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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...

Here are some tips and tricks for Firefox users to customize their favorite browser.Check them out:: 1.Keyboard shortcuts:: These shortcuts will give you a better browsing experience Spacebar ->page down Shift + Spacebar ->page up Ctrl + F ->find Alt + N ->find next Ctrl + D ->bookmark page Ctrl + T ->new tab Ctrl + K ->go to search box..... Ctrl + L ->go to address bar Ctrl + = / Ctrl + + ->increase text size Ctrl + - decrease text size Ctrl + 0 ->default text size Ctrl + W ->close tab F5 ->reload Alt + Home ->go to home page 2.Auto Complete:: This is yet another feature of Firefox that is widely used. Go to address bar and write only the name of the site you want to open say for example Google and then press Control-Enter ->(for "www.google.com") Shift-Enter ->(for "www.google.net") Control-Shift-Enter ->(for "www.google.org") 3. Tab navigation:: Ctrl+Tab (rotate forward among tabs) Ct...

Recently while going through some sites I came across e books of some great writers like Sidney Sheldon ,Dan Brown,Paulo Coelho etc.So i thought to collect all these links together and publish them to my blog for easy access for my readers.I will update this section as I will get some other e books.So check out these links:: Sidney Sheldon The plot of the book spans six generations, and it is based upon the fictional lives of the Blackwell family. The book follows the life of an entrepreneur, Kate Blackwell, and explores her family, ancestry and life. It focuses on the building of her father's company, from a small business into a multinational corporation Download Link:: Master of the game This is a story of intrigue and revenge. Tracy Whitney is young, beautiful and intelligent - and about to marry into wealth and glamour. Until, suddenly, she is betrayed, framed by a ...

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....

In order to permanently delete data the only way is to destroy the hard drive ?Can we save the Hard Drive for future use destroying permanently the data?Can we recover data from a hard drive that has been overwritten with zeros once? This is what The Great Zero Challenge is all about.It starts with the line:: It is noble and just to dispel myths, falsehoods and untruths The challenge is organized by a firm in US named 16 systems and any established, professional data recovery company within USA can participate.Data recovery companies were contacted and the response of one of them was According to our Unix team, there is less than a zero percent chance of data recovery after that dd command. The drive itself has been overwritten in a very fundamental manner. However, if for legal reasons you need to demonstrate that an effort is being made to recover some or all of the data, go ahead and send it in and we'll certainly make an effort, but again, from what you've told us, our eng...

Imagination have no boundaries and people ready to experiment can take their creativity to another level.Recently while surfing the net I came across this post on some site,what drew my attention was the work of Mr.Jeremy Mayer who collects antique typewriters, not to display them but to break them into small components and then combine them into some amazing sci-fi-inspired bugs, skeletons and human figures. Mayer, who describes his work as a cross between Leonardo da Vinci's mechanical drawings and the gritty futures imagined by sci-fi maestros William Gibson and Philip K. Dick , assembles his artwork without welding, soldering or gluing. Amazing Isn't it!! Photos courtesy Jeremy Mayer

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 ...