At last, after lots of deliberations, Apple Inc has issued a software update to fix the vulnerability that, as per security experts, could enable hackers to take over the iPhone and make use of it for identity theft.
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It was only the past month, when the images of Nikon Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) cameras D300S and D3000 were made public and now the company has made the cameras official. While one of the two is an entry level camera, the other one is for professionals.
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Small pox is a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars and there was a time when almost bulk of Indians used to be attacked by this. However, the situation does not prevail any more and the credit, in this context, goes to India. Nevertheless, this major feat of India hasn’t gone unnoticed and has been able to earn the focus of WHO also. World Health Organization has showered lots of praises on the governments and termed it as the greatest achievement in public health in the 20th century.
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There are many Indians who do always dream of a better country (India) with modern features and amenities of life. What do they fail to consider is that there is a great difference between India and US and it is a gigantic task to fill this gap, which is expanding as well. However India has the capability to take on the challenge and can turn to be a country like US provided that it applies apposite steps. Can this be at any time? Well, we don’t know it but it can surely be said that there has been the beginning already.
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This was waited for long and at last World Health Organization has come out with its advice with regard to the treatment of patients affected with swine flu. As per the latest recommendation of WHO, women should have immediate treatment with Tamiflu as soon as they depict symptoms of swine flu because they appear to be more defenseless.
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When the whole world is changing, how can the world of terrorists be far behind? This is said since a good difference is being witnessed between terrorist groups of past and these days. Do you remember Black September Organization? This dreaded Palestinian militant group, especially formed to counter civilians and non-military targets, did hit the international headlines when it kidnapped and murdered of eleven Israeli athletes and officials along with a German policeman, during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany.
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Many educated and professional Indians are not aware of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation till now and you may be one of them. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF) is the largest transparently operated private foundation in the world, founded by Bill and Melinda Gates. The foundation is “driven by the interests and passions of the Gates family” and the primary aims of the foundation are, globally, to improve healthcare and reduce extreme poverty, and in America, to expand educational opportunities and access to information technology.
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India has accomplished another success by means of getting its first Integrated GIS and Image Processing Software (IGiS) developed by Scanpoint Geomatics. The feat is certainly crucial since India, in spite of launching number of satellites that transmit images from space, had no indigenous software to analyze these images. The software developed by Scanpoint Geomatics, software development firm in partnership with Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), would satisfy this long-standing aspiration.
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Is Windows 7 activation cracked? This question is being asked since there is a rumor in the air of this type. It has come to the knowledge from unnamed sources that a group of Chinese hackers have cracked the code for Windows 7 activation and as a result Microsoft is facing the worst and most terrible security risk after the recent release of the final code for Windows 7 to manufacturers. As per many experts, the Windows Genuine Advantage antipiracy system in the Windows 7 Ultimate release to manufacturers (RTM) has been compromised by hackers.
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There were lots of deliberations in the pertinent industry of potential alliance between Microsoft and Yahoo in order to topple or take on another tech giant Google and now it’s a reality. Both Microsoft and Yahoo have made the coveted partnership to thwart the further advances of Google, holding a 65 percent market share in online search. Apart from facing challenges together, they have decided on some subjects. Yahoo, henceforth, will remain an online hub while Microsoft will be engaged in the job of uprooting Google.
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