What's new to explore with firefox 11

Following its six-week cycle, the popular free browser - Firefox has got its new version : Firefox 11. The free browser's latest update includes the usual security patches, as well as some other new features for lay users as well as developers.

Here goes the list of the new as well as changed features which you will get this new release :

• Firefox can now migrate your bookmarks, history, and cookies from Google Chrome.
• With Sync enabled, add-ons can now be synchronized across users' computers.
•  The CSS text-size-adjust property is now supported.
• Redesigned media controls for HTML5 video.
• The outerHTML property is now supported on HTML elements.
• View source syntax highlighting now uses the HTML5 parser.
• The Style Editor for CSS editing is now available to web developers.
• Web developers can now visualize a web page in 3D using the Page Inspector 3D View.
• SPDY protocol support for faster page loads is now testable.
• XMLHttpRequest now supports HTML parsing.
• Files can now be stored in IndexedDB.
• Websockets has now been un-prefixed.
• Various security fixes.
  

Public debut of the first flying car at NY auto show

The first ever flying car, which was developed a few months back by Massachusettes-based company Terrafugia, is now ready to make its first public appearance at the New York International Auto show. The 2012 New York International Auto Show will be held from April 6 through the 15th. It was also mentioned in the announcement that the Transition(flying car) to be ready for sale by the end of the year. For those who are interested in buying one, Transition is expected to be priced around USD 279,000 and 100s of the aircraft/car have already been booked.

Terrafugia COO Anna Mracek Dietrich said the company selected the New York auto show for the car's public debut since it is a venue from which we can show the first practical street-legal airplane to the world while meeting the people who will be part of its commercial success in the years to come. New York is the perfect place to accomplish all of this.

Terrafugia is an aerospace company with a bunch of innovators. It was founded by pilots and engineers from the Massachusettes Institute of Technology.

Their amazing product the flying car, technically called TRA (Transition Roadable Aircraft), has got foldable wings which tuck in when it is on the road and gets converted into a flying machine within 30 seconds. With a full tank, the car can fly for 460 miles at the speed of 110 miles per hour.

In the show, the company is expected to present the car's latest production prototype as well as share details of the future plans for the flying car. The public will get up-close and personal with the vehicle, witness wing-folding demonstrations and meet some of the staff behind the design.

Most dangerous applications for your Android device

In the last few years, Android has come out to be the best alternate for the users and it has put up a huge competition for Apple iPhone market. Several users have preferred android devices over iPhone or iPad because of the low price and flexibility to download and use bulk of free applications from Android market.

Being an Android user myself, even i am more than happy with the kind of features and facilities available with my android device. With an Android smartphone or tablet in your hand and working internet connection, you get a world of possibilities to explore and you will never get bored alone.

But while using your Android phone over the net, you need to be a little careful as Android has come out to be the most vulnerable operating system for smartphones. With the open concept of android market, you may easily get across some potentially dangerous apps which may affect your device without you even knowing about it.

Some of the most dangerous application for Android as listed by security company Symantec are listed below. Some of these apps also contain Trojan, which turns a users Android device into a Zombie to attack other devices or steal personal information.

• App: Counter Elite Force
  Publisher: iApps7 Inc
• App: Counter Strike Ground Force
  Publisher: iApps7 Inc
• App: Counter Strike Hit Enemy
  Publisher: iApps7 Inc
• App: Heart Live Wallpaper
  Publisher: iApps7 Inc
• App: Hit Counter Terrorist
  Publisher: iApps7 Inc
• App: Stripper Touch Girl
  Publisher: iApps7 Inc
• App: Balloon Game
  Publisher: Ogre Games
• App: Deal & Be Millionaire
  Publisher: Ogre Games
• App: Wild Man
  Publisher: Ogre Games
• App: Pretty woman lingerie puzzle
  Publisher: redmicapps
• App: Sexy Girls Photo Game
  Publisher: redmicapps
• App: Sexy Girl Puzzle
  Publisher: redmicapps
• App: Sexy Women Puzzle
  Publisher: redmicapps

 As you can notice, most of these are games or xxx applications which provoke an android user to install the same to have fun and in return their devices get infected with viruses or malicious code. So next time beware of these application when you log on to android market.

If you have some other applications, which you have experienced as being a malware or virus, add it to the list, to prevent other users from using the same.

13 successful hacking attempts against NASA in a year..

Could you believe that - the world's most prestigious space research organization, NASA, was hacked as many as 13 times in the year passed. Most of these hacking attempts included stealing employee credentials and gaining access to mission-critical projects in breaches that could compromise US national security.

NASA already spends $58mn out of its total $1.5bn of annual IT budget on cyber security itself as NASA systems possess highly sensitive information, which could result in significant financial loss, adversely affect national security, or significantly impair our nation's competitive technological advantage, if stolen or lost.

As per the agency, in one of these attempts, hackers were working through a Chinese-based IP address broke into the network of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory(JPL), gaining full system access, which allowed them to modify, copy, or delete sensitive files, create user accounts for mission-critical JPL systems and upload hacking tools to steal user credentials and compromise other NASA systems. They were also able to modify system logs to conceal their actions. A deep review of the NASA systems revealed that the hackers had compromised most privileged JPL user's accounts accessing most of the JPL's networks.

In another such attempt, intruders stole credentials for accessing NASA systems from more than 150 employees. On further investigation in this matter, a very slow approach of the agency towards encrypting or scrambling the data on its laptop computers has come into light, which could have protected information from falling into the wrong hands.