem, but didn’t provide details about the number of customers affected.

Demi Lovato-Really Don't Care (Lyrics)

2014-06-27T01:53:00.000+04:00

Capital cities - One minute more (Lyrics)

2014-06-24T11:00:00.002+04:00

2012-11-10T09:43:00.001+04:00

Մի աթեիստ փիլիսոփայության պրոֆեսոր դասախոսություն էր կարդում Աստծո և գիտության հակադրության մասին: Նա դիմեց իր նոր քրիստոնյա ուսանողներից մեկին.
- Դու քրիստոնյա ես, այնպես չէ՞:
- Այո, - պատասխանեց ուսանողը:
- Հետևաբար դու հավատում ես Աստծուն…, - շարունակեց պրոֆեսորը:
- Միանշանակ:
- Աստված բարի՞ է:
- Իհարկե:
- Աստված ամենակարո՞ղ է:
- Այո:
-Իմ եղբայրը մահացավ քաղցկեղից, - շարունակեց պրոֆեսորը, - չնայած որ նա աղոթում էր Աստծուն, որ իրեն փրկի: Մեզանից շատերը գոնե կփորձեին ինչ-որ կերպ օգնել հիվանդին, սակայն Աստված դա չարեց, այդ դեպքում ինչպե՞ս կարելի է նրան բարի համարել:

Ուսանողը լուռ էր:
- Ոչինչ, կարող ես և չպատասխանել, - ասաց պրոֆեսորը, - հիմա ամեն ինչ նորից: Աստված բարի՞ է:
- Այո’
- Իսկ սատանան բարի՞ է:
- Ո’չ:
- Ո՞վ է ստեղծել սատանային:
- Աստված:
- Ճիշտ է: Հիմա ասա’ խնդրեմ, աշխարհում կա՞ չարություն:
- Այո:
- Չարն ամենուր է, այնպես չէ՞: Եվ մենք գիտենք, որ ամենը Աստված է արարել, ճի՞շտ է:
- Այո…
- Ուրեմն ո՞վ է չարությունը արարել…
Ուսանողը չպատասխանեց:
- Աշխարհը լի է հիվանդություններով, անբարոյականությամբ, ատելությամբ… ճի՞շտ է…
- Այո’, պարո’ն:
- Եվ ո՞վ է այդ ամենն արարել:
Ուսանողը պատասխան չուներ…
Պրոֆեսորը շարունակեց.
- Գիտությունն ապացուցում է, որ դու ունես հինգ զգայարան` շրջակա աշխարհը տարբերակելու և ուսումնասիրելու համար: Ասա’ ինձ երբևէ Աստծուն տեսե՞լ ես:
- Ոչ…
- Լսե՞լ ես:
- Ոչ:
- Երբևէ զգացե՞լ ես քո Աստծո համը, բույրը, շոշափե՞լ ես արդյոք նրան…
- Ոչ, պարոն, երբեք:
- Սակայն դու հավատում ես նրան…
- Այո…
- Ըստ փորձարարական, կիրառական ու ցուցադրական թեստի՝ գիտությունն ապացուցված է համարում, որ քո Աստված գոյություն չունի: Ի՞նչ կասես, - խորամանկ ժպտաց պրոֆեսորը:
- Ոչինչ, ես ընդամենը հավատում եմ…
- Հավատ… այո’, հենց դա է խնդիրը…
-Բարի, - շարունակեց ուսանողը, - իսկ ի՞նչ կասեք մթության մասին, արդյո՞ք գոյություն ունի մթությունը:
- Իհարկե, հապա էլ ի՞նչ է գիշերը, եթե ոչ մթություն:
- Ցավոք, Դուք իրավացի չեք, իրականում մթությունը լույսի բացակայությունն է: Լույսը կարող է լինել թույլ, պայծառ, անգամ` կուրացնող, բայց երբ այն չկա, մութ է: Փաստորեն այն, ինչ մենք մթություն ենք կոչում, ընդամենը լույսի բացակայությունն է: Իրականում մթություն գոյություն չունի, այլապես մենք կարող էինք այն նույնպես կառավարել, ինչպես լույսը: Ճի՞շտ է:
- Եվ ի՞նչ ես ուզում դրանով ասել, երիտասա’րդ:
- Այն, որ ձեր փիլիսոփայական մտքերը թերի են:
- Այսի՞նքն, պարզաբանի’ր:
- Պարզաբանեմ, - շարունակեց ուսանողը, - Դուք առաջնորդվում եք դուալիզմի հիպոթեզով: Դուք պնդում եք, որ կա կյանք և մահ, Բարի Աստված ու Չար Աստված: Դուք Աստծուն ներկայացնում եք սահմանափակ, կարծես նրան կարելի է չափել: Գիտե՞ք՝ գիտությունն էլ ունի առեղծվածներ. այն օգտվում է էլեկտրական հոսանքից ու մագնիսական ձգողությունից, սակայն մինչ օրս ո’չ տեսել է դրանք, ո’չ էլ կարողացել է մինչև վերջ բացատրել դրանց էությունը: Եթե մահը հակադրվում է կյանքին, այն դադարում է վերացական լինելուց, այնինչ` մահը ոչ թե կյանքի հակադրությունն է, այլ դրա բացակայությունը: Այժմ, խնդրեմ, պատասխանե’ք իմ հարցերին, Դուք Ձեր ուսանողներին սովորեցնում եք, որ նրանք կապիկներից են առաջացել, այնպե՞ս չէ:
- Ելնելով մարդու էվոլյուցիայի տեսությունից ` այո, այդպես եմ սովորեցնում:
- Իսկ այդ էվոլյուցիան Դուք Ձեր սեփական աչքերով տեսե՞լ եք, պարո’ն:
Պրոֆեսորը քմծիծաղով տարուբերեց գլուխը` հասկանալով, թե զրույցն ինչ ընթացք է վերցնում:
- Հետևաբար, - շարունակեց ուսանողը, - եթե ոչ ոք էվոլյուցիան իր ընթացքի մեջ չի տեսել ու չի կարող ապացուցել դրա իսկությունը, Դուք ներկայացնում եք ոչ թե գիտական փաստ, այլ` սեփական տեսակետը: Ուրեմն Դուք ոչ թե գիտնական եք, այլ քարոզիչ:
Դասասրանն աշխուժացավ:
- Կա՞ այս սրահում ինչ-որ մեկը, ով տեսել է մեր պրոֆեսորի ուղեղը:
Բոլորը ծիծաղեցին:
- Կա՞ այստեղ ինչ-որ մեկը, ով պրոֆեսորի ուղեղին դիպչել է, զգացել դրա հոտը կամ լսել է այն…. Փաստորեն, ոչ ոք նման փորձ չունի, հետևաբար ըստ փորձարարական, կիրառական ու ցուցադրական թեստի գիտությունը ապացուցված է համարում, որ Դուք ուղեղ չունեք, հարգելի’ պրոֆեսոր: Եվ այսքանն ապացուցելուց հետո ինչպե՞ս պիտի մենք վստահենք մեր դասը ձեզ…
Լսարանում քար լռություն էր տիրում: Պրոֆեսորն այլայլված դեմքով նայում էր ուսանողներին:
- Դու ընդամենը պիտի հավատաս իմ ուղեղի գոյությանը, երիտասա’րդ, - ասաց պրոֆեսորը:
- Այո’, պարո’ն, ես հենց դա նկատի ունեմ: Մարդու և Աստծո կապն էլ հենց հավատն է: Այն միակ ուժն է, որ երևույթները կյանքի է կոչում և պահում դրանց կապը…

ՀԳ. Այդ ուսանողը Ալբերտ Էյնշթեյնն էր…

Autumn

2012-10-22T18:09:00.000+04:00

How To Hack Windows 7 Password

2012-10-20T11:27:00.001+04:00

Forgetting the password will be frustrating and bring you lots of troubles. How to hack Windows 7 logon password when you forgot it? Here is step by step tutorial that explains how to hack windows 7 password with Password Resetter.
STEP 1
Download Password Resetter from this LINK. It isn’t free software , price is $22.12. After you buy it you will get the download link and activation key via email.

Install Password Resetter on your computer and activate it.

STEP 2
Run Password Resetter 1.0 by clicking on the icon on your desktop and wait for a window like below to appear:

Now you’ll be able to burn a CD or prepare USB that you will use on your locked PC to hack your lost Windows password.
STEP 3
To burn a bootable CD/DVD click on the Burn CD button and wait for a screen like below to appear:

What you need to do next is put empty CD/DVD media in your burner and wait for the Burn button to enable. Once it is enabled please click on it and wait several minutes while the CD/DVD is burnt. You will get a message Burn completed when CD was burnt successfully,
If you want to burn a bootable USB instead CD/DVD click on the Prepare USB button and a screen like this will appear: Plug in your USB and wait for Password Resetter to recognize it and show its drive letter in the Drive letter drown list. Choose it from the drop down list.

After the drive has appeared please click on the OK (green) button and wait for the USB to be prepared. Like on the example below. When successfully created you will get a confirmation

STEP 4
In this step we’ll explainn booting from the CD/USB and removing the password step by step instructions

After the initial startup of your computer is complete, as shown in the previous step, the Password Resetter menu shown above should display on screen.
What to do:
Press ENTER at the boot: prompt, shown above.
Don’t See This Screen?
If Windows started, you see an error message, or you see a blank screen for longer than a few minutes, then something went wrong. If you see anything other than the message shown above then Password Resetter did not start correctly and will not remove/reset your password.
Are You Booting to the CD Correctly?: The most likely reason that Password Resetter might not be working properly is because your computer is not configured to boot from the CD you burned.
Select Disk where the Windows installation is

The next step in the Password Resetter process is to select the partition that contains the Windows installation that you want to delete a password from.
Most computers have a single operating system installed on a single partition on a single hard drive, making this a very easy choice.
STEP 5
Press ENTER to accept the default partition or type the number corresponding to the correct partition from the Candidate Windows partitions found list and then press ENTER.

For Windows 7 Users!
Windows 7 has a small boot partition first (number 1) for the boot loader, and if you are using Windows 7 it means that the one marked with boot is not correct then you need select number 2 manually.
If you did everything and you are still stuck at this step then please do the following, when the list of partitions is given you need to use option –a in order to see the complete list of partitions. Then please try to select a partition from this list, and this should solve the problem.
For Windows 2000 Users!
If you are using Windows NT 2000 please when you are asked to enter the registry directory path enter the following:
winnt/system32/config
STEP 6
Password Resetter now needs to know the exact location of the Windows Registry. Except in the rarest of occasions, the default location will be the correct one.Press ENTER to accept the default Windows Registry path.

If pressing enter goes back to the same screen asking you to enter the path again and again it means you have chosen the wrong partition. Therefore please repeat this process by rebooting your PC and selecting a different partition from the list.
STEP 7
Password Resetter is now asking which part of the registry it should load.Press ENTER to accept the default choice of Password reset.

STEP 8
Now that the registry is loaded and available to the program, Password Resetter needs to know exactly what you want to do.Press ENTER to accept the default choice of Edit user data and passwords.This will load the necessary options for the actual password reset process.

STEP 9
Password Resetter now needs to know which user’s password you’d like to delete (erase, clear, blank, remove, call it what you like). You will get a list of all available users on the specific computer.
A default user is listed between the brackets at the prompt. In the above example, you can that it’s the Administrator user.If the default user is the user you’d like to remove the password from, simply press ENTER. Otherwise, enter/type the username and then press ENTER.

STEP 10
At the bottom of the screen you’ll see the User Edit Menu with several options to choose from.Type 1 for Clear (blank) user password and then press ENTER.

Password Resetter shows some interesting information about the username you entered in the last step – the full name, what groups the user belongs to, how many failed login attempts have taken place, how many total logins have been completed, and more. If you see a check in the Passwd not req. box, this means that a password is not a requirement for this particular user. It does not mean that a password is not required to access the account in Windows. In other words, it’s saying that it is possible to erase this user’s password.
STEP 11
Assuming there weren’t any problems, you should see a Password cleared! message after entering 1 in the previous step.
Type ! to quit editing user and then press ENTER.
You must confirm these changes in a later step before they are actually complete. If you quit Password Resetter now then the password reset will not be completed and password will not be removed!

STEP 12
Next, you will get the 1,2,3,9,q menu. Enter q and then press ENTER to quit the Password Resetter registry editing tool.

STEP 13
Type y and then press ENTER.
If you do not type y and press enter then the changes are not saved and your password will not be removed! You should see an EDIT COMPLETE message appear on screen. If you do, it means that Password Resetter has written the password changes to your computer!

Press ENTER to confirm the default option of not rerunning the password reset.
That’s it! You’ve just completed the entire Password Resetter password removal process.
Press CTRL+ALT+DEL in order to restart you computer – Make sure you remove the CD or the USB from your computer first.

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Hacking Tricks

2012-10-20T11:25:00.001+04:00

Want to learn useful hacking tricks? Here is the list of best hacking tricks that will teach you a lot new hacking techniques and tricks.Enjoy!

1. Real Hacking Tricks

Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
XSS is hacking trick where malicious user can add carefully-constructed comments to webpages with the intention of fooling web browsers. Read more in my previous article Cross Site Scripting Example where you can try live example.
Cross Site Request Forgery ( CSRF )
CSRF is hacking trick that works by exploiting the trust that a site has for the user. Site tasks are usually linked to specific urls
(Example: http://hackspc.com/sellpage?money=1000&count=145689782562) allowing specific actions to be performed when requested. If a user is logged into the site and an attacker tricks their browser into making a request to one of these task urls. Typically an attacker will embed malicious HTML or
JavaScript code into an email or website to request a specific ‘task url’ which executes without the users knowledge.
Read more in my previous article Cross Site Request Forgery ( CSRF ) Example
SQL Injection
SQL Injection is subset of the an unverified/unsanitized user input vulnerability and the idea is to convince the application to run SQL code that was not intended. Read more in my previous article How To Protect Your Website Against SQL Injection
Javascript Injection
Javascript injection is hacking trick that allows you to change websites behavior without refreshing or leaving it. It provides on spot interaction with the source code of website from browser window. Javascript script might come really handy when you are hacking basic websites. Javascript injection allows you to alter the form values before sending it to server. Read more in my previous articles Basic Tutorial About Javascript Injection and Javascript Injection |A Closer Look

2.Harmless Hacking Tricks

Here is the list of harmless hacking tricks that will trick your friend/ co-worker and etc.
Use ‘Inspect Element’ to Trick Your Friends
It isgoogle chrome trick that will prank your friends ! If your friend /co-worker has a weak work ethic , every few minutes visits facebook page , then you should prank him :). Click here How To Use ‘Inspect Element’ to Prank Your Friends

Make over 1,000 folders in few seconds

Open notepad and type

@echo off

:top

md %random%

goto top

and save it as .bat
Cannot Click On Anything On The Screen
It is windows trick that will make it to where your friend cannot click on anything on the screen.

Read more at Cannot Click On Anything On The Screen
Make Windows Batch File That Open The Notepad File Continuously
Open notepad and type

@ECHO off

:top

START %SystemRoot%\system32\notepad.exe

GOTO top

save it as .bat
Fake Facebook Virus
This will make your friend to think he has got a virus when they click on an icon such as Internet Explorer .

Read more in my prevoius article Fake Facebook Virus
Make Matrix With NotePad
Open notepad and type

@echo off

color 2

:start

echo %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% 
%random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random%

goto start

save it as .bat

3. Game hacking tricks

Play Nintendo Games On Your Computer
If you want to play nintendo games like legendary Zelda, Donkey Kong, Pokemon on your computer , then you should use emulator. Emulator creates an environment on your PC under which real Nintendo software can run and be played in much the same way as it would be on the original hardware system. That means you can play Nintendo games on your computer at the comfort of your home. Read more at Play Nintendo Games On Your Computer
Play gameboy/nitendo games with a mobile phone
If you want to play gameboy/nintendo games on your mobile phone , then you should use emulator like VNES. Click here
Play Sega Dreamcast Games On Your PC
Here is step by step tutorial that explains how to play sega dreamcast games on your pc How To Play Sega Dreamcast Games On Your PC

Play LAN Games Using Hamachi
It’s game trick that explains how to play LAN games with your friends using the Hamachi software. Read more in my previous article How To Play LAN Games Using Hamachi

4. Windows Hacking Tricks

How To Break Windows Password
There are many ways to break windows passwords, I will show you how do do it with Cain & Abel v2.0. It is powerful hacking tool which can break of various kind of passwords using Dictionary, Brute-Force, Cryptanalysis attacks … This tutorial tells you how to break administrator password and gain access to admin account with Brute-Force attack.

Read more in my previous article How To Break Windows Password
How To Set Up A Backdoor In A Windows
backdoor is a hidden way to access a place. In terms of computer backdoor means a way to access that system(network, pc or anything)through a unknown, hidden way making use of a vulnerability present in that system. In this article I will tell you a way to access a pc running in windows os even if the system is password protected.

But you must have accessed that system before. For this trick you need only less than 5 minutes.
Read more in my previous article How To Set Up A Backdoor In A Windows

Home HTTP Server – How to create one

2012-10-20T11:23:00.000+04:00

In this tutorial we will see how to create an HTTP server. A web server is software installed on a computer that allows other computers to access specific files on that computer/server. There are many reasons to create your own home servers. For example: file sharing, so you can download files from your home computer from anywhere or you can create a web site on own server etc. Simply said It works like this; You choose a directory on your computer , in that directory add folders, files like music,video and etc. When you put the IP address of your computer the in web browser you can see all the files from that folder and you can download those files. Let’s now create a server(HTTP server!) using Apache(a server client):

1. You must have:

Broadband internet connection always on
Windows on your computer

2. Create a folder on your disc , in this example I created a folder on E:\my server
3. Download apache_2.2.10-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi and install it, set parameters( for localhost type something like a myserver.com(doesn’t really matter), also type your email address in field “Administrator@ Email Address” ) as shown below, choose where you want to install it.

Enter email address where you want to receive tutorials when we post them! It’s free! 4..When you install Apache , go to directory where you installed it (p.e. “C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\conf”) , here you will find a httpd file.
Open that file with notepad.

After this will appear notepad with long and complicated code, don´t worry, you must change just 3 things.
5. In notepad file find #DocumentRoot “C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/htdocs” and replace with #DocumentRoot “E:\my server”. Also find #<Directory “C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/htdocs” and replace with <Directory “E:\my server”.

E:\my server is folder where you put files which will appear on your server. In this example I created that folder on local disc E:. You can create your folder in any other place, but then type that path here. Find #AllowOverride None and change to AllowOverride All.

After this, save file like httpd.conf.

6. Type in web addresses http://localhost/ or your IP Address, you should see something like this

Every files you put in folder , which we created in step 2 , will be shown on http://localhost/
7. If you want access own server from other computers. You must forward a port in the router we’re using. The port we need to forward is port number 80. Why? Because by default it’s the port used for HTTP. Port forwarding actually means opening a tunnel through the router so that the router wouldn’t reject the connections that are trying to connect to it. How to port-forward? With every router it’s different. Here are the instructions for every one of them. You must also turn off you firewall.
That is all. Enjoy your home server. If you have questions, post them in the comments area.
Note: Creating home server is risky,when you open port, there is a possibility to have someone a breach in your computer .Before you start, make sure your computer has all the latest patches and security updates, and that you’ve done a thorough spyware and virus scan. This tutorial is only for advanced users

If you want to learn more about creating server below you can request for free ebook called Run Your Own Web Server Using Linux & Apache – Free 191 Page Preview
Installing Apache, MySQL and PHP – Free Video Training Tutorials

If you want to learn more about creating server and how to use it I recommend you free video training tutorials from David Gassner . Tutorials describes how to install and perform the initial configuration of Apache, MySQL, and PHP, known as the AMP stack, on a local development computer.

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How To Use And Install Taggstar

2012-10-20T11:21:00.003+04:00

Today I’ll show you how to use free and simple online service called Taggstar that turns the images on your website into an interactive experience . With a single click your visitors can get information, share opinions and even find purchase options for nearly anything in the image. You can see how it works on real example below. Below is typical image that shows android menu. Try to click on gmail or facebook icon and see what happens .

Taggstar is very simple to use, all what you need is sign up in Taggstar , copy paste javascript code to your website and you’re ready to tag images. Follow instructions below :
1. Go to taggstar.com and click on Sign Up

2. Fill the information or connect it to your facebook account to create a Taggstar account

3. Log in your Taggstar account and click on Setup .

Install Taggstar
4. Select on of the options: WordPress, Blogger, Tumbit or Other

5. Copy Paste javascript code to static part of your wordpress theme as header, sidebar, footer…

I personally copied it into header.php

6. After adding javascript code to your website, you’ll be able to tag every image on your website. While you’re logged in your Taggstar account, visit your website and select star icon on image that you want to tag.

7. After that will pop up windows with your image where you need to point anywhere on the image to make tag

8. Fill the information as title, comment, link, video, image that you want to appear when someone click your tag and click Publish Tag.

How To Assign A Domain To Your Server

2012-10-12T18:49:00.000+04:00

If you want to have a website or a blog on your home server, your website should have a name assigned.
It would be bizarre, that visitors or you constantly type your IP address in the web browser. Especially if you have a broadband internet connection and an IP address that changes every 24 hours. In this tutorial we will see how to assign a domain to a server.If you want to learn how to create own server , read my previous article How To Create Server | Step by Step

Go to DynDNS , there you can get one of the available DynDNS domain names, for free . On that site, you should create account.

After you created an account , log in , on the left sidebar you will see My Services, click it. Then go to Host Services, in Host Services click Add New Hostname.

When you click on Add new hostname , fields will appear where you must type the hostname like servername.gotdns.org, service type , IP address (How to check IP Address? Go to http://www.cmyip.com/, on that site you will see own IP addresses). Set parameters as shown below, just add
your own information .

There is one small problem, IP address will change every 24 hour. It is little difficult manually type every 24 hours IP address in your DynDNS account. Luckily there is application, called an update client. Update client will send updates to your account when your IP address changes.Download update client and install it. It looks like this

That is all.Type your domain name in web browser and enjoy in new domain for home server..

Best Free Antivirus Software

2012-10-12T08:10:00.003+04:00

To protect own computer from viruses, trojan, worm and similar threats, you should use a high-quality anti-virus software. Not using anti-virus software leaves you open to viruses, which may lead to more malware invading your system. Make sure that you install only one anti-virus software, doing otherwise will cause severe system instability.Here comes frequently asked question: Which anti-virus should I use?Many of us pay a lot of money to buy anti-virus software, but this is so unnecessary, because there are plenty of good free anti-virus software that offer the same kind of protection as the boxed software you can buy at the store.To help you out, I decided to provide you the list of top 10 free anti-virus. Let’s begin with it.
1)Avast

Avast Home Edition
Download Page	cnet.com
File size	23.1 MB
Author	ALWIL Software
Operating System	Windows All
The Best Review about avast	Freeware Mission

Note: Free, but you’ll need to register for a product key

2)AVG

AVG
Download Page	cnet.com
File size	29 MB
Operating System	Windows XP/Vista/7/8
The Best Review about AVG	AVG Free Edition antivirus review

3)Avira Free Antivirus

Avira Antivirus
Download Page	cnet.com
File size	97.71MB
Operating System	Windows XP/Vista/7
The Best Review about Avira Free Antivirus	Ghacks Review

4)ClamWin

ClamWin
Download Page	cnet.com
File size	5.61MB
Operating System	Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/7
The Best Review about ClamWin	ClamWin Review

5)PC Tools

PC Tools
Download Page	cnet.com
File size	21.67MB
Operating System	Windows XP/Vista/7
The Best Review about PC Tools	PC Tools Review

6)Rising Antivirus

Rising Antivirus
Download Page	softpedia.com
File size	60.9 MB
Operating System	Windows All
The Best Review about Rising Antivirus	Rising Antivirus Review

7)Spyware Terminator

Spyware Terminator
Download Page	brothersoft.com
File size	631 KB
Operating System	Windows All
The Best Review about Spyware Terminator	Spyware Terminator Review

8)Moon Secure Antivirus

Moon Secure
Download Page	sourceforge.net
File size	10.4 MB
Operating System	Windows All
The Best Review about Moon Secure	Moon Secure Review

9)Panda Cloud Antivirus Free Edition

Panda Cloud Antivirus
Download Page	cnet.com
File size	902.8K
Operating System	Windows XP 32-bit/Vista 32-bit/64-bit/7 32-bit/64-bit
The Best Review about Panda Cloud Antivirus	Raymond Blog Review

10)Microsoft Security Essentials

Microsoft Security
Download Page	cnet.com
File size	10.58MB
Operating System	Windows XP/Vista/7
The Best Review about Microsoft Security	Techradar Review

If you know any free anti-virus software that I didn’t mention, please write a comment, and I will add it.