Month: June 2010

Between work and family I’m a very busy person. One of my most important functions as a family member is to do the grocery shopping and I admit, I am not perfect. I often forget what I need to pick up or lose my grocery list. Recently, I found a new product that would save me a lot of headaches, it’s called the SmartShopper.

This innovative invention enables the user to simplify everyday tasks. Imagine being able to say an item that you need to pick up from the store or an errand you need to run, and have a device that remembers it for you. The SmartShopper makes this possible using Nuance’s state of the art voice recognition technology. A computer chip is present which permits your spoken words to be stored. This high-tech gadget comes pre-programmed with a list of over 2,000 general grocery items and errands. The contraption displays the entries on the LCD screen and allows you to print the list using thermal paper.

This modern device versus old-fashioned conventional methods certainly makes me contemplate my current list making options. So again, SmartShopper can retain what you tell it, display what you say, print it all out, and save our valuable time.

There are dozens of Social Networks available to people all over the world, and two of the most popular are making big news … again. Facebook is in the spotlight for its impressive growth, and Twitter for a message that only had a short lifespan.

Facebook has more registered users than some countries have people. Their latest statistics show that the website is catching up with the populace of the United States. According to the most recent Census, the U.S. currently has 305,529,237 residents. The “population” of Facebook isn’t far behind – they now have just over 300 million users.

Last July Facebook reported 250 million users, so this is a very impressive jump in numbers over a short period of time. The company is constantly looking for creative ways to attract even more people. They recently launched Facebook Lite, a toned down version of Facebook that they claim is a “faster, simpler way to keep in touch with your friends”. Facebook also has several projects in the works, including a voice chat application, to delight social networkers.

It’s working. Although the site has been wildly popular, it has not been profitable. That changed during their last quarter; for the first time ever, Facebook made a profit. This is causing people to view the future of the company in a different light. Until recently there has been a great deal of speculation that Facebook would be sold to a large competitor, but now people are thinking the social networking site is in it for the long run.

Twitter gets talked about a lot, but a few recent Tweets have really caught the attention of the nation. These Tweets came from employees of ABC News who overheard a comment made by President Barack Obama while his guard was down.

President Obama was talking with CNBC employees before an interview, and several ABC staff members who share the workspace were nearby. The subject of Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards came up, and Obama said that his actions were inappropriate. When someone asked why Kanye would do that, Obama replied “He’s a jacka**”.

Obama’s statement was met with laughter, and he asked that it be kept within the room. His request was denied, however, when more than one ABC employee Tweeted about what the President said. ABC officials had the messages removed, but by then they had been seen by a large number of people and were already being Re-Tweeted by those who approved and disapproved of the President’s comment.

This incident reopens a recent discussion about what people who work at nationally recognized companies can and cannot post on their social profiles. Representatives of ABC felt it was wrong for their employees to post a comment Obama made privately, and this could lead to a new set of rules that people must follow when using social networks. In the meantime Obama’s remarks will fall under intense scrutiny all across the globe.

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No doubt, the introduction of information technology and software has affected modern businesses, that’s why the necessity of result-oriented consultancy services has increased. Modern organizations demand highly effective software in order to get maximum profit.

When it comes to highly effective and high quality software development service providing countries then among all the countries, the name of India comes on the top. Since its early inception, the ‘country of Vedas’ has been adding several new dimensions to the software industry. Popular for its intellectual capital, India has successfully established its distinct image in the global arena with its outstanding contribution in the software and IT industry.

Now the Indian software companies are recognized as the high quality software powerhouses. Large multi-national companies from all over the world fulfill their software needs through the Indian software companies. With their high quality services and good customer supports, the Indian software companies have always been satisfied their global clients.

In the present time, a small chorus of voices is promoting the notion that Indian IT companies are the IT giants and the country is an IT superpower. Not only some of the Indian Press media are behind these voices; it has also been found that large US MNCs and NRIs are also raising such voices nowadays.

Indian software development companies offer both the software production and maintenance services. No doubt, the root of the Indian software industry lies in the IT Theme. Along with software services; software training, maintenance and consulting services are also provided by the software development companies in India. Currently, despite of the global economic meltdown, the Indian software companies are growing at a rapid pace and the versatile range of services that are offered at the affordable costs are the primary reasons behind the tremendous growth of the Indian software companies. For info visit http://www.cyfuture.com

The largest card swindle in the world done by unknown hackers.

TJX hackers have lost their doubtful record for data break-in involving card data. Then around 45 million cards were involved.

The American bank-credit card payment system company called Heartland has had unwanted visitors in their systems. Heartland is the largest US company within payment systems.

Malicious software has been planted in their systems to sniff card data. Visa and Mastercard reported suspicious activities in their systems and a research was performed and revealed a global effect of this break in.

It is not certain for how long the hackers have been in their systems and collected data.

There is not a certainty to what data the sniffer software has been looking for, but Heartland ensure that no personal information like social security codes, nor addresses or phone numbers have been taken out of their systems. But most likely the hackers have been looking for the track-2 data, which is the information from the magnetic stripe on the cards.

Heartland treats over 100 million transactions every month and this seems therefore to be the largest scam ever done on card thefts.

This means that more that 45 million cards are exposed to this theft.

CardCops reports that there are rumors in the underground that a huge break in has been performed in a company like Heartland.

In addition there has been a 20% increase in activities the hackers utilize to check whether the cards are working or not. They perform small transactions to charity organizations. December 23rd 2008 RBS Worldpay reported on behalf of The Royal Scotland Group that they have also had a break in to their systems. Around 1.5 million cards were leaked this time.

To attack companies like this is more serious than doing a break in to a store as these companies are the nerve centers in any payment transaction through out the world.

Drastic measures have to be taken in order to capture these hackers and at the same time make systems more bullet proof in the future.

Facebook is now making money and has topped over 300 million people joining. Since the beginning, Facebook was started in a dorm room five years ago. It has emerged from there as the internets most popular online meeting place. It has increasingly challenged both Google and Yahoo. Facebook as revamped their search engines last month and users have tripled.

Because of this, Facebook will have a higher confidence on working with investors. And that they could possibly go public in late 2010 or in 2011. Their even exploring more ways to make the service perform faster.

If your not on Facebook yet, now is the time to join. It’s really easy and it’s free. Just go to Facebook.com and put in your profile. A good picture of yourself is really necessary, as Facebook is a place to connect with people and they want to know what you look like. Just like you will want to know who your are connecting with. You can upload pictures of your family, travels you’ve done, places you’ve seen, anything to let people know you’re a real person, and what you do.

You can post updates on Facebook to let people know what your daily activities are. Maybe your having a party, or a big event is coming up you might think they want to attend. You can even add things like a good book you just read or a business opportunity you just came across.

It’s real important to keep Facebook as a social place, not just about business. Don’t try to promote your business, let your new found friends find out for them selves what you do. You can post things that are related to helping people in business, like ways to advertise. You can also join groups that have to do with different business. Or make up a group of your own and have people join it.

Make Facebook fun for you and others and your well on your way to making tons of friends and finding out tons of information that is out their in the internet world.