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Submission + - Google.com.pk and 284 Other .PK Domains Hacked (propakistani.pk) 1

Submitted by ryzvonusef on Saturday November 24, 2012 @04:28AM

ryzvonusef writes: Start page for majority of Pakistanis – when they first visited it this morning – was found hacked and defaced. Yes, Google.Com.PK along with 284 other .PK domains were hacked today (and are still defaced).

According to Irfan Ahmed, an expert on Pakistani websites and web-servers, this defacement is due to change in DNS entries for 284 .PK domains that are managed by MarkMoniter.

Defaced domains include Microsoft.PK, apple.PK, paypal.PK, ebay.PK, blogspot.PK, chrome.PK, Cisco.PK and others.

Apparently no one has claimed the responsibility for the incident, but a message appearing on defaced pages, including on Google.com.pk is displaying a message in Turkish language, hinting that the hacker could be Turkish in origin.

Hacker hasn’t left any message for anyone, unlike the norm that hackers follow to convey their message through such defacements.

However, there is a phrase saying “Downed Pakistan”, a sign of victory for hackers when the deface a website.

Submission + - How Google+ Punk'd The Oatmeal (techcrunch.com)

Submitted by ryzvonusef on Tuesday August 14, 2012 @05:56AM

ryzvonusef writes: This summer, the artist (Matthew Inman) wrote that Google+ comment threads sound like *crickets*, poking fun at the social network's lack of engagement. He also criticized not being able to “set up a fancy profile URL so I don't have to link people to http://plus.google.com/blergasdf1234thimbleturdorgasm99meatpoopypoopxv9donkeypie ” — a made-up, ridiculously long string of random characters.

In retaliation, the Google+ team didn’t cite its user growth stats or give an excuse for why there are no custom profile URLs. Instead, Tech Crunchreports that they just redirected the vanity URL *back* to The Oatmeal author Matthew Inman’s Google+ profile .

Congrats, Matt, you’ve now got “donkey pie” at the end of your own special Google+ vanity URL.

Submission + - Making a privacy monitor from an old LCD one (hackaday.com) 2

Submitted by ryzvonusef on Sunday November 27, 2011 @06:41AM

ryzvonusef writes: Instructables Member *Dimovi* utilised a spare LCD monitor and converted it into a “privacy” monitor.

He took apart the monitor’s plastic frame, cutting out the polarised film with a utility knife and removed the film adhesive from the glass panel before reassembling the monitor, which now shines a bright white regardless of what is actually being displayed on the screen.

He then removed the lenses from a pair of theatre 3D glasses, and replaced it with the polarised film he had just removed from the monitor.

Now, he is the only one who can see what he is doing on his computer.

Submission + - The Bidding for Palm, and HP's strange obsession f (venturebeat.com)

Submitted by ryzvonusef on Tuesday November 22, 2011 @12:02PM

ryzvonusef writes: VentureBeat's (typically unnamed) sources identifies Intel and Qualcomm as being involved in these talks for acquiring the Palm asset portfolio. However, citing sources intimate with HP's negotiations, it reports that the company wants to be able to license webOS back for use in printers,½Â" it wants it so much, in fact, that the issue has become "a crucial part" of discussions. Maybe there's something about webOS and printers that HP knows and the rest of the world doesn't.

Submission + - Erasing CDs by using 150000 Volts of electricity (youtube.com) 2

Submitted by ryzvonusef on Tuesday April 19, 2011 @03:03PM

ryzvonusef writes: One enterprising individual has created the most secure way to wipe out Compact Discs, by using a step-up transformer and creating a 150,000 Volt pd, whilst a CD rotates in the middle.

The sparks arc through the metal in the CD and evaporates it, ripping it all off as the CD rotates. The CD is rendered transparent and unreadable. This may be the most secure method to remove data on conventional recordable CDs used in offices.

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