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Facebook adds hacker tracker tool
Sep 6th
3 Sep 2010
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/360865/facebook-adds-hacker-tracker-tool
Facebook says it has improved its security with a remote log-in management tool that should help users tell if their accounts have been hacked.
The primary use for the new tool, currently being rolled out and available via the Account Security section of Account Settings, will be as a remote log-out facility for people that have forgotten to sign off when they have been using a public or friend’s computer.
However, Facebook said the tool would also be useful in monitoring accounts if they had been hacked and give users the option to kick the hackers out of their accounts and change the password.
“If someone accesses your account without your permission, you can shut down the unauthorised login before resetting your password and taking other steps to secure your account and computer,” the company said on the Facebook blog.
Within the tool, Facebook said, “you’ll see all of your active sessions along with information about each one. That information includes the log-in time, device name if you’ve previously named it through our log-in notifications feature, the approximate location of the log in based on IP address, and browser and operating system.”
Critics have claimed the new tool will only be used by the technically savvy, leaving the majority of users no better off.
UAE, Saudi Arabia Might Ban BlackBerry Services :: Will it be banned in India too?
Aug 3rd
Looks like the dark times for RIM and BlackBerry are showing no signs of respite. The TRA (Telecommunications Regulatory Authority) of the UAE, which regulates the telecom industry in the country is contemplating a ban on the e-mail, web browsing and messaging services on BlackBerry smartphones starting October 2010.
The ban, according to officials from UAE, will be issued in public interest. According to them, the current security protocols used in BlackBerry services makes the users of such services to act without any legal accountability, causing judicial, social and national-security concerns .
If you were unaware, unlike most normal phones, any BlackBerry device encrypts data sent using it first through its servers in Canada before it ends up where you intend to send it. This basically means that UAE cannot monitor what is being sent via BlackBerry phones in the country unless Canada and RIM somehow allows access to its data center. RIM was reportedly offered an alternative to open its own server within the UAE which the company rejected. This is believed to be the reason behind the plans to ban the entire bunch of BlackBerry services in the country.
Incidentally, UAE is not the only country that is contemplating a ban or imposing similar measures on RIM. India and now, even Saudi Arabia are talking tough regarding BlackBerry and its servers.
Insanely Strange Error Messages
May 22nd
By generating an error message, the computer tries to convey that something is wrong. At least that is what an error message is supposed to do. But all that will change when you take a look at the following error messages. Please bear in mind that these are all real error messages.
No Keyboard Error
This is one of the first error messages I came across when I first bought my computer. The problem was that I had forgotten to plug in my keyboard. I found the error message to be hilarious because it asks you to press F1 or DEL when it knows that no keyboard is connected.
Unknown error?
This is one of the strangest error messages I have ever come across in Windows ME. Guys, what am I supposed to understand from this message?
No Error?
One of the weirdest error messages we have seen in Macromedia Dreamweaver is this one. It’s very clear that it is an error, but the text states otherwise. So who are we supposed to trust?
Money laundering?
This is a funny error in Microsoft Money 98 which doesn’t make any sense at all. We think Money 98 is trying to cover-up some misappropriation of funds in this way. What do you think?
Excel 97 doesn’t want to quit
Excel 97 gives this error if you press the F8 function key at the wrong time – it simply refuses to let you quit the application.
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