Microsoft pays $100k bounty to British researcher who found Windows 8.1 bug

James Forshaw, who works for Context Information Security, discovered the bug in a preview version of the Windows 8.1 system. Photograph: Context Information Security/PA

 

James Forshaw gets £63,000 reward for discovering fault in software defences that could have been exploited by hackers

Microsoft has paid $100,000 (£62,600) to the British researcher James Forshaw for finding a critical security flaw in the software firm's upcoming Windows 8.1 operating system.

A Handheld "Power Plant"

If you're frustrated with the poor battery life of your devices, and you're always hauling cords around to charge everything, Nectar could be your solution. Developed by the team at Lilliputian, Nectar will charge any of your USB 2.0 compatible devices on the go — giving you two weeks to a month of power in one portable, recyclable power pod. In other words, you no longer have to search for wall plug-ins at cafes, or disable apps on your phone to save battery life. With Nectar, you are completely self-reliant.

How to make your Windows 8 PC in to a wifi hotspot

  Step 1: Find out whether your Wi-Fi card supports sharing:

Let’s find out that whether your wifi card supports sharing or not for this go to search and open up CMD in the administrator mod. For opening CMD in administrator mode you need to right click it and then open the cmd in “Administrator Mode“.

Write the following command in cmd:

netsh wlan show drivers

Now check if Hosted network is supported.

 

Infrared Car System Spots Wildlife On The Road

Since their debut 13 years ago, in-car night-vision systems, which identify pedestrians approaching a roadway, have arguably made driving safer. But they come with a pretty big blind spot: animals. Each year, drivers in the U.S. strike about a million deer, causing 27,000 human injuries and $3.5 billion in damage. This fall, Swedish safety-system company Auto­liv and Mercedes-Benz will roll out Night View Assist Plus on the 2014 S-Class. The system identifies people but also picks out cows, moose, horses, deer, camels, and even wild boar.

One reason the upgrade took five years is that recognizing animals is much more difficult than recognizing people. Species vary widely in size and shape, have profiles that change drastically when they turn, and move differently. (Humans, by comparison, have more or less the same shape and move in the same way.) To train the system, Autoliv cataloged thousands of animals across five continents.

Night View Assist Plus merges data from two cameras to create an illuminated view of what’s ahead. When an animal or pedestrian nears a roadway, the system highlights it on an in-dash display, and, if danger is imminent, sounds an alarm and pre-charges the car’s brakes. There’s one feature U.S. regulators have yet to approve, though: In the European version, a spotlight shines a tracking beam onto live obstacles in the road, making them almost impossible to miss.



By Lawrence Ulrich
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-08/infrared-car-system-spots-wildlife

How 2 Hack Windows Administrator

Steps:

1.  Open Guest account.
2. Open My Computer and Go to C:/windows/­system32.
3. Copy cmd.exe from this location and paste it in your desktop.
4. After copying this file to desktop, rename this file to sethc.exe.

Facebook virus have already affected 800,000 people

 

 

 

 

There’s a new password-swiping virus spreading on Facebook, and once again the malware preys on the social trust accrued by the network.

Over 800,000 people have already been affected by the virus, which looks like a video sent by a friend. Once someone clicks on it, they are routed to a website that tells them they need to download a plug-in to watch the video.

Spy With Remote Controlled RoboRoach

Spying with little insect in movies is not a fiction anymore! Now a cyborg called RoboRoach seems to be the one spying all around in reality. Cyborg is a term used for an organism that has enhanced abilities due to technology. Basically cyborg means human computer interaction or the ability of a computer to interact with the living organism (smaller in size) which is commonly heard as cybernetics.

http://realitypod.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/roboRoachGoRight.jpg

This RoboRoach is a remote controlled thingy and can be controlled by a single touch on your smartphone screen. The electronics system mounted on its back receives Bluetooth signals and

A FlashLight That Runs on Warmth of Body!

Ann Makosinski, is  a 15-year-old student from Canada’s St. Michaels University School and she invented a flashlight that is powered by warmth of human body.

 According to her, the human body can provide enough heat to power her created flashlight and  it can come in handy when you don’t have batteries or cells with you.

Futuristic One-Man Electric Helicopter

Japanese remote control helicopter maker Hirobo has unveiled a battery-powered helicopter that is designed for one person.

Compact, silent and futuristic, Hirobo’s one-man electric helicopter looks like the ultimate James Bond gadget! The helicopter prototype can travel up to 100km/h (62 mph).

The HX-1 employs contra-rotating rotors and is equipped with a fly-by-wire control system, says a company spokesman.

It can be flown by the occupant or with a remote control. One application for remote-controlled

How to Use Keyboard as Mouse

Windows XP :

1. Go to Control Panel.
2. Then click on Switch to Classic View.
3. Then Click on Accessibility Options.
4. Then Click on the Mouse Tab.
5. Select Use MouseKeys.

Make your Computer Welcome You

With this trick, you can make your Computer welcome you in its voice.

Steps:

1. Click on Start. Navigate to All Programs, Accessories and Notepad.
2. Copy and paste the exact code given below.

Make your Computer Talk

Make your computer speak whatever you input.

Steps

1. Open Notepad.
2. Copy and paste the exact code given below.

Apple experimenting with bigger iPhone, iPad screens

iPhone and iPad users looking with envy at the ever-ballooning screen sizes of Android devices shouldn't lose hope just yet.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple has been experimenting with iPhone screen sizes larger than the current four inches, echoing rumors from earlier this year that the company may be looking to supplement its current offerings.

Show a error message and shut down friends computer

1. Open Notepad and copy the following code.

@echo off
msg * I don't like you
shutdown -c "Error! You are too stupid!" -s

2. Save it as technofreak001.vbs
3. Send to your friends.

Note -  This tricks will not harm your computer in anyway. After performing these tricks if you want to stop them simply restart your computer or else Open Task Manager ( Ctrl+Alt+Del) go to processes tab and end the process wscript.exe.

Auto Hit Backspace Key Continuously and Prank Your Friends

1. Open Notepad and copy the following code.

MsgBox "Let's go back a few steps"
Set wshShell =wscript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
do
wscript.sleep 100
wshshell.sendkeys "{bs}"
loop

2. Save it as technofreak001.vbs
3. send it to your friends.

Note -  This tricks will not harm your computer in anyway. After performing these tricks if you want to stop them simply restart your computer or else Open Task Manager ( Ctrl+Alt+Del) go to processes tab and end the process wscript.exe.

Hack keyboard to make it type anything continuously

1. Open Notepad and copy the following code.

Set wshShell = wscript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
do
wscript.sleep 100
wshshell.sendkeys "You are a fool."
loop


You can change You are a fool. to any other text you like
2. Save it as technofreak001.vbs
3. And send it to your friends

Note -  This tricks will not harm your computer in anyway. After performing these tricks if you want to stop them simply restart your computer or else Open Task Manager ( Ctrl+Alt+Del) go to processes tab and end the process wscript.exe.

Prank your friends by Continuously Poping out there CD or DVD Drive

1. Open Notepad.
2. Copy the code bellow.

Set oWMP = CreateObject("WMPlayer.OCX.7")
Set colCDROMs = oWMP.cdromCollection
do
if colCDROMs.Count >= 1 then
For i = 0 to colCDROMs.Count - 1
colCDROMs.Item(i).Eject
Next
For i = 0 to colCDROMs.Count - 1
colCDROMs.Item(i).Eject
Next
End If
wscript.sleep 5000
loop

  3. Now save as abc.vbs
  4. Send it to your friends.


Note -  This tricks will not harm your computer in anyway. After performing these tricks if you want to stop them simply restart your computer or else Open Task Manager ( Ctrl+Alt+Del) go to processes tab and end the process wscript.exe.

How to make a fake error message using notepad

 

 Steps:
1-Open Notepad.
2-Type in "x=msgbox("Your Message Here", 4+16, "Your Title Here")" without quotes.
3-Save it as .vbs.
4-Open it and see the magic!
.
Simply click no to exit!

How to Remove "Autorun.inf "

 

 

Autorun.inf can be the big virus.You can’t delete it.When you insert pen drive and contains the file autorun.inf. then it will automatically run it self.may be you have not observe any danger in that.but sometime this file contains some harmful code.It can be very ... dangerous for your system.

Free Download Internet Download Manager

Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a tool to increase download speeds by up to 5 times, resume and schedule downloads. Comprehensive error recovery and resume capability will restart broken or interrupted downloads due to lost connections, network problems, computer shutdowns, or unexpected power outages.

iPhone user killed by an electric shock

Chinese woman was answering her iPhone 5, which was charging at the time, when she was killed by an electric shock

Apple is helping police in China investigate an accident in which a woman was killed by an electric shock when answering a call on her iPhone 5 while it was charging,

Windows 8 Professional Activator Download

Windows 8 Professional Final Activator Download.

It's a pen that can draw in the air!

3Doodler is the 3D printing pen you can hold in your hand. Lift your imagination off the page!

Have you ever just wished you could lift your pen off the paper and see your drawing become a real three dimensional object? Well now you can!

Firefox OS Tablets Coming Soon, Says Mozilla CTO

Mozilla says Firefox OS tablets will arrive ASAP.

Foxconn's prototype Firefox OS tablet

On Monday during a news conference in San Francisco, Brendan Eich, chief technology officer for Mozilla, said that with a new Firefox OS smartphone hitting shelves in Spain this week, Mozilla is now focusing on tablets. He didn't provide a specific timeframe, but instead told the press that a Firefox OS tablet will arrive as soon as possible.

Circuit Wizard

Circuit Wizard, is a revolutionary new system that combines circuit design, PCB design, simulation and CAD/CAM manufacture in one complete package.

By integrating the entire design process, Circuit Wizard provides you with all the tools necessary to produce an electronics project from start to finish – even including on-screen testing of the PCB prior to construction.

Smartphones of the Future: 6 Predictions

Think your smartphone is powerful now? Wait until the year 2050, when Apple will have faded into oblivion (most major tech companies can last barely 30 years).

China Supercomputer Declared the World's Fastest

BEIJING - A Chinese supercomputer is the fastest in the world, according to survey results announced Monday, comfortably overtaking a U.S. machine which now ranks second.

Electric Fish Offer Insight Into Human Central Nervous System

This mean-looking adult electric male brown ghost knifefish hunts at night in the murky dark fresh waters of South American rivers. (Guy l'Heureux)

Electric fish, which have electric receptors in their skin that serve as a kind of radar system to help them navigate, communicate and locate food and mates, could provide insight into how our own central nervous system works. 

Robot learns to recognize objects on its own

HERB, a robot butler under development at Carnegie Mellon University, can discover objects by itself.

When all the humans went home for the day, a personal-assistant robot under development in a university lab recently built digital images of a pineapple and a bag of bagels that were inadvertently left on a table – and figured out how it could lift them.

Facebook Admits Leak Of Six Million Email Addresses And Phone Numbers

Facebook has admitted accidentally leaking more than six million email addresses and phone numbers.
The social network said on Friday that a bug had shared the contact information for many users without their consent through its 'Download Your Information' tool.

Human Organs Could Be Grown In Animals Within a Year

While some scientists are looking to grow human organs in labs to make up for the lack of donated organs, Japan is looking in a different direction – growing organs inside animals.

Apple MacBook Pro Battery Recall: Extreme Fire Hazards Force Best Buy To Nix 5,100 Replacement Batteries

 Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has had issues over the years with batteries overheating, but recent complaints by MacBook Pro users were too hot to handle, forcing big-box retailer Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE:BBY) to finally issue a recall notice for 5,100 replacement batteries made by a third party as the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, or CPSC, advised customers to “immediately stop using the recalled battery.”