Trend Micro threat alert: Phoney video site links hit Facebook

Hands up if you love how Facebook lets you share your favorite Youtube videos with your friends. Now hands up if you click on every other video link on your stream.

Well you really ought to start filtering stuff out, especially if the video link is titled "This guy took a picture of his face every day for 8 years", "Look what happens when father and daughter meet on chat roulette", "I can't believe a girl did this because of Justin Bieber" and "Sick! I lost all respect for Miley Cyrus when I watched this video".

First of all, one of those links is about Justin Bieber, and we really shouldn't have to explain why you ought to avoid that. Secondly, Trend Micro's latest threat alert tells us that these four links are actually bogus links that will bring you to a fake Youtube landing page (as pictured above), and will subsequently lead to a KOOBFACE like worm being planted on your computer. The worm then steals your Facebook login credentials and uses them to post up more discriminating links to dupe your unsuspecting friends.

Facebook was named the most dangerous social networking site in 2010, so these probably aren't the only video links that you should be weary of. If you don't already have an anti virus suite on your PC, then we recommend a strong dose of precaution and common sense when opening up weblinks, even if they look like they're from a friend.

(Source: Trend Micro blog) 

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Steve Jobs labeled 2011 as “the year of the copycats” in reference to the slew of upcoming tablets from Samsung, HP, Motorola and Blackberry but as Simple Mobile Review recently pointed out, the “innovative” magnet powered iPad Smart Covers are far from the revolutionary next-best-thing-since-sliced-bread that Jobs was intensely marketing them to be.

The cover for the new iPad uses magnets to sleep and wake the iPad when covered and opened respectively. As long as I can recall BlackBerry devices had the ability to sleep when properly holstered. I can recall this feature when I carried a BlackBerry before they became smartphones. Fast forward 11 years and some people have called this innovative, which it was 11 years ago. Steve Jobs was correct, 2011 is the year of the copycat. – Smart Mobile Review

Well, I guess when Steve Jobs said, "We've always been shameless about stealing great ideas", he really meant it. What’s next? Oh, doesn’t that revolutionary foldable cover that doubles up as a stand look remarkably similar to how this jacket from InCase works? Hmm…

[Source: Simple Mobile Review and Engadget]

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Dell Vostro 460 Gives Power for Today and Scalability for Tomorrow

Who says only hardcore PC users and gamers require a high end PC to cope with their demands? Even business users require something to help them get all the tasks done at not only a quick speed, but also simultaneously. Understanding this, Dell has just introduced their latest Vostro 460 desktop designed specifically for small businesses. Thanks to the new Intel Sandy Bridge Quad Core processors and coupled with Intel’s Turbo Boost Technology 2.0, the Vostro 460 desktop can will be able to give its utmost performance when needed while making multitasking as easy as a breeze.

On top of all the features, like all Dell products, customers can choose extra features should they need something even better or something that is better suited for their work environment. With up to 3TB of storage space, a large 350W power supply and up to 150W of graphics-card power, the choices are up to the customers. At the end of a tiring working day, the Vostro 460 also comes with options of Blu-ray Disc drive and 7.1HD sound.

Furthermore, understanding how critical businesses can be and how they cannot afford down time, the Vostro 460 comes with 24x7 IT support with an optional Dell ProSupport service. Dell Support Center comes pre-loaded in the Vostro 460 and data security is also a breeze, with protection services that are simple to use and require little or no maintance.

Hit the break for more information.

Seagate’s New 3TB Barracuda XT Provides Solution To 2.1TB Barrier

It is common to own terabytes of storage space these days but it is not something that computing pioneers back in 1980s have managed to foreseen. Hence, legacy PC BIOS and operating systems such as Windows XP are not able to support hard drive with capacity that goes beyond 2.1TB due to the limit of logical block address range.

Usually, one would require extra hardware or software to overcome that limitation but not with the new Seagate Barracuda XT 3TB hard drive. The new hard drive utilizes Seagate’s own DiscWizard software which enables the OS to detect the hard drive actual storage capacity for users to access. On top of that, the Seagate Barracuda XT is also a high performance SATA 3.0 hard drive boasting a 64MB cache and 7200RPM spin speed.

As Seagate have begun to ship the new hard drive to stores worldwide, expect it to arrive at your favourite retailers very soon. The new Seagate Barracuda XT 3TB hard drive is expected to be priced at around RM 850. For further information, head on to www.seagate.com. 

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You Could Win US$25,000 For Developing A PayPal Android App Today!

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Fujitsu Comes Up With An (Infinity) App Store Of Their Own

Seems like everyone is getting on the desktop PC "app store" bandwagon these days. The first to be powered by the Intel AppUp centre, Fujitsu PC Asia Pacific have unveiled Infinity App, a storefront for easy access to thousands of free and paid software. The Infinity App works just like your Mac App Store, making it easy to browse, download and manage applications. Simply download the Infinity App software and you're ready to go! With up to 21 categories to choose from, there is something for everyone, they even have Angry Birds! Bye bye to productivity!

Intel Introduce New Dual-Core Atom Processor

Last week, Intel announced the arrival of the new dual-core N570 processor into their long running Atom family of processor for netbooks. Being the second dual-core Atom offering from Intel after the release of N550 in August 2010, the new N570 is relatively the same as its older sibling - four threads, 1MB of L2 cache, support for DDR3 667 memory and 8.5W TDP - except that it has a slightly higher clock speed at 1.66GHz.

Intel stated that systems based on the new core will heading to consumers starting from this month onwards and quite a number of such system were already on display at the recently concluded CeBIT 2011. So, expect them to be available in our market soon enough. 

[Source: Intel and Softpedia] 

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