AVG Free - A really appreciable free Antivirus

Some weeks ago my laptop had virtually, nearly stopped working. Nearly all my softwares were infected by viruses and all the setup files would refuse to startup. I also had Kaspersky 2010 installed on my Laptop and even it would not startup due to the virus. However I had a lifeline yet left with me - My Safari web browser.

Now on as I googled Free Antivirus this Avg Free was the first link and so I decided to try it out. I downloaded(101 MB) and run the setup and quickly it started scanning my Lap. After about an hour it could successfully detect 676 viruses in about a some hundred thousand files scanned. After that all the softwares could run properly without any problems and some softwares even reinstalled themselves again.

So in a condition the #2 Antivirus : Kaspersky did not work a free AVG antivirus worked. But however I do not blame Kaspersky for anything. Now I have started using Kaspersky again and it manages the viruses quite well. But thanks to AVG for the Free Antivirus which saved my Lap. The AVG antivirus can be downloaded from this website : AVG official website

Google 's new OS

Google's upcoming Chrome operating system - a new OS that will, according to the search giant, arrive on netbook computers sometime later this year - is also going to offer a feature Google engineers have dubbed, unofficially, "chromoting." Now what's chromoting ? It's remotely accessing your PC applications via the browser. In other words it an be called a remote desktop app for your new cloud computer.

This was first uncovered by U.K. tech news site 'The Register' earlier in this week, this news comes directly from a Google engineer who posted the following on the Chromium Google Group, an online message board for discussing the open-source project behind the Chrome browser and Chrome operating system:
We're adding new capabilities all the time. With this functionality (unofficially named "chromoting"), Chrome OS will not only be [a] great platform for running modern web apps, but will also enable you to access legacy PC applications right within the browser.
When requested for more details, the engineer also told that its functionality would indeed be "something like" Remote Desktop Connection, a Windows technology that allows you to connect to a remote computer from the computer you're currently using.

For more info : Google Blog

Apple's Safari 5 hits Mac and Windows

Steve Jobs unveiling the iPhone 4 was not the only news emerging from Apple’s WWDC. Apple also declared the launch of their Safari 5 web browser which they expected to offer Mac users a 30% performance increase as compared to its previously released version. It comes with the Safari Reader and allows users to select Google, Bing or Yahoo! as the search service supplementing Safari’s search field. The download is now available on the Apple's website.

The browser has many new cool things aimed to 'Improve the way you view the web. And powerful new tools to help developers enhance and customize the browsing experience altogether.' 

The new Safari 5 includes the following new features :-

Safari Reader

Safari Reader removes annoying ads and other visual distractions from online articles. So you get the whole story and nothing but the story. It works like this: As you browse the web, Safari detects if you’re on a web page with an article. Click the Reader icon in the Smart Address Field, and the article appears instantly in one continuous, clutter-free view. You see every page of the article — whether two or twenty. Onscreen controls let you email, print, and zoom. Change the size of the text, and Safari remembers it the next time you view an article in Safari Reader.

Even Greater HTML5 Support

Web standards are the future of the Internet. The world’s most innovative browser, Safari continues to lead the way in support for HTML5. Safari 5 supports over a dozen new HTML5 features that allow developers to create interactive content and media experiences that work right in the browser — without the need for third-party plug-ins.

Better Performance

The world’s fastest web browser gets an engine upgrade. Enhancements to the Nitro Engine in Safari 5 mean you experience web browsing at greater speeds than before. Powered by the Nitro JavaScript engine, Safari 5 on the Mac runs JavaScript up to 30 percent faster than Safari 4, 3 percent faster than Chrome 5.0, and over twice as fast as Firefox 3.6.

The all new iPhone 4

On Monday, Apple unveiled the latest version of its popular iPhone which is a thinner and more powerful device than the earlier versions and is better suited for media consumption.

Indeed, Netflix, the most popular application for the iPad, said at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference that it will debut a free iPhone application this summer. Online game FarmVille, with 70 million users, will also be hitting the iPhone by the end of June.

Users will be able to record video in HD and make video calls on an application called FaceTime . And a higher resolution display will mean a much better picture -- so Chinese characters, for example, appear razor sharp(WoW).

Some other highlights:

• Price: It will retail at $199 for 16 gigabytes and $299 for 32 gigabytes of data. Available June 24.
• Search: iPhone 4 will also include Bing, Microsoft's search engine.
• Camera: flash and 5 megapixels versus 3 megapixels in old version
• Video: HD video recording and LED light

Just Like Humans, Cockroaches also 'recommend eating joints' to each other

Researchers, in an experiment, have found that the majority of the cockroaches fed only on one piece of food until it was all gone, and did not split into groups to attack the whole pile of food at the same time. It was also seen that the more number of cockroaches were on one piece of food, the more longer each one would stay to feed on that piece of food.

New rover to find out life on Mars

British scientists on 5/6/10 have announced the start of work on a new mission to Mars in 2018 that will explore the possibility of life on the planet. 
    ExoMars will be the first mission for attempting to obtain samples at a depth of 1-2 metre below the surface of Mars where they are protected from radiation and oxidants thought to exist on the surface, and both of which would destroy/ heavily degrade complex organic compounds. 
    The scientists from the university are involved in five instruments on board the ExoMars mission, including building the hardware for three of the instruments on board the craft. 
    ExoMars is a robotic mission to Mars, developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA. Data from the mission will also provide invaluable input for broader studies of exobiology – the search for life on other planets. 
    The mission to Mars also has major Earth-bound applications with spin-offs in collaboration with industry bringing environmental benefits as well as technologies that can be applied in the fields of health and crime detection. PTI

Australian restaurant going the iPad way.

SYDNEY: An Australian restaurant has now removed printed menus and now and have gone for the latest tech-craze, the Apple's touchscreen iPad computer, to choose and order their meals."One of the points of difference for our restaurant was to have a unique menu," says the hotel's general manager Craig Simpson on Friday "Everyone's excited about the iPad and so we're jumping on the back of that."

They are currently using an iPad application developed ahead of the tactile device's launch that allows diners at the restaurant to browse the menu – complete with photographs and tasting notes – easily with a flick of a finger.
Ordering is now very simple like - Order a steak and the application asks how you would like the meat cooked, and the placing of the order can now be done with the press of a button. The later planned features also include pop-up boxes that will suggest wines to match meals, and stockcontrol mechanisms to delete sold-out items from the menu and much more.

Food and beverage manager Fareid Taheri said the menu has been well received. "It's something to play with while you order," he said.