Have a D-Link Router ? You may be compromised

D-Links with firmware numbers DIR-100, DI-524, DI-524UP, DI-604S, DI-604UP, DI-604+, TM-G5240 were found to contain a backdoor which allowed easy access to any person supplying a certain url to access the router from outside. The security problem also affects Planex routers with firmware numbers BRL-04UR, BRL-04CW. The problematic routers working…

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MIT’s ‘kinect of future’ sees through walls

The ‘kinect of the future’ developed by MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) uses radio signals to see through walls and predict the location and movements of someone with excellent precision. This goes far beyond what Microsoft’s Kinect does – being able to track the movements of someone standing directly in…

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Apple is planning new $5 billion Headquarters

Apple must be looking for places to spend their heaps of cash, it seems, since they are planning a whopping new $5 bn worth headquarters. Apple’s motives seem to be creating a workspace which will foster ‘innovation’ and ‘collaboration’ – two of the most widely used and abused terms in…

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Diaspora – a social network in which you make the rules

In case you havent heard until now, there is a big community project called Diaspora, which aims to decentralize social networking in order to make the users of a social network masters of their own contacts, data and privacy. The project succeeds at this by decentralizing the entire software that…

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Google may now put your photo in their ads

The new terms of service google has been pushing to users technically allows the company to put your photo up in the advertisements they are running. Google Plus – google’s competitor to Facebook will not be launching ads – however, google is tying Google Plus to Google Ads, which will…

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First Nano scale 3D printer is on sale

You probably know about 3D printers, right ? The printers which can print complex, 3d shapes. They are already revolutionizing manufacturing, and enabling ordinary people like us to be able to actually create complex products in their homes. They are perfectly capable of printing out very tough, usable and working…

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Internet Explorer 10 released for Windows 7

Internet Explorer 10 was only available for windows 8 until today, however with Microsoft releasing IE 10 for Windows 7, IE users will be able to move up to IE 10 on Windows 7 machines too. IE 10 brings various features like Windows API, support for touch interfaces and so…

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Firefox Phones are coming strong

Mozilla foundation, which produces the famous Firefox browser and Thunderbird mail client, has announced that 18 mobile phone carriers have signed on for using the new Firefox OS to use with the phones they will be giving out with their subscription plans. The long list of carriers include América Móvil,…

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