Facebook hacked, users flooded with porn, violent images

5 STEPS TO SECURE FACEBOOK ACCOUNT 

 Facebook is one of the top accessed website in the world and most popular social networking website. I'm sure many of you who are reading this, must be spending hours of time everyday on Facebook.
Nothing could be worse than losing your own Facebook account or some one getting access to your Facebook account and misusing it.
But now that there are reports of Facebook accounts being hacked I'm sharing five tips which will help you to keep your Facebook login safe and secure.
1. Enable HTTPS login
Recently Facebook brought HTTPS enabled login and this is first step to your Facebook account security. To enable this feature, go to edit account settings and under account security enable secure browsing.

 2. Facebook device login
This is one of the best feature which will make sure that you will get notified whenever your account is compromised. Whenever your account will be logged in from a new device, you will be receiving an email for the same. To enable this feature, go to account settings > Account security and enable features which says 'When a new computer or mobile device logs into this account'.

3. Strong and complex password
One simple way to get into someone's account is by using hit and trial method for password. Brute force are usually useless these days because of complex security measures taken by Facebook. But if I know you as an individual, I may try to try couple of passwords like your girlfriend's name, your birth date and so on. Most of the time this works.
If you wish to be secure your Facebook and other account, you should try using a complex password. More over by changing your password every month and using different password for different account will surely help.

4. Keeping your computer secure
The first place which hackers will target will always be your computer. We have already shared how to keep yourself safe and secure while surfing internet. But let me repeat myself once again, you should be keeping your OS up to date along with Antivirus. If you are tech savvy, I would recommend using any firewall (Comodo is one which I use and recommend) and a Trojan remover.

5. Avoid Facebook spam applications
If you are active user on Facebook, you must have seen spam in the form of Facebook applications like Mark Zuckerberg official announcement and so on. Try not to use any Facebook application if you have not read its review. These days most of such spam applications will spam your friend wall, will ask you to fill a survey or else they will add random people into your account. You can go to application setting page and see which all applications have access to your Facebook account. Disable those which you are not using.

Battlefield 3 Overtakes Modern Warfare 2

After the launch of Battlefield 3 just two weeks ago, many fans have flocked to the Xbox 360 to play DICE's latest.  So much so, that the game has toppled one of the Xbox 360's longest running activity leaders:  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.  Since last year, Call of Duty: Black Ops has held on to the title of most active game on the Xbox 360, and the release of Battlefield 3 failed to surpass the November 2010 release.

With over 9 million sold on launch day, Modern Warfare 3 itself could even have trouble surpassing Black Ops considering that it has by far outsold any game released in recent history on the platform

Valve's online game service Steam hit by hackers

The Steam video game service, used by 35 million people, has been compromised by hackers.

Its owner and operator, Valve, uncovered an intrusion into a user database while investigating a security breach of its discussion forums.
The attackers used login details from the forum hack to access a database that held ID and credit card data.
Valve said that, so far, it had no evidence that credit cards were being misused or Steam accounts abused.
Losing trust

The defacement took place on 6 November and the Steam forums were taken offline when Valve learned of the attack.
At first the firm said the discussion groups were offline for maintenance.
However, a message posted to the front page of the forums by Valve boss Gabe Newell on 10 November has revealed that the sites were shut down because of the defacement.
Valve's investigation of that incident revealed that the "the intrusion goes beyond the Steam forums".
The initial investigation showed that the attackers gained access to a Steam database that held "user names, hashed and salted passwords, game purchases, email addresses, billing addresses and encrypted credit card information".

RA.One: Shah Rukh's tryst with technology

Being a science fiction movie RA.One, technology has played a crucial role in the making. According to Keitan Yadav, chief operating office, redchillies.vfx, "There is no software or technique in the industry that we have not used for this film. For 3D, we have used software like Maya, Houdini and Macs. For composites, we have made use of Nuke and Shake. Further, we have also written our own programs."

Ra.One will take Bollywood technology to the world said Shah Rukh in an interview. SRK hopes to set a benchmark in Indian cinema in terms of technical refinement.

Ra.One will have both 2D and 3D release. Anubhav Sinha, the director of the movie, is coordinating with technicians through high-end video conferencing technology - Cinesynch - to ensure that everything goes according to the plan. "We show our work virtually and review each others' clips. It is a virtual meeting takes place every alternate day, which starts around 9.30 pm at night and goes till 4.30-5 am in the morning," said Sinha.

The superhero film RA.One is reported to have around 3,500 VFX (visual effects) shots. This is said to have even outstripped Hollywood blockbuster James Cameron's Avatar that had around 2,700 VFX shots.
Not only in the making, but Shah Rukh has been making the full use of technology in the film's promotion. In addition to the ritual presence at various TV shows and newspaper interviews, King Khan also reached out to the Internet audience in a big way. RA.one is the first film in India to make use of Near Field Communications (NFC) technology on the new range of Nokia's new smartphones - Nokia 700 and Nokia 701. The company has set up RA.one zones at over 400 Nokia Priority Partner outlets and select multiplexes across the country. Consumers who buy a Symbian Belle smartphone can get exclusive content from the film such as images, applications, games, on-set exclusives and movie promos by just tapping their devices on RA.One NFC tags.
Also, SRK's Red Chillies Entertainment launched the first low budget movie-branded tablet called 'G.One Tablet'. The tablet features 7-inch touchscreen LCD display, 800MHz processor, Google's Android 2.2 operating system, supports Flash Player and 3G connectivity, and much more. The tablet has been priced at about Rs 8,500.
Shah Rukh also used Google Plus Hangout feature to have video chat with fans across the globe. He also launched a custom built movie channel on YouTube. The RA.One channel on YouTube offers users a one-stop destination for all promotional video content and special extras for RA.One.
Traditionally, Bollywood movies relied on posters, interviews and mega music launches for publicity. But, SRK has gone a step ahead and launched a full fledged video game version of the movie to be played on Sony PlayStation and also online. There's also a Ra.One digital comic book, a first of its kind for a Bollywood movie.
Moreover, Red Chillies Entertainment has also partnered with top technology brands like Google, Nokia, NVIDIA, and Indiagames, to promote RA.One, digitally.
RA.One could very well set the benchmark for digital innovation and use of technology in movie marketing for Bollywood. If the movie turns to be the success that Shah Rukh Khan hopes it to be, get set for a Bollywood digital onslaught.

In the game, the next generation superhero can concentrate electricity charge in the shape of an Orb and use it to bring down any enemy. The weaponry can be upgraded with Energy and Soul, basically called Orbs, by garnering points which will make the destroying the enemies a slightly easier. The game also comes in-built with an in-app store to purchase upgrades of Orbs if you can’t wait and want to maximize weaponry immediately.

Unlock series of Achievements as you proceed into the game which can be shared on Game Center to showcase one's scores and also on Facebook’s wall. The game is already in the Top 5 on Indian App Store.

To conclude with the joke that is going around - 'Please watch Ra.One otherwise SRK will not stop promoting the movie.' Let's just say the same for the app too. Ra.One, the movie, is scheduled for release on October 26th. The film was conceptualized by “King Khan” himself, who also stars as G.One.

India's Aakash Tablet::

The Aakash tablet: The Aakash hit the United States courtesy of Washington Post columnist Vivek Wadhwa. Wadhwa, received the tablet from Kapil Sibal, the Indian minister of human resources and development, and took it to the folks at VentureBeat labs to pick it apart (not literally, but almost) to see what it could do. They posted their review Wednesday, providing photos in a sneak peak at the Android-based device.
VentureBeat’s Chikodi Chima wrote of the tablet:

Jugaad is an Indian word which means “to make-do.” The Aakash tablet is a Jugaad in a very high tech way. The components inside the Aakash tablet are cheap, and easily sourced. For example, the Aakash tablet has a headphone jack and an audio-in jack, but no external speakers -- an obvious cost-savings measure. However, with the addition of a cheap headphones, and an equally cheap microphone, the owner can make calls on Skype, and has the potential to communicate with people around the world.

The device will retail for about $60 and, thanks to a partnership between the Indian government and Canadian company DataWind, will likely provide 10 to 12 million Indian students with access to the Web and some of the latest features in mobile technology by the end of this year.

Search engines, social networking driving traffic to websites: Study

Search engines, social networking driving traffic to websites: Study

Research shows that social networking sites, email services and search engines are amongst the top three sources of traffic for many industries in India.

Experian Services India Pvt Ltd, a leading market research company, monitors and provides daily insights on how Internet users interact with websites. The company surveyed the online behaviour of the population of India in different industry categories. The research shows that in terms of driving traffic to a website, search engines rank first contributing a share of 17.25 per cent, social networking sites take the second spot with a share of 13.99 per cent and the third place goes to email services with a share of 8.43 per cent.

According to Chanchal Chakravarty, Leader- Client Leadership, Mindshare South Asia, the reason for a surge in search engines could be the fact that more people are doing research online before going to a manufacturer’s website. “People are checking for user reviews from third parties as they do not have any vested interests and they are not motivated by the seller,” he said.