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Recently I came to know about this, the homepage of Digg contains a "Secret Message" . This secret message is in the source code of the Home Page of the website in the form of a comment at the very bottom .After analyzing the code it seems that some physics-lover has worked on the code of the website.The message is ::: This line is a comment and thus not visible on the website but can easily be seen in the source code of the homepage.These are not just random numbers but are a result of very smart physics work done at the Digg labs. What is the significance of these numbers ? Take a guess (Hint :: Relate these numbers to physics)... OK,here is the answer..... 2.01355321270u :: This is the atomic mass of the hydrogen isotope known as D euterium. 137.03599911 :: This is a complicated one and really a geek in physics can figure this out.This is I nverse of the Sommerfield fine-structure constant. 6.6742x10-11m3kg-1s-2 ::The last two numbers are the same.This one is v...

Recently there was so much talk about the locking feature that is present in Android phone.So I thought to check it out.Unlike other phones which require a four digit number for unlocking "Android" uses an innovative approach to lock your phone and prevent accidental dialing.It puts nine dots arranged in a square pattern (as in case of a grid)on the touch screen along with the caption "Draw pattern to unlock". A pattern can be anything with the following constraints:: It needs to contain 4 dots. Once a dot is lit,it can't be used again. You can use one or several "knight moves" such as [0 5 4 2] You cannot go over an unlit dot without lighting it.For example, the pattern [0 2 1 4] is illegal, because moving your finger between 0 and 2 will light 1. Once a dot is lit, you can use it to reach another unlit dot. For example,both [0 4 3 5] and [0 4 5 3] are legal. Kind of tricky .Isn't it? Also some people using the phone have noticed that the repeated...

Clickjacking is a term used by two security experts Robert “RSnake” Hansen and Jeremiah Grossman to define a new major web attack that could potentially affect millions of web users.This threat exploits the bug that is present in "One of the Adobe products" but Jeremiah and Robert believe that the clickjacking flaw ultimately lies in the way that Internet browsers are designed.According to Grossman "If I control what you click on, how much bad can I do? It turns out you can do a number of really, really bad things." What makes the attack noteworthy is that this attack is compatible with all browsers and their all versions be it Firefox,IE,Opera,Safari or any other browser.Jeremiah and Robert were going to demonstrate this attack on Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) in New York City this week but on Adobe's request they postponed their demonstration so that the Adobe can contact all web browser vendors and can release a patch for this exploit....

Google has announced the winners of the first phase of the Android Developer Challenge a contest to create apps for Google's Android mobile operating system.Here are some of the ideas whose creators received $275,000 :: Cab4me : Helps you to find a taxi. CompareEverywhere : A price comparison engine and review reader. Ecorio : Aims to track your carbon footprint. GoCart : Lets you scan a product barcode to then find out where to buy this near-by. Life360 : This seems to be a social network for your neighborhood to post important alerts (like “dog ran away” or “house on fire”). Locale : This tool automatically changes your phone’s setting based on where you are. (Not novel, but perhaps useful.) PicSay : A picture editor which comes with color correction, distortion tools and more, as well as sharing features. Softrace : Compare with others around the world in physical activities like racing. TuneWiki : A self-proclaimed social media player, with synchronized ...

For all those Google fans and critics here is a new project from Google , GOOGLE CHROME , an Open Source web browser.There have been rumors that Google was going to release its own browser. Now, thanks to Google Blogoscoped , we have some additional evidence: a 38-page comic book sent out by Google and drawn by no less than Scott McCloud, creator of the classic Understanding Comics , to announce the Google Chrome project. The features depicted in the comic book are:: Its an Open Source project based on Webkit rendering engine and includes Google Gears project. The browser will contain a JavaScript Virtual Machine called V8 . Like Mozilla it will include tabbed browsing but the position of the tabs will be on the upper side of the window, not below the address bar. The browser has an address bar with auto-completion features.and is called ’omnibox’ that resembles Firefox’s “Awesome bar” . The browser will include Speed Dial feature as in Opera. Chrome has a privacy ...

Cellular Seizure Investigation (CSI) Stick, a product from the Paraben Forensic Training developed primarily for law enforcement, surveillance, and intelligence operations but available to the public, acquires data from cellphones.This portable solution is easy to use with a simple one button command to gather data from the device. Whether it is logical or physical information, the CSI Stick can gather the data. The most striking feature of this device is its size(that of a thumb or a small Pen Drive) and its single button interface which let intruders copy the data in a fraction of seconds.Moreover it does not require a "special" port for connecting to the cellphone.It connects to the data/charging port and will seamlessly grab e-mails, instant messages, dialed numbers, phone books and anything else that is stored in memory. It will even retrieve deleted files that have not been overwritten. And there is no trace whatsoever that the information has been compromised, nor an...

Yahoo Buzz ,a Digg -like service that launched on February 25 , is now open to all website owners and publishers.The beta test was limited to a few popular websites ( webmasters and bloggers kept joining the waiting list.At last it was opened for all on 18/08/08 . Anyone can now add Buzz buttons to their site which will allow readers to vote up the stories in various categories. However, voters will require a Yahoo! ID to submit and buzz the story. But once you start buzzing and voting, you can keep track of all your buzzing activity. When you buzz a story, they offer a cool alert with related stories too.The big benefit for publishers is that top Buzz stories are linked from the Yahoo home page, which turns a fire hose of traffic onto a story. When those stories hit the home page there’s a good chance that the linked site will have a record day in traffic. Yahoo says they’ve sent 16 million visitors to outside sites in those first two weeks. Yahoo is still ramping up the number of li...

Google is the soul of Internet but still for some netizens who want to get out of the google-grip.Here are some alternatives :: 1. Thunderbird Thunderbird is right behind it in terms of usefulness, functionality, speed and extensibility. Thunderbird, although not an online app, is a great alternative to Gmail . 2. 30 Boxes . Although the simple and fast Gcal meets all needs perfectly, 30 boxes is just as fast and easy, and is loved by many. If Gcal didn’t integrate with Gmail, people would probably be using 30 Boxes. 3. Netvibes . Netvibes can not only hold all of your feeds in an organized way, it can replace both Reader and Google Personalized Homepage . A great way to organize all your favorite services in a personalized way. 4. Zoho Office Suite . Perhaps the best online alternative to the Google Docs & Spreadsheets , Zoho has just about everything you’d ever need: a spreadsheet, word processor, presentation program, project manager, notebook, wiki, web conferencing, mail, c...

With Internet radio, you have access to stations world-wide. With this type of access, recording Internet radio stations on your PC will allow you to never miss your favorite show.So how do you record? With a software called Radio2MP3 If you want to record music, every song is automatically saved with artist name, song title, music genre, and album. All songs are then separated into individual tracks. Easily copy songs directly to CDs or transfer them to your IPod or MP3 Player. WHat makes Radio2MP3 stand out from the rest of the competition. The ability to record up to thirty streams at once and create a schedule for automatic recordings. Never miss a show again. No need to use peer to peer services. Other features include a built in CD burner, search stations by genre and bitrate, and adding your own radio stations. The software is easy, simple to use and comes with Tech support and a ninety day return policy. To purchase Radio2MP3, visit http://www.radio2mp3.com/ Radio2MP3 is only a...

Test it now... 1. login to yahoo messenger. 2. send instant message to anyone - fine its working... 3. now, change your system date to 19-Jan-2038, 03:14:07 AM or above. 4. Confirm weather your date is changed. 5. again send instant message to anyone... Your Yahoo Messenger crashes.... * * * YES ALL NETWORK BASED APPLICATION WILL NOT WORK NOW * * * The year 2038 problem (also known as "Unix Millennium bug", "Y2K38," "Y2K+38," or "Y2.038K" by analogy to the Y2K problem) may cause some computer software to fail before or in the year 2038. The problem affects Unix-like operating systems, which represent system time as the number of seconds (ignoring leap seconds) since 00:00:00 January 1, 1970[1]. This representation also affects software written for most other operating systems because of the broad deployment of C. On most 32-bit systems, the time_t data type used to store this second count is a signed 32-bit integer. The latest time that can be re...

Intel has launched a new gaming and high-end computing platform called Skulltrail which includes two quad-core processors and graphic cards. Skulltrail not only holds eight processors; it also gives users a choice of two multi-card graphics solutions - one from AMD's ATI division and one from nVidia. The new platform will be largely welcomed by gamers, along with 3D animators and high-definition video editors, it also will have its place in corporate IT. Intel also officially unveiled its Dual Socket Extreme Desktop Platform at the 2008 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. The platform is the latest product to run Intel's 45-nanometre Penryn microprocessors, which hit the market last November. The new platform's motherboard, Desktop Board D5400XS, is being paired with two Core 2 Extreme QX9775 processors. An interesting part of Intel's announcement is the fact that Intel is supporting graphics technology from ATI, which is owned by Intel rival AMD . Lin ks to c...

If you are trying to track down why your computer is running so slowly, try using this simple DOS command from Digital Inspiration to uncover a possible problem: • Type cmd in your Windows Run box. • Type "netstat -b 5 > activity.txt" and press enter. • After say 2 minutes, press Ctrl+C. • Type "activity.txt" on the command line to open the log file in notepad (or your default text editor) This .txt file will have a record of everything that has made an Internet connection in the last couple of minutes; you can then check your task manager to find out where it is and take care of it. The file activity.txt will have a log of all process that made a connection to the Internet in the last two minutes. It will also show which process connected to which website in this time. And not just the web browsers (like iexplore.exe or opera.exe), the log will also show your IM clients, download managers, email programs or any software that requires a net connection. Scroll th...