Latest Dell Laptop - Dell Inspiron 17R

Dell Inspiron 17R has 17.3 inch screen, the name 17R derived from its screen size just like its brothers, the 14R, 15R and 16R and . This laptop specifically marketed for advanced laptop users, my theory according to its bulky screen size.

Dell Inspiron 17R built with Intel's latest laptop processor, the Intel Core i5-450M Dual Core Mobile Processor, it has memory of 4GB RAM (Random Access Memory), comes with Blu-Ray DVD player, has ATI Radeon Mobility HD 5470 graphic display for sharp images on screen, 3 hours battery life. I suggest this laptop to you if you're heavy laptop user who prefer powerful computing machine for designing, middle-level gaming or video editing.

Sony develops an eReader, a game console and a netbook - all in one!

Imagine you can have your own gaming console similar to a PSP (PlayStation POrtable) while surfing the internet looking for some hottest games in town, and after that enjoying your favorite eBook downloaded recently.

Sony is developing a hybrid device combining functions availabe in a netbook (such as SOny Vaio), a game console (such as PSP Go and PSP 3000) and eReader. This will enable us to have a multipurpose device, less things to carry in our pockets and we have all the functions we need (and we enjoyed to play!) all built just in one device.

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Sony Vaio VPCF11 laptop overheating, may cause injuries to laptop user

Sony recently has recalled back its Vaio laptop from comsumer laptop market due to a risk of overheating. Sony afraid that the overheating that comes from long hours of usage of Vaio laptop will cause the battery to explode, causing injuries to the user. The model identified to be potentially harmful due to overhating are Vaio VPCF11 and Vaio VPCCW2.

Lamborghini optical mouse as luxurious laptop accessories

Ever wonder how to to get your own optical mouse in shape of your favorite car? Get rid of the traditional optical mouse for your notebok, laptop, netbook or your desktop computer. When the mouse car mouse connected into your computer, its fornt lamp wll activated automatically as the signal the 'cars' can be used. The car mouse in the picture is Lamborghini, painted in bright Yellow in Red.

Types of computer viruses - virus and worm

Mainly there are many varieties of computer viruses, all of them can be categorized into two major types named virus and worms.

A virus is actually a program, it replicates into files in your computer especially word documents, executable files (software installation files) or music files. Virus loves to attatch itself to another file.

Worm is also just a computer program created by naughty (and evil) programmer. Worm installs itself into a computer but does not attaching itself to any files. Worm is stand alone program, it does not infect other files.

Worm slows down your computer performance, duplicating itself so the same worm can install itself into another computer, worm attaches a copy of itself into moveable storage devices (such as usb pen drive, usb flash drive, multimedia memory card, usb external hard drive) or goes into another computer via local network. 

Worm loves to spread itself into many computers, as many as it can while virus loves to copy itself and infect as many as possible.

What is phishing

In cyber security term phishing happens when hacker tricked you into fake website then you will be prompted to fill in your personal details in exchange for gift, mystery gift or for huge sum of money. Examples of personal details they want is your full name, IC number (malaysian identitiy card), full address, phone number, credit card details, bank account and the pin number.

Phisher's method of attack is usually by copying design of popular websites, such as social sites (Facebook), famous online banking websites (Maybank2u.com.my), well known shopping sites (such as Lelong.com.my, eBay) and fake digital products sales page (ebooks, fake anti virus, fake software).

Those fake sites will look and feel like the real one, except for it's domain name and lack of secure server initial in its web address (the fake site usually uses http://, not https://). These phishers will sent out emails or instant messsaging message telling you to update your banking details or to give in your personal details so they can send you money you've won.

The word 'phishing' originally derived from the word 'fishing' where bad guys uses money or free gift as bait for them to get your your financial details and your real identity via the internet so they can steal your money from your bank account.

What is malware

Malware original word derived from "malicious code software", malware is a computer program with internal code designed to do harmful job - to destroy system files in installed in your computer. Malware is general word used to describe any harmful programs found be the threat to your computer because this kind of program can alter computer's system code, slows down computer speed, can damage your stored document, spy on your computing activity, copy your personal data and send it outside to hackers, produce unwanted flashy ads on your screen and most of all, it makes you get angry with your computer because you dont know what's gone wrong. There are many types of malware, to differentiate them cyber security experts need to analyze infection method and behavior. Maybe you also got one malware in your computer while you didnt know about it. Please run your anti virus scan frequently.