ESET Nod32

Today I am here to talk about a product that I have been using for quite some time, NOD32 by ESET. ESET develops software solutions that deliver instant, comprehensive protection against evolving computer security threats. We pioneered and continue to lead the industry in proactive threat detection. ESET NOD32 Antivirus, our flagship product, consistently achieves the highest accolades in all types of comparative testing and is the foundational product that builds out the ESET product line to include ESET Smart Security.

ESET Smart Security is an integrated antivirus, antispyware, antispam and personal firewall solution that combines accuracy, speed and an extremely small system footprint to create the most effective security solution in the industry.

Their most complete protection suite is the ESET Smart Security. this software consists of:

• Antivirus: Protects you against files that may cause harm to your computer.
• Antispyware: Protects you against attacks that might try and steal your information.
• Firewall: Protects you from hackers trying to infiltrate your computer.
• Atispam: Blocks unwanted messages in email and through your browser.

ESET also has a regular NOD32 Antivirus application which will give you basic but needed protection from viruses and spyware which are two of the most common threats lurking on the internet.

They also offer software for Mac, Linux, and mobile phones which run windows, or symbian os.

"In-the-Wild" viruses are real viruses that have been reported to the Wildlist Organization by at least two independent reporters. When it comes to In-the-Wild virus detection, no one even comes close to ESET as the following chart illustrates.

This graph shows the number of viruses other antivirus softwares such as Norton, McAfee, TrendMiro, or AVG miss compared to ESET's NOD32 virus protection. Lower is obviously better; NOD32 picks up every  virus that other antivirus software miss, AVG being the most prone in this case.

Virus Bulletin tests, May 1998 through April 2011 – www.virusbtn.com

NOD32 also is not considered a "bloatware" antivirus application. It does not fill up your hard drive with tons of unnecessary bits. It only installs preceise to the point files that tackle your problems and protect in a concise manner. NOD32's installation directory is only 155MB. Compare that to Symantec's Norton which is 217MB, a full 62MB more unneeded space taken up. Or, McAfee which installs at 307MB! Or, Kasperky and F-Secure which install at over 500MB! That is over 345MB of space saved by installing NOD32. That right there shows how percise and direct NOD32 is at getting to the point and not messing around. Their software takes less disk space and does a better job at protecting you than its competition.

Check out these awards NOD32 has received and then try the software out for yourself to understand the type of protection will will receive with NOD32.

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Ideum MT55

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It looks like a picture from the future. Nope, its just Ideum's MT55 multitouch table. It consists of a 55" 1080p LCD display with 4,000,000:1 contrast ratio 178-degree viewing angle. The multitouch  system supports 32 simultaneous touch points. It has an HP computer to power everything: Quad Core i7 870, 4GB RAM, dual 250GB SATA HDD, and NVIDIA Quadro 600 PCI  video card with 1GB of RAM. It is also running on win7 64bit.

For connectivity the device is WIFI enabled, has Bluetooth, and Ethernet capability. Also has an HDMI output, and USB connectors.

Check out this video, it looks really interesting, as you watch you could only imagine the applications it can be used for.

Augmented reality: Tetris

Check out this guys version of Tetris with a twist. Nothing much to say really, he is using a Microsoft Kinet and a Wii remote to control the blocks.

iPhone records every movement you make, unknowingly to you

Security researchers have discovered that Apple's iPhone keeps track of where you go – and saves every detail of it to a secret file on the device which is then copied to the owner's computer when the two are synchronised.
The file contains the latitude and longitude of the phone's recorded coordinates along with a timestamp, meaning that anyone who stole the phone or the computer could discover details about the owner's movements using a simple program.

Worst part is, Apple does not encrypt or hide this file that shows the information nor do they tell their customers that they track every move you make, every step you take, They are watching you. Phrase taken from Sting :) Come on Apple, what is the point of doing this?

Insert the data into a program like this...

...and end up with a plot course on a map like this.

Check out the rest of the article @ Guardian

Google invests $100 million into wind farm

Excerpt from Google's blog

We recently invested approximately $100 million in the Shepherds Flat Wind Farm, anticipated to be the largest wind farm in the world. Shepherds Flat is currently under construction near windy Arlington, Ore., and when completed in 2012 will produce 845 MW of energy. That’s a lot of wind—enough to power more than 235,000 homes.

This project is exciting to us not only because of its size and scale, but also because it uses advanced technology. This will be the first commercial wind farm in the U.S. to deploy, at scale, turbines that use permanent magnet generators—tech-speak for evolutionary turbine technology that will improve efficiency, reliability and grid connection capabilities. Though the technology has been installed outside the U.S., it’s an important, incremental step in lowering the cost of wind energy over the long term in the U.S.

Finish the article @ Google's Blog.

Intel announces record Q1 sales

Intel accounced today record Q1 sales at $12.9 billion with a net income of $3.3 billion.

Here is part of their press release:

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 19, 2011 - Intel Corporation today reported record EPS and revenue on both a GAAP and non-GAAP basis.
On a non-GAAP basis, revenue was $12.9 billion, operating income was $4.3 billion, net income was $3.3 billion, and EPS was 59 cents. On a GAAP basis, the company reported first-quarter revenue of $12.8 billion, operating income of $4.2 billion, net income of $3.2 billion, and EPS of 56 cents.
The company generated approximately $4.0 billion in cash from operations, paid cash dividends of $994 million, and used $4.0 billion to repurchase 189 million shares of common stock.
"The first-quarter revenue was an all-time record for Intel fueled by double digit annual revenue growth in every major product segment and across all geographies," said Paul Otellini, Intel president and CEO. "These outstanding results, combined with our guidance for the second quarter, position us to achieve greater than 20 percent annual revenue growth."

Finish the article at  Intel.

Motorola to Delay Launch of Droid Bionic

Looks like Motorola is delaying the Droid Bionic to make changes to the device. They are saying it will be released Q3, end of summer probably. The Droid Bionic was announced at CES in January in Spain.