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Skype on PSP

Sony revealed that it had plans to add Skype Web Phone function to PSPs in Japan by the end of this month. It appears as if Sony is trying hard to sell its PSPs which are way behind Nintendo’s DS in sales.

Eventhough it was planned to be up and running by January, the delay, as mentioned by Sony was that the microphone which was planned to be sold along with PSPs didnt meet the Skype specifications for the PSP users in Japan.

Skype intervened stating that the microphone would pass the Skype requirements if it is sold with a recommendation to be used within 10 centimeters from the mouth of an user.

More details on ZDNet

March 5, 2008 Posted by avyaya | Computers, Education, Entertainment, PlayStation, Software, Technology | , , , , , | No Comments

Administrator Password: Crack It

Unlock Windows Computers in seconds without the requirement of a password by using a tool released by a security based consultant residing in New Zealand.

The hack, demonstrated by Adam Boileau, at a security conference in Sydney in 2006 affects the Windows XP Computers but not yet tested whether it works on Windows Vista or not. Microsoft is yet to release a fix for this.

Read on….

March 5, 2008 Posted by avyaya | Computers, Programming, Security, Software, Technology, internet | , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Unlock iPhone in One-Step:ZiPhone

Its an every iPhone user dream to unlock the mobile without the hassles of interacting through the Command Line or Terminal. ZiPhone 2.5 is released, which works both on Mac OS X and Windows and with a GUI. Finding it intuitive, read on.

No matter what iPhone’s firmware version is-including the iPhones shipped with 1.1.4 can be cracked open and unlocked to the extent.

You can even unlock an iPhone in India.

For more….iPhoneAtlas

March 5, 2008 Posted by avyaya | Computers, Mac OS, Software, Technology, iPhone | , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Now Search Within Search in Google

If one of the Google’s tests are successful and hit the web, You may get the facility of Searching within the Searched Sites. Didnt Understand?

Imagine you type Amazon.com or ebay.com in Google Search and You got their results. The new technology from Google enables you to search in Amazon by providing a search bar
immediately below the site result, where you can search or the item from Google itself. Revolutionary?? What would the E-Commerce Portals say?

March 5, 2008 Posted by avyaya | Computers, Education, Technology, internet | , , , | 1 Comment

MySpace and Facebook: Attacked by Hackers

The common constraint that is being exploited by Hackers for the past many years is, Buffer Overflows.Professional Hackers are now concentrating more on social networking sites as their best targets for attacks.

One of the reason is that such sites are mainly aimed at serving the “unsophisticated” users, who uknown to them might click an innocent looking link which leads to Malware.

More on ITAttacks here.

March 5, 2008 Posted by avyaya | Computers, Education, Technology, internet | , , , , | No Comments