Friday, October 2, 2009

Captcha has also been captured by the spammers

Most of the people who are running forums and blogs, are well acquainted with “captcha” system. The system was introduced to avoid spammers and to make sure that comments and discussions are done by the real human users. As usual, spammers have got a way out to deceive captcha system also.


Those who have very little traffic on their blogs and forums can review the comments and/or other enteries manually but it is not possible for the massively trafficked sites like facebook, twitter etc. An antivirus company has informed facebook of links, which convince the user that they have got virus in their computer and only a particular software can remove the virus. This artificially manipulated problem and then the solution convinces many users to buy the software.

Facebook was informed that it had many spamy links of the similar type. The anti-virus company AVG indicated that captcha system had not remained as efficient as it used to be. Now the facebook people are examining the way these spaming accounts were made.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Terahertz Rays Can Be Use For Human Body As Well As For Security Purposes.

If you are found of James Bond type of movies, you might have seen special telescope like instruments used for spying purposes. These hand-held instruments are capable of x-raying the rooms and buildings made of stone and concrete. Most of the times these are used by the hero to check how much ammunition is in the building while hero is sitting on the top of the hill.


Well you will be surprised that in reality it is not possible to make use of x-rays through that much small machines. X-rays help in detection of problems in a live body or used in some security equipments but they are quite lethal for human body.

To coup this problem, scientists are working on another type of rays, which are called terahertz rays. These are harmless to body. In a simplest language, terahertz range between lower limits of infrared and upper of microwave. Terahertz are not only less harmful for body but also very helpful in detecting plastic objects, which x-rays can’t do at all. As they can detect lot more objects than the x-rays, they  can be very useful for security purposes.

The technology for Terahertz or T-rays is quite complicated. It has some side effects but its advantages are more than its disadvantages. Scientists are working on this new technology so that we may be able to use this technology with minimum cost and minimum side effects.

Saturday, September 5, 2009

CRT and LCD! A little Comparison

A few years ago, CRT or cathode ray monitors were considered to be the back bone of computer but now it seems that they have lost the race with LCD monitors. The earlier LCD monitors had poor picture quality but they became popular because of their small size and low weight. Now the situation is that some of the CRT manufacturers have even stopped making new CRTs. It seems they will be a story of past within the next few years. Although, LCD monitors have improved a lot but even now they are winning the race because of their weight and size (to some extent our snobbish behavior also), however, the picture quality of LCD is still one step behind CRT but it is my personal experience and you have the right to disagree with it.


Like all other human inventions, LCDs have brought a new set of problems with them. There are problems of one or more black spots on the screen, which are caused by dead pixel. Sometimes you find that LCD is showing distorted images. The good news is that although these problems are mostly related to LCDs but such complaints are raised once in a blue moon, however, the genuine problem is cleaning of the LCDs as these are quite sensitive as compared to their competitors so you need to be careful when you are cleaning your LCD.

Life of a CRT depends upon its cathode ray tube and phosphors screen and life of an LCD depends on its backlight know as cold cathode florescent lamps (CCFL) but this is not the final word on CRT and LCD’s life. There are some other factors also like the purpose for which they are used and the quality of materials used at the manufacturing time. If you are planing to buy an LCD or CRT, I would advise you to consult your IT manager before you make the final decision.

Monday, August 31, 2009

Google! Voip Service Provider???????????????

Experts believe that voip industry will occupy the 50% of market until 2019. Situation will be more serious for ordinary mobile service companies. Large Companies like Google, Yahoo and facebook, as they are still providing facility of sending images from their mobiles to their profiles, will start providing voip service for their consecutive groups. These companies will enjoy a 30% share of the ordinary service providers. Let us see where the technology of that time will drive the situation.