Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Trend Micro ties up with Facebook for safer social networking

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Facebook and Trend Micro, a cloud security company has announced their partnership to provide users with safer social networking. Facebook will support integration of the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network Infrastructure, which uses cloud technology, threat correlation and a global network of threat intelligence sensors to proactively stop malware and web threats before they reach the computer.
The security firm will educate users on how to protect themselves and their digital data from malicious sites and malware. Facebook will utilize this technology to help block malicious links from their site.

HP tops in PC sales, market as a whole climbs 21 percent

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HP has again topped in PC sales market by defeating the previous topper Apple. According to Canalys, the Palo Alto Company shipped 15.8 million units in the first quarter of this year barely sneaking passed Apple by 40,000 units. Lenovo, Acer and Dell rounded out the top five , with the total market shooting up 21 percent over the same time last year.
However the former topper Apple mostly made money by shipping its Ipad throughout the market.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Use a soda bottle into a DIY Irrigation System

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If you want to go out of your town without your garden plants wilting from neglect, you can easily turn a plastic soda bottles into make shift irrigation system.
New Zealand homesteading weblog provident living shares this method where all you have to do is punch two holes in the bottom and two holes in the side and plant the bottles in the soil next to your plants. Fill the bottles with water and the plants in that area will get slow steady watering for up to a week as water leeches into the soil.

Pirate Bay must be blocked in UK, High Court rules

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The United Kingdom's High Court ruled on Monday that The Pirate Bay must be blocked in United Kingdom by the local internet service providers, there by cutting it from a potential user base of over 50 million people.

The UK entertainment industry has applauded the outcome.The British Phonographic Industry said in a statement that "Sites like Pirate Bay destroy jobs in the UK and undermine investments in new British artists.

The ruling comes after a February decision that the site was infringing copyright in the United Kingdom.

IDC crowns Samsung the biggest phone maker by shipments for Q1 2012

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Research firm IDC has reported that world's biggest phone maker Nokia has been defeated by Samsung on the basis of shipments for the first quarter of this year. In the first quarter of this year Samsung shipped 98.3 million mobile phones where as Nokia and Apple could barely manage second and third place.
In the smart phone category Samsung shopped 42.2 million of its Android and Window phone category handsets while Nokia shipped a paltry-by-comparison 11.9 million.
Samsung, Apple and companies outside top five positions made all gains in their smart phone space, while Nokia, RIM and HTC all felt their numbers drop.

Australian billionaire plans to build Titanic II

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An Australian mining billionaire Steve Palmer announced that he has plans to recreate the Titanic but it will be called Titanic II. He also added that it will be kept as same as possible to the original one but with some modern adjustments and will be more safer than the previous one as it would use the modern day cutting edge technology for the navigation and safety systems. The maiden voyage of Titanic II is set to 2016.

Yamaha launched new variants of FAZER and FZ motorcycles

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Two wheeler maker Yamaha launched new variants of Fazer and FZ motorcycles on monday. The launched motorcycles are priced between Rs 69,250 to Rs 76,380.
At the launch time Yamaha stated that the new variants are provided with some extra features like longer and wider pillion seats, vibrant color schemes and improved graphics. Yamaha Motor India CEO stated that the launch of new variants is due to the result of huge appreciation and market value of our previous variants.