In south africa, the popularity of mobile phones is helping to tackle HIV and aids in the nation,
project Masiluleke will send one million free text messages a day to push people to be tested and treated.
In the country every year, Approximately 350,000 people die of Aids-related diseases, the United Nations estimates that there are six million people living with HIV in South Africa today.
"South Africa is the epicentre of the global HIV epidemic," said Zinny Thabethe, an HIV activist who is part of the project.
Project Masiluleke was set up to try and encourage people to seek testing and treatment.
Monday, 27 October 2008
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
'Keyboard sniffers'
Computer criminals could soon be looking at what people are typing by analysing the electomagnetic signals prodced by every key press.
The security researchers have invented four attacks that work on a wide variety of computer keyboards, the results led the researchers to declare keyboards were "not safe to transmit sensitive information".
The EPFL students tested 11 different keyboard models that connected to a computer via either a USB or a PS/2 socket. The attacks they developed also worked with keyboards embedded in laptops.
The security researchers have invented four attacks that work on a wide variety of computer keyboards, the results led the researchers to declare keyboards were "not safe to transmit sensitive information".
The EPFL students tested 11 different keyboard models that connected to a computer via either a USB or a PS/2 socket. The attacks they developed also worked with keyboards embedded in laptops.
Robert Preston
HISTORY
Peston is the son of economist and later Labour peer Maurice Peston, Baron Peston of Mile End and his NHS-employee wife.
The couple believed in state education, and sent Robert to the local comprehensive school, Highgate Wood Secondary School, in Crouch End, North London.
Peston graduated from Balliol College at the University of Oxford in 1982, and then studied at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
He is a journalist, news and TV presenter, author for the BBC,
he is Currently the Business editor of BBC News
Previously Robert was the associate editor of The Sunday Telegraph. From April 2002 to October 2005 he was city editor and assistant editor of The Sunday Telegraph, in charge of its business and money sections.
At the FT, which he joined in 1991, his previous positions were political editor, banking editor and head of an investigations unit (which he founded).
Peston is the son of economist and later Labour peer Maurice Peston, Baron Peston of Mile End and his NHS-employee wife.
The couple believed in state education, and sent Robert to the local comprehensive school, Highgate Wood Secondary School, in Crouch End, North London.
Peston graduated from Balliol College at the University of Oxford in 1982, and then studied at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
He is a journalist, news and TV presenter, author for the BBC,
he is Currently the Business editor of BBC News
Previously Robert was the associate editor of The Sunday Telegraph. From April 2002 to October 2005 he was city editor and assistant editor of The Sunday Telegraph, in charge of its business and money sections.
At the FT, which he joined in 1991, his previous positions were political editor, banking editor and head of an investigations unit (which he founded).
Chrome : Google
Chrome the newest upgrade by google, its an open source, free web browser that has about 1% share of browser market.
It was released as a beta version of microsoft windows on 2 september 2008.
Chromium is the open source project behind Google Chrome, and is released under the BSD license. It implements the same feature set, but has a slightly different logo.
Its available in 43 languages,
OS :
Microsoft Windows (XP SP2 and Vista); Mac OS X and Linux in development.
It was released as a beta version of microsoft windows on 2 september 2008.
Chromium is the open source project behind Google Chrome, and is released under the BSD license. It implements the same feature set, but has a slightly different logo.
Its available in 43 languages,
OS :
Microsoft Windows (XP SP2 and Vista); Mac OS X and Linux in development.
Monday, 13 October 2008
Details on how to hack oyster cards revealed online
The world's most popular smartcards have been hacked, details have been published online, the cards are used in building entry systems and are used on londons travel network.
Sensitive data stored on the Mifare Classic chip is protected by a unique number that acts as a key. When the chip, or a card bearing it, is placed near a reader it transmits and receives information based on its key. The security of the system depends on the key remaining secret.
In March Prof Jacobs and his colleagues discovered a flaw in the chip's design which makes those keys easy to calculate and copy.
Sensitive data stored on the Mifare Classic chip is protected by a unique number that acts as a key. When the chip, or a card bearing it, is placed near a reader it transmits and receives information based on its key. The security of the system depends on the key remaining secret.
In March Prof Jacobs and his colleagues discovered a flaw in the chip's design which makes those keys easy to calculate and copy.
Sunday, 12 October 2008
Plagiarism
The use of internet has increased student plagiarism , students today usually find out information through the internet and then will interpret it as their own.
Its very common, that students will find out answers on the internet and will just copy and paste it.
They believe that noone will notice, but they do, also its so obvious when somebody starts speaking normal then they start coming out with some big words, its just so obvious its not their work.
Its very common, that students will find out answers on the internet and will just copy and paste it.
They believe that noone will notice, but they do, also its so obvious when somebody starts speaking normal then they start coming out with some big words, its just so obvious its not their work.
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
The race for 'green' technology
A while back when the olympics was taking place, there was a new race.
The students took part in a three day competition when Microsoft hosted its annual Imagine Cup competition
It is subtitled the Software Olympics and featured 370 competitors - 124 teams from 61 countries - who arrived at the event with applications, games and embedded solutions all with the aim of saving the environment.
This cetain event has been running for 7 years now.
The students took part in a three day competition when Microsoft hosted its annual Imagine Cup competition
It is subtitled the Software Olympics and featured 370 competitors - 124 teams from 61 countries - who arrived at the event with applications, games and embedded solutions all with the aim of saving the environment.
This cetain event has been running for 7 years now.
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
SMS BANKING
SMS banking is a technology-enabled service offering from banks to its customers, permitting them to operate selected banking services over their mobile phones using SMS messaging.
SMS banking services are operated using both push and pull messages. Push messages are those that the bank chooses to send out to a customer's mobile phone, without the customer initiating a request for the information. Typically push messages could be either Mobile marketing messages or messages alerting an event which happens in the customer's bank account, such as a large withdrawal of funds from the ATM or a large payment using the customer's credit card, etc. (see section below on Typical Push and Pull messages).
Another type of push message is One-time password (OTPs). OTPs are the latest tool used by financial and banking service providers in the fight against cyber fraud. Instead of relying on traditional memorized passwords, OTPs are requested by consumers each time they want to perform transactions using the online or mobile banking interface. When the request is received the password is sent to the consumer’s phone via SMS. The password is expired once it has been used or once its scheduled life-cycle has expired.
Pull messages are those that are initiated by the customer, using a mobile phone, for obtaining information or performing a transaction in the bank account. Examples of pull messages for information include an account balance enquiry, or requests for current information like currency exchange rates and deposit interest rates, as published and updated by the bank.
The bank’s customer is empowered with the capability to select the list of activities (or alerts) that he/she needs to be informed. This functionality to choose activities can be done either by integrating to the internet banking channel or through the bank’s customer service call centre.
SMS banking services are operated using both push and pull messages. Push messages are those that the bank chooses to send out to a customer's mobile phone, without the customer initiating a request for the information. Typically push messages could be either Mobile marketing messages or messages alerting an event which happens in the customer's bank account, such as a large withdrawal of funds from the ATM or a large payment using the customer's credit card, etc. (see section below on Typical Push and Pull messages).
Another type of push message is One-time password (OTPs). OTPs are the latest tool used by financial and banking service providers in the fight against cyber fraud. Instead of relying on traditional memorized passwords, OTPs are requested by consumers each time they want to perform transactions using the online or mobile banking interface. When the request is received the password is sent to the consumer’s phone via SMS. The password is expired once it has been used or once its scheduled life-cycle has expired.
Pull messages are those that are initiated by the customer, using a mobile phone, for obtaining information or performing a transaction in the bank account. Examples of pull messages for information include an account balance enquiry, or requests for current information like currency exchange rates and deposit interest rates, as published and updated by the bank.
The bank’s customer is empowered with the capability to select the list of activities (or alerts) that he/she needs to be informed. This functionality to choose activities can be done either by integrating to the internet banking channel or through the bank’s customer service call centre.
Thursday, 2 October 2008
Online banking
Online banking (or Internet banking) allows customers to conduct financial transactions on a secure website operated by their retail or virtual bank, credit union or building society.
Online banking solutions have many features and capabilities in common, but traditionally also have some that are application specific.
The common features fall broadly into several categories
Transactional (e.g., performing a financial transaction such as an account to account transfer, paying a bill, wire transfer... and applications... apply for a loan, new account, etc.)
Electronic bill presentment and payment - EBPP
Funds transfer between a customer's own checking and savings accounts, or to another customer's account
Investment purchase or sale
Loan applications and transactions, such as repayments
Non-transactional (e.g., online statements, check links, cobrowsing, chat)
Bank statements
Financial Institution Administration - features allowing the financial institution to manage the online experience of their end users
ASP/Hosting Administration - features allowing the hosting company to administer the solution across financial institutions
Features commonly unique to business banking include
Support of multiple users having varying levels of authority
Transaction approval process
Wire transfer
Features commonly unique to Internet banking include
Personal financial management support, such as importing data into a personal finance program such as Quicken, Microsoft Money or TurboTax. Some online banking platforms support account aggregation to allow the customers to monitor all of their accounts in one place whether they are with their main bank or with other institutions...
The common features fall broadly into several categories
Transactional (e.g., performing a financial transaction such as an account to account transfer, paying a bill, wire transfer... and applications... apply for a loan, new account, etc.)
Electronic bill presentment and payment - EBPP
Funds transfer between a customer's own checking and savings accounts, or to another customer's account
Investment purchase or sale
Loan applications and transactions, such as repayments
Non-transactional (e.g., online statements, check links, cobrowsing, chat)
Bank statements
Financial Institution Administration - features allowing the financial institution to manage the online experience of their end users
ASP/Hosting Administration - features allowing the hosting company to administer the solution across financial institutions
Features commonly unique to business banking include
Support of multiple users having varying levels of authority
Transaction approval process
Wire transfer
Features commonly unique to Internet banking include
Personal financial management support, such as importing data into a personal finance program such as Quicken, Microsoft Money or TurboTax. Some online banking platforms support account aggregation to allow the customers to monitor all of their accounts in one place whether they are with their main bank or with other institutions...
freecycle
The Freecycle Network (often abbreviated TFN or just known as Freecycle) is a non-profit organization registered in the state of Arizona, USA, and separately registered as a UK charity, that organizes a worldwide network of "gifting" groups, aiming to divert reusable goods from landfill. It provides a worldwide online registry, and coordinates the creation of local groups and forums for individuals and non-profits to offer and receive free items for reuse or recycling, promoting gift economics as a motivating cultural outlook. "Changing the world one gift at a time" is The Freecycle Network's official tagline.
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