Author: Tarandeep Kaur

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Your live data may still be alive in Google Searches!

“Google seems so friendly,” she said. “I don’t understand why they don’t do a better job protecting our data.”

Yes, these were the words of a lady whose data was stolen online. All she did was shopped for tickets online; make payments for her car loan. A keylogger logged her data and sent it online. Heck, it didn’t leave her online conversation with her friends.  She wasn’t aware of the keylogger.

After some months,  the authorities were made aware of the breach and the data was taken down from there server(s) , but there was one place where the data was still avaliable. Our best friend, Google :!:

“Google, like all search engines, is a reflection of the content and information that’s available on the Internet,” he said. “We actively work to keep users informed on how they can stay safe online.”

In this case, however, Google did remove the cached pages, but it took the company two tries to delete them.

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Yearning for that Touch Diamond interface? Try Tempus

One of the great coders of xda-developers, TWOLF have come up with this great application, Tempus

I decided to do a video review of the application:

Here is what it looks like:

The only drawback I see is the use of shareware flash plugin, Animated Today. But, the Tempus is avaliable for free! TWOLF is looking for someone to make a freeware flash plugin for him. If you got that coding capability, go ahead and give him a hand :)

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iPod: How to find software version

Learn how to find out which version of software is installed on your iPod.

You can determine this by navigating to the the About screen or by connecting iPod to your computer and using iTunes or iPod Updater.

Products Affected
iPod, iPod mini, iPod nano, iPod touch
Navigating to the “About” screen on iPod

1. On all iPod models (except iPod shuffle) press the Menu button repeatedly until you see the Main menu.
2. Scroll to and then select Settings.
3. Scroll to and then select About. Note: This may be labeled “Info” on the original iPod.
4. Information about your iPod appears. You should see a line item labeled Version. You will see the software version installed on your iPod listed to the right (see the pictures below for reference).

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Google forced to pass the User Identities to the Viacom

A US judge has ordered Google to expose to Viacom the video-viewing habits of everyone who has ever used YouTube in a decision condemned by the Internet giant and privacy advocates.

Viacom charges Google, which bought YouTube in 2006, acts as a willing accomplice to Internet users who put clips of Viacom’s copyrighted television programs on the popular video-sharing website.

“We are disappointed the court granted Viacom’s overreaching demand for viewing history,” Google senior said.

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GTalk for Iphone and Ipod Touch

Google has just released in the US a new version of Google Talk designed specifically for the iPhone and iPod Touch browsers. In addition to sending your friends Gmail messages from your iPhone, you can now chat with them while you’re on the move, too! In your iPhone browser, just go to www.google.com/talk, sign in and start chatting. That’s it. Google Talk runs entirely in the browser so there’s no need to download or install anything.

There are some differences from using Google Talk on your computer. For instance, in order to receive instant messages with Google Talk on your iPhone, the application needs to be open in your Safari browser. When you navigate away to another browser window or application, your status will be changed to “unavailable” and your Google Talk session will be restarted when you return.

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The word GOOGLE seemed heavier to the Vice President to add privacy link to their homepage..

Last month, privacy organizations wrote to Google CEO Eric Schmidt asking the company to link to its privacy policy from its home page. Including the link on the home page is good practice — and also mandated by California law, the organizations said.

To read what Marissa Mayer, VP Search Products & User Experience said click here

On Thursday, Google acceded to the request, putting the word “Privacy” at the foot of its home page and linking it to its privacy information pages. The link replaces the company’s name next to the copyright notice, leaving the number of words on the home page unchanged.

Google had previously declined to make the change to its home page, saying that users appreciate the lack of clutter there. Microsoft and Yahoo both include privacy links on their search pages, while Ask.com added a link to its privacy policy on June 18.

The order to remove the company’s name to make way for the privacy link came right from the company’s founders, Vice President of Search Products and User Experience Marissa Mayer explained in a posting to the company’s blog.

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Happy Holiday to the US fellows!

To all of my friends and visitors residing and belonging to US, I wish them a very happy holiday.

Enjoy your holiday and be safe :) Warm wishes to everybody from the staff of ApoTheTech.com

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Acer makes Aspire One A110L available-in Europe for the time being

The long awaited Acer One has finally made an appearance and it’s listed for sale in Taiwan already with European availability starting in 6-10 days according to several etailers. The first model is the A110L which is the most basic out of three SKU’s that Acer will launch.

The A110L comes with an Atom N270 processor, the 945GSE chipset, 512MB to 1GB of RAM depending on where you look, an 8.9in LED backlit LCD display with 1,024×600 resolution, an 8GB NAND flash module, a multi-format memory card reader, 802.11b/g WiFi, 10/100Mbit Ethernet, modem and three USB 2.0 ports.

It measures 249x170x29mm (WxDxH) and weighs in at 0.9kg. Again, depending on where you look it’ll either come with a 2,200mAH 3-cell battery or a 4,400mAH 4-cell battery. It will use Linpus Linux Lite as its OS and it’s divided up into four sections on the screen to make it easy to locate the applications you need. The sections are connect, work, fund and files. Continue reading “Acer makes Aspire One A110L available-in Europe for the time being”

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Microsoft makes Remote Desktop 2 avaliable

Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection 2 is finally out of beta.

The final release includes all the new features that Microsoft added, some of the highlights include:

  • The ability to open multiple instances of Remote Desktop without resorting to a hack (though I do believe that each connection spawns a new instance of the app itself).
  • Redesigned UI
  • Support for Network Level Authentication (which makes connections more secure)

Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection 2 is free, and a Universal app.

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SSD-based MacBook Air price dropped by $500

Price of NAND flash memory continuing its steady sequential decline. Apple this month cut the price of its Solid State Drive (SSD)-equipped MacBook Air by half a grand($500). The 13-inch 1.8GHz MacBook Air with a 64GB SSD is being sold for $2598, down from the $3098 fetching price that was listed as recently as last week. The half-grand markdown is a result of price cuts to two separate components.

First, Apple reduced the price of the Air’s 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor upgrade by $100 to just $200.

Secondly, the company slashed the cost of the Flash memory-based 64GB SSD drive upgrade to $599 from $999. That means customers can now configured a 1.6GHz MacBook Air with an SSD drive for as little as $2398.