The Japanese government has been quietly developing a cyberweapon. A virus which has the ability to trace cyberattack sources beyond the immediate source to all “springboard” computers used in the transmission of the virus “to a high degree of accuracy” for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, the report noted.

The Defense Ministry is in the process of developing a computer virus capable of tracking, identifying and disabling sources of cyber-attacks, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

The development of the virtual cyberweapon was launched in 2008. Since then, the weapon has been tested in a closed network environment.

Source: Daily Yomiuri

Windows 8 now comes with a logo showing where on the case a pay-by-wave radio signal can be picked up, given a tablet might be bigger than the wireless technology’s range.

New set of requirements came out recently out from Windows 8 hardware specifications. It also includes supporting a minimum of five points on touch-sensitive screens and five hardware buttons, not to mention a replacement for the venerable Ctrl-Alt-Del combination.

Source: The Register – Software

Apple iOS and Google Android – two of the world’s top Operating System in terms of market share, many people suggest who is eating against one.  The more users of these two, the more applications are made, as well as money invested are getting better inorde to bring out the best and keep the fire burning.

After the big release of iPhone 4S which suggests some very important things about Siri as the software that has captivated the heart of many smartphone buyers. Although voice-activated technology is by no means new, but Siri is an impressive gadget that looks new.

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A mobile security expert says he has found new ways for hackers to attack phones running Google’s Android operating system.

Riley Hassell, who caused a stir when he called off an appearance at a hacker’s conference last week, told Reuters he and colleague Shane Macaulay decided not to lay out their research at the gathering for fear criminals would use it attack Android phones.

He said in an interview he identified more than a dozen widely used Android applications that make the phones vulnerable to attack.

“App developers frequently fail to follow security guidelines and write applications properly,” he said.

Source: Yahoo! News: Software News

AFP – India’s fraud-hit software outsourcer Mahindra Satyam on Monday swung to an unexpected quarterly loss from a profit the previous quarter, hit by the cost of a one-off US lawsuit.

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