Category Archive: Geek

Apr
06

New IT Term of the week

Easter egg Software easter eggs are secret screens, videos, graphics, or other type of message that has been buried in an application. Typically, easter eggs are used to display the credits for the development team or to display a humorous message. Easter eggs are intended to be fun and can be found in any type …

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Apr
04

1024-bit RSA encryption cracked by carefully starving CPU of electricity

By Sean Hollister Mar 9th 2010 http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/1024-bit-rsa-encryption-cracked-by-carefully-starving-cpu-of-ele/ Since 1977, RSA public-key encryption has protected privacy and verified authenticity when using computers, gadgets and web browsers around the globe, with only the most brutish of brute force efforts (and 1,500 years of processing time) felling its 768-bit variety earlier this year. Now, three eggheads (or Wolverines, …

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Apr
04

Iran busts US-linked internet spy gang

March 2010 http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/Science/20100314/1464200.html Iran claimed to have busted a spy racket allegedly linked with the US intelligence agency CIA and arrested 30 people for operating an internet network to gather secret data related to Iran’s nuclear scientists. The Judiciary said Saturday it has dismantled a US-backed cyber network, which was set up to gather information …

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