Good OS will release gOS version 2.0 nicknamed as Rocket, at CES in Las Vegas on Monday, 7th January 2008. This is based on Ubuntu 7.1 ver. But it comes packed with many Google online and offline tools like Google toolbar, Google’s web based email, office and other applications integrated giving it a sense of Google Linux though gOS is not affiliated with Google.
With many major emails service providers already turned your inbox to unlimited and those file uploading services getting too much traffic, survey by Computerworld survey of IT managers shows that over 27 Exabyte’s (Billion Gigabytes) of data to be achieved by year 2010. Though this figure looks huge, still it should not be a much problem as HDD capacity keeps growing. Few years back a typical 40GB PATA HDD used to cost same as a 250GB SATA cost today.
Japanese government is planning to put a check on file sharing, web content and mobile phone access. According to the Gyaku, the Japanese government intends to control all content – including blogs, Web Pages and online press, and also limit web content on mobile phones. Only normal people suffer from this while those who want to download illegal stuff will always find a way no matter how one try’s to block it.
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co (same company who manufactured faulty BL5C battery for Nokia) which is best known for its Panasonic brand as developed a 150-inch plasma display TV panel which is the world’s biggest plasma TV. A prototype model of the television will be displayed at the Consumer Electronics Show which is going to be held next month in the US. The advantage of such big plasma will be that an actual size image of human being can be displayed making movies look more realistic.
US have passed a law that will not allow stores to sell incandescent light bulbs after 2012. The EU and Australia have already decided to dump the inefficient lighting devices by 2010. I must say (with full respect to Edison) that it’s a good decision. Every country should try to do same and encourage people to use CFL and florescent tube lights instead of bulbs. A 100W bulb will give the same amount of light as a 40W florescent tube will, so saving the 60W power is worth the extra you pay for this florescent tube.
The writer of ‘Pinch’ Trojan is said to be indentified as Russian virus writers called Ermishkin and Farkhutdinov. Nikolay Patrushev, head of Russia’s Federal Security Services have confirmed this and they will soon be arrested and taken to court. Over few years Pinch Trojan has caused huge financial losses for thousands of companies over the world. Many other variant of this Trojan are still causing troubles as the source code of original Pinch Trojan is available on internet.
