Do You think Desktop Computer are dead?

People have been predicting the death of desktop computers for years, and sales of traditional PCs have taken a significant hit since tablets and smartphones claimed centre stage. But the humble desktop continues to play an important role in many people's lives.
Now HP is hoping to reinvent the category with the launch of Sprout, a first-of-its-kind computing platform that is designed to reduce the barriers between the digital and physical worlds and merge 2D with 3D – something that HP calls 'blended reality'.

Lenovo rebuked for shipping laptops pre-loaded with adware

Lenovo installed software on its own laptops which left them more vulnerable to cyber attacks, experts have said
 Chinese computer maker Lenovo has come under fire from security experts after it allegedly shipped laptops with adware that hijacks secure website connections and inserts ads into search results.

The adware, known as Superfish, was pre-loaded onto "a select number" of Lenovo's consumer Windows devices, the company confirmed. The issue only came to light last June, when users began complaining in Lenovo's forums in September.

Google opposes plan to let FBI hack any computer in the world

 Google is opposing a plan to increase the US government's power to infiltrate computer systems around the world, warning that it will raise a number of "monumental and highly complex" constitutional issues.

In a submission to the Washington committee that is considering the proposed changes, Google said that the amendment would open the door to “government hacking of any facility wherever located”.

Under the current Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41, prosecutors can only search for and seize property in districts where they have obtained a warrant from the district authorities.

However, the proposed amendment would allow a court within a district where a crime has occured to authorise remote access searches of electronic information located outside the district.

In particular, Google warned that this could happen in cases where the location of information has been obscured through technical means – either through encryption or by obscuring their IP addresses.

Millions of computers may be compromised by US spyware

If you were once a victim to hackers then I believe you will appreciate this content. I'm always perplexed each time I receive complains of how new laptops crash after few days of purchased.Now Kaspersky researchers have cleared the air by revealing the cause.
Kaspersky researchers and former intelligence officers reveal how spies found way to lodge code on disc drives produced by major electronics manufacturers

The US National Security Agency (NSA) has devised a way of hiding spyware deep within hard drives made by several top manufacturers, giving the agency the means to eavesdrop on the majority of the world's computers, according to cyber researchers and former operatives.
That ability was part of a cluster of spying programmes discovered by Kaspersky Lab, the Moscow-based security software maker that has exposed a series of Western cyberespionage operations.
Kaspersky said it found personal computers in 30 countries infected with one or more of the spying programmes, with the most infections seen in Iran, followed by Russia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Mali, Syria, Yemen and Algeria.

HP Sprout: is this the future of desktop computing?

People have been predicting the death of desktop computers for years, and sales of traditional PCs have taken a significant hit since tablets and smartphones claimed centre stage. But the humble desktop continues to play an important role in many people's lives.
Now HP is hoping to reinvent the category with the launch of Sprout, a first-of-its-kind computing platform that is designed to reduce the barriers between the digital and physical worlds and merge 2D with 3D – something that HP calls 'blended reality'.
Sprout consists of an all-in-one desktop computer with an HD touchscreen, a flexible capacitive touch mat which serves as a second touchscreen, a scanner, a depth sensor, a hi-resolution camera and a projector.

Google says it has been forced to delete 260,000 links by legislation

Yeah,it got a point when the governement through the Minister of Information Technology instructed and insisted that all MDAs should integrate their domain name from example.com to example.gov.ng.I guess that was when some people realized that Google has been making billions from other people's content. Websites Google indexes belong to other people and companies. The content of Youtube (who is owned by Google) is uploaded by other people, yet Google earn billions from advertising revenue. Everyone of those people are content providers are is a slave to Google, by lining Google's pockets for free.
Google has revealed the full extent of its 'right to be forgotten' operation, disclosing that it has removed over 260,000 links from search results.

App lets you order a new key for your house in the post

I'm just wondering in this era of hackers where cyber security is now the world biggest challenges yet developers are not shy away from new apps. If you asked me it sounds ridiculous though nice concept.
Losing your keys is bad enough, but having to replace the entire lock because you don’t have a key to copy makes things even worse - not to mention expensive.
The KeyMe app promises to take the hassle and cost out of this by letting you store photos of your keys online, and order duplicates in the post.
Alternatively, the US service has kiosks that let you copy keys in an emergency, or share photos with a locksmith in person.
KeyMe is free on iOS but is currently only available in the US. The New York-based startup is

Bill Gates says we SHOULD fear a robot uprising

It is a general believe that some AIs are used to perform certain tasks with less effort.Some of the tasks are fighting of war, monitoring climate change,investigating flood disaster, currently,Alibaba and other online retailers are using them to deliver goods to customers.Scientists are always happy watching these robots perform these tasks without taking seriously the negative effect they may poses on the society.Bill Gates has joined the team that so much believed the increasing number of robots or AIs poses a threat to humanity and there is need to take them seriously.How interestingly will it be when an AI or called it Robot designed to perform a task of eradicating poverty in the world.
In the past year experts including Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking have said the rise of ‘super-intelligent’ robots poses a threat to humanity.
And now Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, too, has joined the voices calling for caution

How to tell if Facebook is making you depressed

I stumbled on these facts few days ago and I was disturbed to share it among my dear readers. There are many, I mean millions out there facing these difficulties pretend to be happy. It has even lead some individual hating themselves, get frustrated, depressed, thinking of suicide been the next option and went ahead to attack their friends simply because of the beautiful photos they saw on their friend facebook wall .you conclude having the feeling that your friend is doing better than you in careers, education, marital status to mention but a few. My dear friend, life is not a competition. Stop thinking like a child and grow up, celebrate people and somebody will definitely celebrate you when your time comes.How to tell if facebooking is makes you depressed.

Samsung's bet on having your watch talk to your car

Samsung is facing a challenge as the internet enters a new era and there are signs that it may have peaked as a major force in technology. Sophie Curtis talks to the company's first non-Korean UK president about how the Internet of Things can arrest falling sales

 Change is constant online. The birth of the web in the 1990s went on to connect about 1bn people to the internet, primarily via their desktops; the arrival of the mobile internet in the 2000s put another 1bn online. Now we are entering the third age, which it is claimed will see 50bn devices connected to the internet by 2020. The marketers are calling it the Internet of Things (IoT).

Massive Anthem health insurance hack exposes millions of customers' details

I don’t know how you feel when you read reports on hacker. Personally, I’m worried and it gives me a sleepless night whenever I think about new companies and most government organisations accepting and designing a new database capturing her citizen’s biometric data as a result of government new policies and regulations. There are few questions I will like to ask? How prepared are they? Are those databases sustainable? Are there any plans training and equipping the database administrators? read how about 80 million customers account information were stolen in the second largest health insurance company.  

Sony Pictures Boss Quits After Emails Hack

Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal is standing down in the wake of embarrassing emails that were leaked when the studio was hacked.
The movie-production company said on Thursday that she would launch a production venture for the studio in May.
The Hollywood mogul had apologised for "insensitive and inappropriate" comments in the email interactions which included racially charged remarks about President Barack Obama.
During her 20-year career at the studio, Ms Pascal was behind such hits as the last three James Bond films, The Da Vinci Code and American Hustle.
She also backed The Interview, a recent comedy about a plot to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which may have sparked the cyber-attack on the studio in retaliation.
Sony Entertainment chief executive Michael Lynton said in a statement: "The studio's legacy is due in large part to Amy's passion for storytelling and love of this industry.
"I am delighted that Amy will be continuing her association with SPE through this new venture, which capitalizes on her extraordinary talents.

China’s Undermining an Open Internet

The issue with cyber security is becoming unbearable and the world cannot wait to embrace an open internet.We got this report from politico.com that; US and China  are working around the clock to get these threats fixed.
We must work together on reliable cybersecurity.
By J. MICHAEL DANIEL, AMB. ROBERT HOLLEYMAN and ALEX NIEJELOW February 04, 2015
Cyber threats are becoming more diverse, sophisticated and dangerous. Over the past year, we have seen an exponential increase in the number of commercial data breaches and the theft of trade secrets. Malicious actors have proven increasingly willing to disrupt or destroy computers and networks through cyber attacks. And all of this is happening in an environment where we are connecting more and more things to the Internet, from thermostats to power plants.
These trends should be a call to action for both the United States and China, the world’s two largest economies, to work together to improve cybersecurity globally. Like the United States, China has a legitimate interest in improving the cybersecurity of its computers and networks and protecting its citizens and businesses from the threats posed by malicious cyber actors. But aspects of China’s actions, including the direction of their recently announced regulations—which have been billed as a means to promote better cybersecurity—are not the answer. China’s new rules require technology companies doing business with banks to demonstrate that their products are “secure and controllable” by, among other things, making their source code available to the Chinese government, providing the Chinese government with back doors in software and hardware and requiring localization of foreign intellectual property to China. Not only are these regulations inconsistent with international cybersecurity best practices, they are anticompetitive trade barriers.
Requirements that commercial intellectual property and research and development facilities are located in a specific country run counter to the principles of free and open trade that has both supported the global economy and aided China’s rapid economic growth over the past several decades. Our companies should be able to sell their innovative products in China, and innovative Chinese companies want to do business here in the United States. As governments, both the United States and China shouldn’t undermine that engagement—we should encourage and protect it. Such regulations will also limit the inflow of the latest internationally-tested secure technologies into the Chinese market and diminish our collective efforts to improve cybersecurity worldwide.

Alibaba begins drone delivery trials in China

Two years ago amazon started the ideal of using drones for delivery of goods to customers now Alibaba is also warming up  to join the association of drone user.
China's biggest internet retailer says it has begun testing drone-based deliveries to hundreds of customers.
It says the trial will last three days and be limited to areas within a one-hour flight of its distribution centres in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

The company's blog adds that it believes the technology has the potential to speed up deliveries.

Amazon, Google and parcel service UPS are among other companies carrying out more private trials of such aircraft.
Alibaba is using its drones to deliver orders for a specific type of ginger tea, helping limit the maximum weight of the packages to 340g (12oz).

The Tech in Asia blog, which was one of the first to report the development, said the experiment was being undertaken by Alibaba's Taobao division - an eBay-like marketplace that connects third-party sellers and buyers - and would involve 450 shoppers.

How to recover deleted data from Samsung Galaxy S3

A friend just ask me for an assistance on how to recover her mistakenly deleted folder,so if you are not a fan,you could help someone out there.

"Recently, I got a Samasung Galaxy S3. So anyways, is there a way to recover lost videos? I have been Google'ing around and I know there are solutions out there, using recovery programs and such. Essentially I took a video, it went to my gallery, then I deleted it on accident"
"I accidentally deleted an entire album of pics from the photo gallery thinking I was deleting a single picture and now have nothing. Is there any program that will help to recover the lost photos or something else I can do or am I out of luck?"
Samsung Galaxy S3’s 4.8 inches HD Super AMOLED display with a high resolution of 1280 x 720 makes it possible to play video in true and perfect color with ultrafast response time. With S3’s 8MP rear camera, you can not only capture good still photos, but also 1080p perfect quality HD videos.
It is rather dismay when you deleted your videos or photos by accident, but don't worry, there are methods for you to recover deleted videos or photos from Samsung Galaxy S3 using a data recovery software.
As far as I know, there is one application named Dr.Fone for Android which is a powerful Samsung Galaxy S3 photo recovery software allows you to recover contacts, messages, photos and video from Samsung Galaxy devices, like Samsung Galaxy S4/S3/S2/S, Samsung Galaxy Note and Samsung tablet etc.
Below are the detailed steps for you to recover deleted data from Samsung Galaxy S3
Step 1. Connect your Samsung Galaxy S3 to the computer
Connect your Samsung Galaxy to the computer with a USB cable. Then run the program and you'll get the main interface below.

Step 2: Enable USB debugging before scanning your phone
If you didn’t enable USB debugging on your device, you’ll see the window below. Follow the detailed expression in the window to set it now.
Note: If you have enabled USB debugging on your device before, you can skip this step.
1) For Android 2.3 or earlier: Enter "Settings" < Click "Applications" < Click"Development" < Check "USB debugging"
2) For Android 3.0 to 4.1: Enter "Settings" < Click "Developer options" < Check"USB debugging"
3) For Android 4.2 or newer: Enter "Settings" < Click "About Phone" < Tap"Build number" for several times until getting a note "You are under developer mode" < Back to "Settings" < Click "Developer options" < Check "USB debugging"

Elderly Chinese woman wakes up from coma only speaking English

A 94-year-old woman in China woke up from a coma speaking fluent English — and lost the ability to understand or speak Chinese, hospital officials said.
“I can’t ever remember having a case like this before,” Medic Tao Hou, 45, told Central European News. “We assume that the area dealing with her ability to speak Chinese has been damaged.”.
The family of English teacher Liu Jieyu claims the Hunan province resident had not uttered a single word of English for more than 30 years before she awoke from her coma. She stopped speaking the language after retiring and going to live with her loved ones on the outskirts of the city of Changsha, CEN reports.
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Medic Tao Hou was flabbergasted by Jieyu’s condition.
Jieyu was rushed to the hospital after suffering what doctors described as a cerebral infarction, which is a a type of stroke where the blood supply is limited instead of instantly cut off by a blockage, according to CEN.
She eventually fell into a coma and medical officials were unsure if Jieyu would survive. But doctors couldn’t believe their ears when they walked in one day and she asked in English, “Where am I? What is happening?”
Jieyu had mysteriously acquired the ability to speak the language perfectly, while simultaneously losing her ability to communicate in Chinese, CEN reports.

The dream of China becoming the world largest economy

Alibaba is trying a new way to convince US businesses to buy more from Chinese manufacturers.

China’s giant online marketplace is partnering with Lending Club, a San Francisco-based company that matches up borrowers and lenders, to enable small businesses to apply for a credit line of up to $300,000 “in under five minutes” to make a payment to a vendor using Alibaba’s e-commerce platform. The credit lines are only good “when purchasing goods from China-based suppliers on Alibaba.com,” the company said in a statement.

Alibaba, whose successful mega-IPO has recently been overshadowed by a Chinese government report that was critical of its business practices, is increasingly courting international business, particularly in the US. The company is looking to expand the Lending Club partnership to the UK and Australia next, a spokeswoman told Quartz.

Top 10 Airlines with Most Beautiful and Attractive Air Hostesses in the World

Honestly, I can’t tell you dear friends the tools used in selecting these 10 top airlines with most beautiful and attractive air hostesses but their quality of service (QoS) can proved them outstanding. How do you treat your customers in your organisation? Are they always smile each time you attend to them? Do they come back after first patronage?

10. Shenzhen Airlines:

Shenzhen Airlines has the most gorgeous and beautiful air hostesses in the world. This is a domestic flight of China which leads the people to and from eastern and western China. The flight attendants of this airline are cooperative and represent the company in a better way.

9. Virgin Atlantic:

The air hostesses of Virgin Atlantic receive high amounts as their salaries. This airline was started only a few years ago. It is native to Virgin and is known to be one of the most comfortable airlines in the world.

8. Air-Asia:

The people looking for low-cost yet amazing flight services give preference to Air-Asia. The flight attendants, both male and female, of this airline look impressive. It has an international repute for its friendly staff and beautiful air hostesses.

Why Do Young People Get Grey Hair?

Personally, growing grey hair is one thing I so much dislike when I was at my teen. I did believe  when God is planning to call you home, he signal you by growing grey hair. As little as I was then, I never wanted to die because of the beautiful things I found interesting in this world in spite of challenges.
What amazed me recently, is watching young men at their 30s or less growing grey hair. This puzzled continues till I have the understanding some persons fashionably bleach their hair with all manner of chemicals.
This prompted me to search for ‘’why do young people get grey hair? And below are the results.

Gray hair is recognized as an inevitable sign of aging. People young and old, however, can experience premature gray hair. Although genes are often to blame, there are other causes of gray hair in young people, most of which are controllable. There are certain steps to take that can help alleviate gray hair growth, some of which require a prescription medication.
Process
Within each hair strand is a follicle, which originates under the root and the skin of the scalp. Within the hair follicle are cells which determine the color of the hair. These cells produce pigment called melanin. Gray hair is directly linked to melanin cells. Once melanin cell production slows down, the color changes in each hair strand. As a result, a gray to white color replaces the hair strand's original color.
Heredity
According to Kids Health, a website of the Nemours Foundation, genes are the primary factor in determining premature gray hair. If your parents turned gray early in life, you are likely to turn gray early as well. Harvard's InteliHealth website reports that a study conducted by Scientific American reveals that ethnicity can also play a role in graying. Caucasians are the most likely to gray young, with an estimated 50 percent turning fully gray by the age of 50.