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It’s time to Login with KeyLemon’s 2.2

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:42:44 +0000

KeyLemon-software security applications by imaging face recently added layer of security to log in process.
PC security system using face detection / face recognition does have advantages over other systems. KeyLemon now comes with version 2.2.
The habit of typing a password can be anything we leave behind when using KeyLemon 2.2. Users simply dealing with computers that will be used. Furthermore this software will recognize the following facial profile. Regularly, KeyLemon 2.2 can ensure that people who are in front of the computer is consistent with the image attached to the profile. If it faces and images do not match, then the computer will automatically record the faces of those known through a webcam, and gradually switched to hibernate mode.
KeyLemon latest version is also memerkenalkan Firefox plug-in called LemonFox. This application allows users to log in to the three social networking services using a webcam. Further webcam KeyLemon will check every 10 seconds to ensure that users in accordance with the image of a photo database.
However KeyLemon may also experience problems. Too much light can interfere with detecting KeyLemon in your face. In general, KeyLemon work more than 90 percent from a few days at the time of testing. You also can use Firefox plug-in for LemonFox to log in to the Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter account. KeyLemon kmpatibel used with XP operating system Vista, and Windows 7 by the license for 1 year for U.S. $ 19.95.

Trial Facebook New Layout

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:58:06 +0000

Facebook back to make changes. This time it happened on the homepage (main page). What are the changes? With new layout design, Facebook moved the navigation elements that had previously been in the menu “Application” to the sidebar to the left of the page. In addition, a list of online friends who had previously been in the bottom right, is now a move to the left sidebar (just below the Application). Section warning (alert) if any request friends, etc. that usually appear on the right, now moving into a pop-up at the top left. In this new design, Facebook is also the experience for users, such as Traffic to send messages directly from the homepage using the pop-up window. This certainly saves time from having to use a separate page. Search for the previous section on the corner there will be over, now located on the left a little to the center with a larger field. Meanwhile, the Filter News Feed and Friend List is located on the left has been eliminated now. The reason, ration Friends List has now been used for a list of online friends. Not only that, the News Feed and Live Feed has now been changed to Most Recent and Top News. Unfortunately, not all Facebook users can sample brand-new design of this homepage. However, Facebook will continue to develop into a larger scale.

Beware, Trap at Facebook and Twitter

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:07:07 +0000

Sixty per cent of businesses claimed that Facebook is a risk social networking site, as revealed by the security vendor, Sophos.
Meanwhile, a similar opinion was also expressed by Kaspersky Labs pointed Microblogging site Twitter, which was rising-a second networking site after Facebook risky.
Sophos did a survey of 502 IT professionals. The result, business was seeing a lot of malware and spam floating around the virtual realm.
The Sophos report titled “Security Threat Report: 2010″, mentions that as many as 33 percent of IT professionals to choose blocking Facebook for productivity reasons, while 21 percent of survey respondents reported that they or a network of friends who have received malware via social networking sites will lost control of the site access. As many as 72 percent of the company also believed that employees who often had a tendency for Facebook ria could endanger the company’s business.
Another horrendous thing to come from Twitter. Dmitry Bestuzhez (Senior Regional Researcger Kaspersky Labs), reveals that Twitter has been offered for U.S. $ 1000 by a hacker forum. “Tweet can contain URLs. Well, most of the users trust to click the link in the tweet. This is certainly a trap for many people to act criminal. The more follower, the more the risk of malware infection, “explained Bestuzhez. This is where the danger. Sendible facility could be misused in the spread of malware. The reason is assumed Twitter can be used to infect other malware to your account.

Opera: Facebook Mobile Increase More Than 600 Percent

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:24:12 +0000

Browser company, Opera, released the fact that mobile phone use to visit the increasingly popular mobile Facebook. “Facebook’s unique visitor increased by 619 percent during the year 2009, exceeding the previous site VKontakte become the most popular networking site for Opera Mini users,” explained Opera. VKontakte a social networking site came from Russia. It also added that Facebook has become a social networking site most visited by the mobile web. Meanwhile, Microblogging sites, Twitter has 2859 percent increase in visitors during the year 2009. Data taken in December 2009, reveals the fact that more than 46.3 million mobile subscribers around the world using Opera Mini browser. Figure has risen 11 percent and more than 159 percent when compared with the data in December 2008. from these data clearly show that users see more than 20.7 billion pages last month (December 2009), up 10.1 percent from November. Opera Mini users in general use more than 315 million megabytes of data per month, with a growth of 206 percent of data traffic in December 2008. According to Opera, there are 3 sites that are predicted to increase, ie, Facebook, Google, and the BBC. Meanwhile, the Amazon, the site online sales of digital devices will also be entrenched in the top ten most popular position.

Twitter Weak Point

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:15:36 +0000

Frequent attacks that led to more experienced Twitter Microblogging sites to the middle of this rise. According to security analysts of Foreground Security, a simple configuration to be room for an intruder to take control of the user account control.

Mike Baily, a senior analyst always Foreground Security, a Twitter error lies in the Adobe Flash object on the site. Saying that the Adobe Flash object can load the virtual file freely in any site on the internet. The site in question is who has the JavaScript code and Action Script.

Bailey also added that it is not Adobe’s fault. This is a proof of how bad programmers who create Flash object coding. Bailey was also able to exploit weaknesses in the Flash object to display the tweet into account only through an XML file on one server.

Not only that, other actions may also be a result of these weaknesses. Or removal Penambahakn follower account and read the messages that were declared to be private. Baily revealed, the length of an object configuration takes about 1 hour or more. Twitter currently has piha disable Flash object configuration errors