About 1,800 brand new 300-GB or 500-GB external hard drives made for Maxtor (Maxtor is now owned by Seagate) in Thailand were found to have Trojan horse malwares pre-installed (autorun.inf and ghost.pif). When the HDD was used, it forward information on the disk to two websites in Beijing, China (www.nice8.org or www.we168.org) Authorities believe the Chinese government is behind the Trojans and they wanted to spy on mass scale.

Digix introduced its new internal memory card reader featuring ‘RTS5151′ chipset. With five memory card slots and one USB port, this model supports over 65 memory card types including SDHC, Memory Stick Duo, SD, CF, XD, MicroSD, and USB memory) and it also has microSD card slot. It measures 101.6x98x25.4mm and it can be installed to any product that has 3.5-inch drive hall in its pc case.

It comes in black and white color. It supports high speed USB 2.0(1.1 compatible). It can be powered in connection with a main board via USB port and doesn’t require extra power supply.

Good news for people who were planning to buy new HDD for their computer or upgrading their laptop HDD. Recent survey tells that Desktop hard drive prices fell to $51 in the third quarter of 2007, compared to $52.75 the previous year while notebook HDD fell to $53 from $86. the reason behind is the tough competition between all major HDD manufacturers like Seagate , Western Digital, Samsung, Hitachi etc. Also the flash memories are also to be blamed for any further drop in price of HDD as people have came to know the benefits of using SSD even if they have less storage space to offer at present.

In my school days, I was always a back bencher, not because I was not interested in studies but because of my height. Teacher used to make me site at the back because if I sat in front row, students behind me were not able to see the black board (how bad). Reason behind my height was that there were two big windows and I used to hang on the curtain rods like monkeys. One day it broke and I fell off breaking my teeth. But my habit was stubborn so my dad replaced the curtain rod and almost all furniture’s in my room like my bed, wall hooks etc with those made of solid wrought iron. Now I can hang on the rod, jump on the bed but then I got computer and those nuisance stopped. One thing I notice that these furniture’s made of wrought iron are quite good, infact wrought iron is the perfect metal which can be used to make furniture. Wooden furniture’s are not only bulky but also prone to termites and hence require lots of maintenance. If you visit wroughtironhaven.com, you can find lots of household items and furniture’s made of wrought iron which looks cool. Do check out the garden décor which is my favorite. There is also a secret WROUGHT IRON GARDEN GATE backdoor on this website, go to the homepage halfway down and click on the comma in the line that reads “Our Store now has over 1,300 home & garden items for you to choose from!”

Lightings are very important for any house. Without proper lighting, your house may look dull and lifeless. In olden days when there was no electricity, lamps with oil and wick were used but now we can have light light fixtures at any corner of house. Companies like Farreys have excellent range of lighting fixtures to match your style and requirements. If you are a proud owner of big villa then you must have installed chandeliers, if not yet then look for a good one that matches the styling of your roof and you will get a royal touch to your house. Big chandeliers symbolize ultimate luxury and power.

There are more areas in your house which you can decorate with lightings like bathroom light fixtures, kitchen light fixtures and ceiling light fixtures etc. Decorative ceiling fans also add to the beauty of room. Several models of such fans are available at Farreys with options of many blades type. First thing when someone enters your house looks is the door knob and the lock fixtures, some people just use it what’s recommended by the hardware dealer. You can get these door hardware in many types and styles, so do checkout those too.

People often ignore their garage when it comes to making it look good. They think it’s just a place to park the car or bike. But if you do some improvements like using epoxy coating for garage flooring, it not only gives a cool glossy finish but it makes cleaning easy. Regular concrete/cemented floors are very difficult to clean when oil gets spilled or those leaking engine oils which causes floor to turn black is impossible to clean off. You can also add style to your garage flooring by using designer flooring tiles which comes in many designs. Making these changes is not only going to give a good look to your garage but also improve the usability of the space in the garage.