Firefox Aurora: the Future of Firefox
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Firefox Aurora: the Future of Firefox

The latest developer's build of Firefox locks down security a bit and debuts new APIs to help the browser become more gamer-friendly.
Following the release of Firefox 12 earlier this week, Mozilla's latest browser build for developers shows off some new security tweaks and implements some game-centric APIs.
Firefox 14 Aurora (download for Windows, for the Mac, and for Linux) also brings native full-screen support to Macs, and the location bar can finally autocomplete URLs.
The security tweaks involve some minor interface adjustments. The Site Identity Manager, which is the block of color on the left of the location..................
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Sony cameras: Company registered a 45 % growth rate

Sony India proposes to capture a 45 % share of the market for digital still cameras in the country in the current fiscal.
The company registered a 45 % growth rate in the last fiscal. As against this, the industry growth rate was only 40% in the same period. Sony plans to sell 14 million units of its Cyber-shot in the current fiscal as against the 11 million units that it sold last year. Sony has launched a slew of 34 new Cyber-shot cameras (in H, W and S series) in the Indian market. Optical zoom and Steadyshot, enhanced low light performance and Fast Auto Focus are some of the new features that the company has introduced.
The company would invest Rs 50 crore this year to promote the brand. The number outlets would be increased to 3000. Last year the number of................
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3D X-ray representations window into heart health

The researchers say these are the first 3D representations of the cardiac conduction system within a single intact mammalian heart.
The high-res images could help researchers better understand the conducting tissue that triggers each heartbeat.
Researchers at the University of Liverpool say they have developed a new imaging technique that will help them identify, and thus analyze, tissue fibers in the heart that control whether the muscle beats regularly.
Using a micro CT scanner, the team imaged hearts whose tissue had been highlighted using iodine. The scientists discovered that certain tissue...............
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3D X-ray representations window into heart health
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World's top spammer: India leads world in spam email

If you've got a junk email folder full of spam, there's nearly a 10 percent chance it came from a computer in India, the world's new top spam producer.
India claimed the unwanted crown from the U.S. in the security firm Sophos' most recent "Dirty Dozen" report of the top spamming countries between January and March. Rounding out the infamous top five are South Korea, which accounts for 8.3 percent of spam, and Indonesia and Russia, both of which distribute 5 percent of the spam clogging up inboxes.
Trailing Russia are Italy (4.9 percent ), Brazil (4.3 percent), Poland (3.9 percent), Pakistan (3.3 percent), Vietnam (3.2 percent), Taiwan (2.9.................
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Are you using weak passwords or have not updated your computer anti-virus?

Are you using weak passwords or have not updated your computer anti-virus? Well, there's something to worry about and that threat comes from Conficker, a computer worm that targets Microsoft Windows Operating systems.
Microsoft Corp released the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report volume 12 (SIRv12), which found that the Conficker worm was detected about 220 million times worldwide in the past two-and-a-half years, making it one of the biggest ongoing threats to enterprises. The study also revealed the worm continues to spread because of weak or stolen passwords and vulnerabilities for which a security update exists...........
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