January 2010 - TECK.IN

Micromax Q2 Ezpad Mobile Phone – Price Rs. 2190 in India

January 25, 2010

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. […]

LIVE tweeting from ISS, The First Live Tweet from Space!

January 25, 2010

International Space Station (ISS) resident Timothy Creamer posted the first live Twitter post truly from space. “Hello Twitterverse!” he wrote. “We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station — the 1st live tweet from Space! 🙂 More soon, send yours” […]

Twitter Flash Widget for Websites Disbaled Over Security Issue

January 25, 2010

Twitter has temporarily disabled access to a feature that lets users display Twitter updates on their websites by using Flash Player, after a security researcher warned of a programming flaw that left the login credentials of its users vulnerable to hackers. […]

Complain About Mobile Phone Service Providers at TRAI Website (Coming Soon)

January 25, 2010

TRAI to set up online customer redressal mechanism. Any customer can log on to the web-based system and complaints, violations or any other grievance against their mobile operator. The mobile operator will immediately get the complaint. TRAI may include SMS-based and voice call based complaints as well. The process will begin next month and plans to have the platform working from the beginning of next fiscal year. […]

Wrist Pain Caused by Too Much Sex, Don’t Blame Computers!

January 21, 2010

Excessive computer use and working with heavy machinery have long been blamed for causing wrist pain, but according to a top medic, the reason behind the agony is: too much sex. Top medic researcher Dr John Zenian wrote in the journal Medical Hypotheses that the repetitive movements during lovemaking puts extra weight on the wrists and causes carpal tunnel syndrome. The syndrome traps nerves, causing pain and numbness. […]

DTH (Direct To Home) TV in India, Features and Price Comparison

January 21, 2010

DTH (Direct To Home) is the transmission mode by which satellite TV programming can be received at home. Currently there are six main DTH providers in India, namely Dish TV, TataSky, Big TV, Airtel Digital, Sun Direct and Videocon D2H. DTH is the primary alternative if you don’t want to depend on local cable operators. Since DTH signals come directly from the broadcast satellite to the consumer’s dish, it can even reach remote places. Feature comparison as well as price comparison chart is provided. […]

SMS GupShup raises $12 Million, Expanding to Philippines and Indonesia

January 20, 2010

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. […]

Chinese Cyber Attack on India Government Offices Too?

January 19, 2010

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. […]

French and German Govts Warned People Not to Use Internet Explorer

January 18, 2010

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. […]

Cyber Attack on Google, Facilitated by Google China Employees?

January 18, 2010

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. […]