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Another One Of The Most Popular File-Sharing Sites Is Getting Shut Down

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After over a decade helping people download movies, music and other files, popular file-sharing service RapidShare will shut down next month, by choice. The site is advising people who use it to secure their data before it gets deleted March 31, 2015.</div>
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Don't know RapidShare? You might remember these icons from your Kazaa days:</div>
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Switzerland-based RapidShare<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13.501350402832px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> has been around since 2002, and in 2010, it was counted as one of </span><a href="http://torrentfreak.com/rapidshare-ditches-ceo-bobby-chang-100421/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #4296b5; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">the top 50 most-used sites</a><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13.501350402832px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> on the internet. But that popularity came at a price. Since RapidShare was largely beloved because it was an easy way to share copyrighted materials- With just a direct download instead of anything that torrent-client jazz-so the site made (obviously) made enemies with entertainment companies. The RIAA called RapidShare a </span><a href="https://torrentfreak.com/riaa-reports-torrent-sites-rapidshare-and-rlslog-to-us-government-101111/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #4296b5; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">"rogue website"</a><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13.501350402832px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> and the company dealt with a procession of lawsuits. At one point </span><a href="http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-03/16/rapidshare-must-monitor" rel="nofollow" style="color: #4296b5; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">was ordered by British courts</a><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13.501350402832px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> to conduct surveillance on users and report illegal sharing.</span></div>
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RapidShare tried to rebrand itself as a cloud storage service. By 2013, it was laying off most of its staff. In 2014, it stopped offering <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2014/05/16/goodbye-rapidshare-shuts-free-offer-increases-pricing/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #4296b5; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">its free service</a>, effectively giving itself a death sentence. With so many ways to share (and pirate) content without paying, there was no way RapidShare could stay in business.</div>
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The current crop of popular file-sharing services isn't doing so hot either. Current reigning champ Pirate Bay is back up after a lengthy haitus after getting raided last November<inset id="1668902014"></inset>, and just yesterday torrenting service KickAss had its domain seized<inset id="1684666920"></inset>. These sites are popping back up almost as fast as they're getting whacked down, but the ongoing conflict between file-sharing services and anti-piracy efforts isn't going away anytime soon, and the surf seems choppier than ever. But it looks like Rapidshare will definitely be gone for good.</div>
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Another One Of The Most Popular File-Sharing Sites Is Getting Shut Down

After over a decade helping people download movies, music and other files, popular file-sharing service RapidShare will shut down next ...

JBL Go Is The Latest Tiny-Tot Speaker In Town For Rs 1999

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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">Portable speakers have become part of everyone's life, so much so that we have started ditching the wired ones for more connect options. One can define portability in various ways but JBL wants Go speakers to epitomize the term and functionality for them and market.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">Go Speakers were announced at the CES 2015 and now it's all set to catch fancy of music enthusiasts in India. What sets Go apart from others in the market is its size and pricing at Rs 1,999 (which goes up to Rs 2,999 in few weeks from now).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">By size, we mean that GO (at 82.50 x 29.95 x 67.91mm) carries a box-like design that fits into every pocket or bag. The speaker aspect gets well covered with power button, Bluetooth support and lets you even talk on the phone (via mic). Booting up your music journey, JBL has loaded the Go with a 600 mAh battery which should 'last about 5- 6 hours on single charge', as per the company.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">JBL Go is available with Snapdeal in the country for Rs 1,999 (limited period price) and you can pick one of these in; Black, Red, Orange, Grey, Blue and Pink among others.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">If Go doesn't work the magic for you then you'll get Logitech X100 for similar kind of money.</span></div>

JBL Go Is The Latest Tiny-Tot Speaker In Town For Rs 1999

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A Researcher Just Published 10 Million Real Passwords And Usernames

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Security consultant <a href="https://xato.net/author/mb/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #4296b5; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Mark Burnett</a> has just published 10 million passwords along with their corresponding usernames. It's a thoughtful offering to other researchers-but a legally risky move given the current legal situation surrounding hacking.</div>
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Usually, passwords are released alone to researchers, but that prevents them from analyzing how username and password might go together. Burnett <a href="https://xato.net/passwords/ten-million-passwords/#.VNnsDmSsXqr" rel="nofollow" style="color: #4296b5; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">has explained</a> that he has <span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13.501350402832px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13.501350402832px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">wanted to provide a clean set of data to share with the world" for quite some time to provide both, together, as it gives "great insight into user behavior and is valuable for furthering password security."</span></div>
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So, he has. But he's done so with some trepidation and much justification (and, before you panic <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">too</em>much, he believes most of them are now dead). "I think this is completely absurd that I have to write an entire article justifying the release of this data out of fear of prosecution or legal harassment," he <a href="https://xato.net/passwords/ten-million-passwords/#.VNnsDmSsXqr" rel="nofollow" style="color: #4296b5; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">writes on his blog</a>. "I had wanted to write an article about the data itself but I will have to do that later because I had to write this lame thing trying to convince the FBI not to raid me."</div>
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Making reference to Barrett Brown's recent sentencing<inset id="1681196181"></inset>, he goes to great lengths to explain why the FBI<a href="https://xato.net/passwords/ten-million-passwords/#.VNnsDmSsXqr" rel="nofollow" style="color: #4296b5; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">shouldn't arrest him</a>:</div>
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Although researchers typically only release passwords, I am releasing usernames with the passwords. Analysis of usernames with passwords is an area that has been greatly neglected and can provide as much insight as studying passwords alone. Most researchers are afraid to publish usernames and passwords together because combined they become an authentication feature. If simply linking to already released authentication features in a private IRC channel was considered trafficking, surely the FBI would consider releasing the actual data to the public a crime...</div>
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In the case of me releasing usernames and passwords, the intent here is certainly not to defraud, facilitate unauthorized access to a computer system, steal the identity of others, to aid any crime or to harm any individual or entity. The sole intent is to further research with the goal of making authentication more secure and therefore protect from fraud and unauthorized access...</div>
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Furthermore, I believe these are primarily dead passwords, which cannot be defined as authentication features because dead passwords will not allow you to authenticate. The likelihood of any authentication information included still being valid is low and therefore this data is largely useless for illegal purposes. ..</div>
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Ultimately, to the best of my knowledge these passwords are no longer be valid and I have taken extraordinary measures to make this data ineffective in targeting particular users or organizations. This data is extremely valuable for academic and research purposes and for furthering authentication security and this is why I have released it to the public domain.</div>
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With all that in mind, Burnett has taken a random sample of 10 million passwords, gathered from "thousands of dumps consisting of upwards to a billion passwords." If your password isn't on the list, that doesn't mean it's not floating around on the Internet; merely that it's no on <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">this</em> list. We're not linking to the download, but it shouldn't be too hard for you to work out where to look... [<a href="https://xato.net/passwords/ten-million-passwords/#.VNnsDmSsXqr" rel="nofollow" style="color: #4296b5; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Mike Burnett</a>]</div>
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A Researcher Just Published 10 Million Real Passwords And Usernames

Security consultant Mark Burnett has just published 10 million passwords along with their corresponding usernames. It's a thought...

Moto E 2nd Generation To Come With LTE

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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">Just yesterday, Motorola dropped a cool Rs 1,000 off the first generation Moto E. Though the company shared that it was a part of its anniversary celebration but we could smell that the next generation Moto E might just be round the corner.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">However, we did not know at that time that we won't even have to wait for another 24 hours to get to know more about the Moto E 2</span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">nd</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;"> generation. The forthcoming device was "accidently" listed on Best Buy website.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">The price of Moto E 2</span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">nd</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;"> generation on that site was mentioned as $99.99 (unlocked and without contract that is). As far as the specifications go, there are two major highlights for the Moto E 2</span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">nd</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">generation. First, this device will come with LTE connectivity support, and second it will run on Android Lollipop straight out of the box.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">The other specs for Moto E 2nd generation include 4.5 inch qHD display (the current model has a 4.3 inch screen), 5MP rear camera, 8GB of expandable memory, 1GB of RAM and also a front camera.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">So far, there is no mention on the official release date but we don't think we'd have to wait for long. Also, as India is a key market for Motorola at this stage, we expect it to make it to the land of snake charmers almost parallely with the global launch. [</span><a href="http://www.gsmarena.com/best_buy_listing_fully_reveals_second_generation_moto_e-news-11130.php" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #4296b5; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px; text-decoration: none;">GSMArena</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">]</span></div>

Moto E 2nd Generation To Come With LTE

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Samsung Galaxy J1 Smartphone Launches In India Via Amazon

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Just when you thought Samsung couldn't do any worse than Tizen powered Z1 smartphone, the Korean major has continued to flood the affordable mobile space with another, one of its Galaxy. You've got Galaxy E, Galaxy A, Galaxy S and so on but now there's a Galaxy J added to the list. Announced globally couple of weeks back, the company has decided to roll out this budget product Galaxy J1 in India, priced at Rs 7,190 and available only via Amazon.<br /><br /><img class="gwt-Image" src="http://www.gizmodo.in/photo/46187757.cms" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br /><br />At this price, you have come to expect decent power (and snappers) for smooth interface experience but Samsung on the contrary is more than confident of doing well with Galaxy J1. With this phone, you get a 4.3 inch standard display, running on Android 4.4 KitKat, dual-core SoC with 512MB RAM and expandable storage with 4GB available innards. Price has got nothing to do with Galaxy J1's value (not even the hardware) but in market like India, the company seems to have its own set of strategy that has worked quite well for them (up until now).<br /><br /><img class="gwt-Image" src="http://www.gizmodo.in/photo/46187758.cms" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br /><br />If that wasn't enough, Galaxy J1 gets served up with a 5MP rear snapper and 2 MP shooter on the front and finally loaded up with an 1850 mAh battery.<br /><br />The phone will be available from 11 February onwards i.e. tomorrow on Amazon (for anyone who's even interested in going for it).<br /><br />Just to remind you, Motorola Moto E and Asus Zenfone 4 among others are available in the country for much less than the Galaxy J1 (just saying).</div>
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Samsung Keen On Developing Robots, Drones And Self Driving Vehicles

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Samsung Keen On Developing Robots, Drones And Self Driving Vehicles

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Reliance Brings Free Internet.Org App To India With Facebook

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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">Free internet has become a phenomenon across the globe but in markets like India, it still seems like a distant dream. However, now companies such as Facebook are trying to deliver this promise via Internet.org gateway whose motto is internet for all.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">Facebook has tied up with Reliance Communication (RCOM) in India for this unique set of service that comes bundled with free usage of plethora of sites including the likes of Times of India, Facebook and OLX among others.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">Most importantly, one must understand that Internet.org and the services mentioned above are only available to Reliance customers (existing and new ones joining). "The app, aimed at low income and rural users, will offer access to more than 30 web services, including job listings, healthcare and education sites, as well as Facebook's own social network and messaging service, available to Android users," as per the company.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">What's interesting to note is that Facebook has diversified for the first time with its Internet.org initiative by offering several other products which are not affiliated to them and that could end up working in their favour.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">The limitation to one telecom operator marks the beginning of something big for Facebook and the Indian government which envisages spreading 'Digital India' across the country via different channels. So, only Reliance users can access this service (or app) and confined to Android users only (download from Google Play Store).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">Internet.org is a step in the right direction but only when Facebook manages to tap into more telcos, only then we can call their effort garnering success.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/02/10/facebook-india-internet-idINKBN0LE0JE20150210" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #4296b5; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px; text-decoration: none;">Source</a></div>

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Affordable Lumia's Will Get Windows 10 Update

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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">Microsoft has all of sudden started making all the right moves (call it the Nadella effect). You can consider Windows 10 to become what Windows 8 never truly managed, same goes for Windows 10 mobile as well. Convergence is going to be highly prioritized at Microsoft (and cloud for that matter) but easy accessibility of its platform is another major bonus that consumers might get from here on.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">They've already announced the prospect of giving free Windows 10 update to all Windows 7 and 8 users and now, Lumia users (across all spheres) could relish the chance to get Windows 10 on their phones.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">As confirmed by Joe Belfiore, the software guy at Microsoft has given crystal clear indication that Windows 10 will indeed make its way to ALL Lumia devices, including the low-end ones. His marked tweet refers to building Windows 10 update for 512MB Lumia phones and in that space you have Lumia 520, one of the popular phones in India.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">However, before you jump in delight, we'd like to tell the Lumia 520 users that Microsoft's priority is to get Windows 10 on all phones, which is why they are not overly worried about the set of features to include. So, if you're expecting to get all the Windows 10 goodies on budget phone then you might have to look elsewhere. What features are expected to be part of Windows 10 for low-rung Lumia? It's hard to share that right now but we expect to hear more on this through Microsoft in the coming months.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">The Windows 10 update will be released in regular intervals for varied markets and devices which might end up taking lot of time before Windows 10 (on mobile) becomes globally available.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">The Technical Preview version (for select users) is expected to be released very soon and that might give us clarity as to what or what not the Lumia 520 will get (or miss) with Windows 10 mobile version.</span></div>

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Facebook Is Every 'Insecure' Person's Friend!

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A new study has revealed that people who feel insecure in relationships seek attention on Facebook in order to be felt loved.</div>
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Researchers at Union College suggested that there are at least two kinds of active Facebook users: people who are higher in attachment anxiety, and people who are higher in extraversion.</div>
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People who were higher in attachment anxiety, that is, they worry that other people don't love them as much as they want to be loved, and are chronically concerned about rejection and abandonment, reported greater amounts of what the study refers to as "feedback seeking" on Facebook.</div>
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Because these people need a lot of reassurance that they are loved and are very sensitive to other people's opinions about them, they turn to Facebook, with its 1.2 billion users, for feedback.</div>
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Joshua Hart, associate professor of psychology, said that anxiously attached individuals' level of feedback sensitivity correlates with how active they are on Facebook and it appears that this strategy may work: they report receiving more attention than people lower in attachment anxiety.</div>
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16GB Xiaomi Mi4 Goes On Sale Today

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Xiaomi's<a href="http://www.gizmodo.in/indiamodo/Xiaomi-Mi-4-smartphone-Bunch-of-things-we-like-some-wedont/articleshow/46062587.cms" style="color: #4296b5; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"> Mi3 successor</a> will officially be available for purchase starting today. This will be a flash sale much like previous Xiaomi sales, which will begin at 2PM Indian time. Only the 16GB model will be available for purchase during this sale, with the 64GB variant expected to arrive on February 24.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Naturally, only registered customers can purchase the smartphone, so if you haven't yet, you can do so later today for next week's sale. There's no need for concern if you miss out on today's sale as Xiaomi usually sells out of its smartphones within a matter of seconds.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Mi4 will be the first high-end smartphone from Xiaomi to arrive in the country after the Mi3 went out of rotation last year. Keeping this in mind, there will be quite a lot of demand for the handset. This sale only includes the white version of the handset, with Xiaomi not offering any other color variants here in India.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The smartphone has been priced at Rs 19,999, making it one of the best top end flagships available for the price. If you're unaware of the Mi4 and its hardware, you can find the complete specifications below.<o:p></o:p></div>
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· 5-inch 1080p display<o:p></o:p></div>
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· 2.5 GHz Snapdragon 801 quad core chip<o:p></o:p></div>
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· 3GB RAM<o:p></o:p></div>
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· 16GB of storage (no microSD)<o:p></o:p></div>
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· 13MP camera, 8MP front camera<o:p></o:p></div>
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· 3,050 mAh battery<o:p></o:p></div>
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The design of the Mi4 has been compared with the iPhone several times, which is something that most Xiaomi flagships devices are guilty of. From a consumer's standpoint though, you're getting a premium device for just a fraction of the price of a regular flagship. [<a href="http://fkrt.it/0pRLJpNN" rel="nofollow" style="color: #4296b5; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Flipkart</a>]</div>
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Nikon D810A: An Incredible DSLR Camera Modded To Shoot The Stars

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The Nikon D810A is a slight modification to Nikon's existing D810 professional DSLR powerhouse<inset id="1596084950"></inset>. Its guts have been tweaked to help astrophotographers shoot the beautiful cosmos.</div>
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Here's the key change: The D810A's infrared cut filter has been modified to let the hydrogen alpha spectral wavelength pass through. In other words, the camera's optics now don't filter a light wavelength that's ideal for astrophotography.</div>
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At its core, though, the D810A is a camera very similar to the D810: it packs a 36-megapixel full-frame sensor plus Nikon's latest Expeed 4 processing engine. Still, there are some performance tweaks specific to astrophotography. The D810A's ISO sensitivity has been optimized to a narrower range, for standard settings from ISO 200-12,800. (They're expandable beyond that point, if you're feeling <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">crazy.</em>)</div>
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Additionally, there's a new long exposure manual mode that lets you set shutter speeds from 4 seconds all the way to 900 seconds. This gives you plenty of flexibility to be creative with exposures. Also, you know, shooting a the dark sky at night takes longer than your every day shutter speeds permit.</div>
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For years, Canon sold an astrophotography camera in the form of the 60Da. The D810A is a much different beasts. First of all, it's way more expensive and its high-resolution, full-frame image sensor guts are fancier than what you got from the Canon's APS-C sensor guts. The D810A is a much more substantial camera, though, given the very specialized application, it's hard to say without testing whether it'll be worth the extra cost.</div>
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Speaking of which, pricing for the D810A is still TBA, but you can expect something considerably more expensive than the current $3000 body-only price for the standard D810. If you're gonna shoot for the stars, you're going to have to pay for it.</div>
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Canister vacuums are lighter and more maneuverable than a stick-style vac, but you often have to keep running over to rescue them when they get stuck or even flipped upside down. To help alleviate both problems, the <a href="http://www.vax.co.uk/airrevolve" rel="nofollow" style="color: #4296b5; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Vax AirRevolver</a> is designed as a self-contained cylinder with over-sized wheels that clamber over anything and clever engineering that allows it to keep on sucking no matter how it gets flipped.</div>
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Where the AirRevolver's design really shines, though, is on stairs. Anyone who's ever tried to precariously balance a canister vacuum on a step knows that eventually gravity will win and everything will come tumbling down. So the folks at Vax designed the AirRevolver to stand on its side with a compact footprint so that stairs no longer become an issue, and it won't roll when you don't want it to.</div>
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The AirRevolver also eschews annoying vacuum bags for a bin that's easy to empty into the trash, and the controls for switching between carpets and hardwood floors are conveniently located on the handle so you never have to use your feet to change settings. At around $450 (available in UK now) it's priced comparable to other high-end vacuums that promise to do more than just suck, and anything that can make the chore of vacuuming slightly less awful has to be worth every penny. <span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13.501350402832px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[</span><a href="http://www.vax.co.uk/airrevolve" rel="nofollow" style="color: #4296b5; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Vax</a><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13.501350402832px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> via </span><a href="http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/132650-vax-airrevolve-is-the-funkiest-vacuum-cleaner-we-ve-ever-seen" rel="nofollow" style="color: #4296b5; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Pocket-lint</a><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13.501350402832px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">]</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">Xiaomi Mi 4 16GB variant is expected to go on sale today on Flipkart. Though we would like to wait for the 64GB variant but it seems that there are plenty of suitors for the 16GB variant as well. As per a</span><a href="http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/technology-others/over-2-5-lakh-registrations-for-xiaomi-mi-4-sale-tomorrow-on-flipkart/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #4296b5; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px; text-decoration: none;">report</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">, the company has managed to get 2.5 lakh registrations</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">This variant is priced at Rs 19,999, Mi4 offers all top drawer features like 5-inch full-HD display, latest MiUi 6 software, quad-core Snapdragon 801 CPU with 3GB of RAM. It has 13MP rear and 8MP front camera, which can make it a hot favorite among causal shooters.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">The company is also bringing the 6GB variant of the Mi4 in India on Feb 24 and the same carries a price tag of Rs 23,999.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">Apart from the Mi4, the company will also be putting Redmi Note 4G on sale today at 5:00 PM. The company has already announced on its Twitter and Facebook page that there will be 40,000 units of this phone that will be offered for the sale. So far there is no word on how many units of Mi4 will be offered for sale today.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">So are you going to try your luck for the Mi4 today or will you be looking to get your hands on the 64GB variant? Do let us know your option in the comments below. </span></div>

2.5 Lakh Registerations For Xiaomi Mi4 Received

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Every Smartphone Should Come With Free VR Googles

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LG <a href="http://www.lgnewsroom.com/newsroom/contents/64924" rel="nofollow" style="color: #4296b5; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">just announced</a> that people who buy a new G3 smartphone will get a <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">free </em>VR headset to match. That's an idea we can get behind.</div>
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This new cheap VR for G3 hardware is closer to Google Cardboard than Samsung Gear VR, but fits somewhere between the two. The headset is based on the Google Cardboard platform-though presumably tweaked to fit the G3 specifically-and will work with the existing Google Cardboard app. Drop your phone into the front and you can hold the viewer up to your head and use it to peer into a a virtual wold displayed on your phone's screen. The promotion rolls out this month in "select markets." No word on how long that promotion will last or if the USA will be amongst the lucky ones.</div>
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But we're sort of enamored with the idea that every smartphone would ship with an inexpensive version of Google Cardboard. It's almost kind of a waste to have a large, ridiculously pixel-dense phone like the LG G3 if you aren't ever looking at it so close to make that PPI matter.</div>
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Even if it's still a half-baked tech, getting more eyes to see virtual reality would help move it forward, not to mention get a little extra value out of their pricey smartphones. It doesn't take much to show off the potential of the technology, even if it's not the full-blown experience.<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13.501350402832px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> You don't even have to go as far as LG is, with the custom unit; I'd settle for phone that just came with a cardboard dealy included. We already pack-in headphones. Why not have headsets be next? </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13.501350402832px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[</span><a href="http://www.lgnewsroom.com/newsroom/contents/64924" rel="nofollow" style="color: #4296b5; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">LG </a><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13.501350402832px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">via </span><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/09/lg-google-cardboard-vr-headset-g3/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #4296b5; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Engadget</a><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13.501350402832px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">]</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">One user of the newly available </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">Raspberry Pi 2</span><inset id="1683199114" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;"></inset><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; line-height: 25px;">computer has discovered a pretty weird flaw with the new hardware: If you shoot the cheapy computer with a camera flash, it shuts right the hell down.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/xenon-death-flash-a-free-physics-lesson/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #4296b5; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">In a blog post,</a> Raspberry Pi communications director Liz Upton explains that in the company's testing, there is indeed a problem that happens under very specific conditions.</div>
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<div style="border: 0px; font-size: 13.501350402832px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13.501350402832px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">it's ONLY really high-intensity bursts like xenon flashes and laser pointers that will cause the issue. Other bright lights - even camera flashes using other technologies - won't set it off. You can take your naked Pi 2 in the sunshine for a picnic or take it to a rave, and it'll be perfectly solid. Just don't take it on the red carpet at the Oscars. Jon is currently shining an 1800-lumen led light at a Pi 2 on his desk: not a wobble.</span></div>
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<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13.501350402832px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13.501350402832px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">While the Raspberry Pi is the first time most people would run into this problem, it's not unique. The issue has <a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/xenon-death-flash-a-free-physics-lesson/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #4296b5; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">its roots in a phenomenon called the photovoltaic effect</a>, which is when metals emit electrons when they're hit by light. Coincidentally enough, it's the same phenomenon that allows solar cells to function. And in the case of the Pi 2, it's happening in the silicon junctions of the semiconductors. The junctions get "upset" by the blast of high-intensity light, blast out some electrons, and then Pi goes to sleep.</span></div>
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Raspberry Pi 2 Loses Its Shit When You Blast It With A Camera Flash

One user of the newly available Raspberry Pi 2 computer has discovered a pretty weird flaw with the new hardware: If you shoot the ch...