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Pranika Kalra

who has written 17 posts for White Hat News.

Dec
30
2009

Nokia comes out with bathtub in response to kitchen sink thrown by Apple

Nokia accuses Apple of ‘hitchhiking’, moves to US ITC Nokia has fired the latest salvo in the ongoing patent infringement tussle by filing a complaint with US International Trade Commission accusing Apple the California-based maker of popular computers and music players of violating multiple Nokia patents with its products. The imported electronic devices named in [...]

Dec
30
2009

Google exposed??!!

In an unexpected instance, the details of next offering from the Google’s stable, the Nexus One smartphone, got leaked   ahead of the scheduled release. As per the reports from Gizmodo, where the story appeared for the first time and was backed by leaked documents, Google plan’s revealed smartphone’s unlocked version priced at USD 530, while [...]

Dec
30
2009

GSM code cracked!

A computer scientist from Germany has published encryption codes, which vanguard the conversations made over the GSM network by more than 4bn cell-phone users across the globe. This has threatened the privacy and security of private phone conversations and would allow virtually anyone to snoop into calls made using the GSM technology. Karsten Nohl, the [...]

Dec
29
2009

Books to meet similar fate of the newspaper!

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and a tired man who wants a book to read, said  G.K. Chesterton – one of the most prolific 20th century English writer also hailed as the Prince of paradox. But the amazing feat of technological brilliance aided [...]

Dec
28
2009

2010 to be the decade of smart phones

‘Smart phones for smart people’ will rule the roost In the beginning there was simplicity, then came the era of complications, for good, though. What we saw in this decade was a prologue to what could be the decade of smart phone. Just over the past 18 months, at least 8 major manufacturers and mobile [...]

Dec
28
2009

The Apple Grapevine

Rumors of full-fledged computing device catapults Apple stock to all time, and there’s more to it Apple shares hit an all-time high on December 24, as they rose to $209.35 up 3.5 per cent. Most of the increase way due to rumors that the company will finally launch its tablet PC at a product and [...]

Dec
28
2009

Amazon’s Kindle Is Its Top Selling Holiday Product Ever

Kindle most purchased device on Amazon, followed by iPod. Not good news for publisher The Kindle has become the most purchased item given as a gift in the history of the powerful e-commerce site, Amazon.com. And, Amazon announced that “On Christmas Day, for the first time ever, customers purchased more Kindle books than physical books.” [...]