Cricinfo has released Official ESPN Cricinfo Chrome Extension, which shows you the latest cricket news, features and live scores from cricinfo.com. The extension shows a small notification when new news stories become available at the website. Read full story »

Google security researcher discovered an ancient bug in Windows, which involves a utility that allows newer versions of Windows to run very old programs and exploit this utility in Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and 2008 as well as Windows Vista and Windows 7. This bug dates from the DOS era! This bug will be patched by Microsoft in its February security update for Windows. The update also tackles bugs in Office XP, Office 2003 and Office 2004 for Apple Macintosh machines. Read full story »

The Internet was nominated by the Italian version of Wired magazine, which cited its use as a tool to advance “dialogue, debate and consensus through communication” and to promote democracy. Organizers said signatories to its petition backing the nomination include 2003 peace laureate and exiled Iranian activist Shirin Ebadi, which would make it a legitimate entry. Read full story »

The official website of Tata Consultancy Services, TCS.com, has been hacked. The homepage says “This domaine name is for sale. Please contact us for further informations. abed_uk@hotmail.com”. We have accessed the hacked website at 2:30PM, 7-Feb, in India. It is rumored that, the hackers have made changes to the DNS settings of the website. TCS is maintaining many of the government websites and this case points out the immaturity of TCS. Let us hope that, this will be an eye opener for major Indian software firms. Read full story »

Micromax launched new dual SIM (GSM+GSM), dual on, mobile Phone Micromax Q5. The Micromax Q5 has QWERTY Keypad and a Track Ball and, slim and stylish as the ezpad handset. It has a 2MP camera and supports GPRS. The Q5 has FM Radio, MP3 Player, Audio Recorder and Video. The Micromax Q5 has 15 MB inbuilt memory and supports up to 8GB Expandable Memory with Micro SD card. The Micromax Q5 is priced at Rs 5,100. Read full story »

A computer security expert has uncovered a flaw in the Oracle Database that could let hackers remotely access sensitive information in corporate and government databases via the Internet. It allows an attacker without a user ID and password to take complete control. All firewalls become irrelevant. This is revealed at the Black Hat hacking conference in Washington. The researcher believes about nine out of every 10 Oracle databases are vulnerable to attack. Read full story »

The Chief Justice of India said that there was an urgent need to ban websites that circulate pornography. Do you agree with the CJI? Will this be against the freedom of speech and expression? Is it like Talibanism, if implemented? I agree that nobody should be shown online porn or porn advertisements without their permission.If someone is wants to browse a porn site, they should be given a warning message for the first time before they enter inside the adult-only website. Read full story »

Micromax Mobile Q2 is ia Dual SIM QWERTY keypad phone with 1.3MP Camera. Micromax Q2 has Multi Format Music Player and Stereo FM Radio. It features a large SMS & Phonebook with Photocall. It has GPRS, WAP and MMS. The phone features a large SMS & Phonebook with Photocall. Q2 supports Expandable Memory upto 8GB. The Package contents a Transceiver, charger, standard battery, hands free kit and a leather case. Read full story »

SMS GupShup has raised USD 12 million in Series D venture financing round. With this new financing round, the total funding of SMS GupShup comes to $37 million. The new funding will be used to expand into other markets such as the Philippines and Indonesia, for product development and to hire new staff in engineering, advertising and marketing. Read full story »

Mr M K Narayanan told The Times that his office and other government departments were targeted on December 15. A ‘Trojan’ virus was embedded in an e-mail PDF attachment. The virus was detected and officials were told not to log on until it was eliminated. This was not the first instance of an attempt to hack into India’s computers. People seem to be fairly sure it was the Chinese. China has denied any role in the hacking attacks. Read full story »

The information security department of France urged Internet users to avoid Microsoft’s browsers IE 6, 7 and 8 because of a weakness that allows hackers to infect the system. The German Federal Office for Information Security, said that flaws in the Microsoft systems let hackers start and lock computers that have a Windows operating system, and thus urged not to use it. Read full story »

Google is investigating whether one or more employees may have helped facilitate a sophisticated cyber-attack from China that resulted in theft of its intellectual property. Chinese local media reports that some Google China employees were denied access to internal networks after Jan 13, while some staff were put on leave and others transferred to different offices in Google’s Asia Pacific operations. Google has denied rumours that it has already decided to shut down its China offices. Google is going to have talks with the Chinese government, before making any final decision on the matter. Read full story »

Wadja.com, a unique social networking site that uses labels to create people-to-topic connections, has introduced a re-design of its homepage and logo. wadja.com offers a unique messaging service based on shared topics of interest and activities. You can use Wadja.com to follow profile “labels” that focus around the hobbies and group discussions you enjoy the most. With Wadja, you can create your personal, customized, label “tags” and open up a whole new world of messaging. Label conversations can take place over the Web, Email and SMS, and the responses are shared between contacts, or privately with a friend. Read full story »

Google has released a Gmail Tips and Tricks (Gmail Ninja Guide) to save time, increase your productivity, and manage your email efficiently. The tips are divided into four different sections: White belt, Green belt, Black belt and Gmail Master. The tips are made also available as a Printable guide (PDF). Read full story »

The Sony Ericsson Aino is a 3G phone with functionality / features such as 3” TFT touchscreen, slide-out alphanumeric keypad, 8.1MP camera with LED flash, video player, music player, gallery, FM radio, Facebook integration, support for Windows 7 Device Stage and Media Go, Remote Play, Clear Stereo and Clear Bass, DLNA support, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, A-GPS, Walkman player 4.0, 8 GB microSD card and Bluetooth wireless headset. The Sony Ericsson Aino costs Rs 24,000. Read full story »