China develops new Operating System

China planning to develop operating system to take on Windows, Android

China could have a new home-grown operating system by October to take on imported rivals such as Microsoft Corp, Google Inc, and Apple Inc., Xinhua news agency said on Sunday. [24^th Aug 2014].

Computer technology became an area of tension between China and the United States after a number of run-ins over cyber security. China is now looking to help its domestic industry catch up with imported systems such as Microsoft’s Windows and Google’s mobile operating system Android.

The operating system would first appear on desktop devices and later extend to smart phone and other mobile devices, Xinhua said, citing Ni Guangnan, who heads an official OS development alliance established in March. Mr. Ni’s comments were originally reported by the People’s Post and Telecommunication News, an official trade paper of industry and Information Technology “We hope to launch a Chinese made desktop OS app stores,” Mr. Ni told the paper.

Some Chinese OS already existed, but there was large gap between China’s technology and that of developed countries, he added. He said he hoped domestically-built software would be able to replace desktop operating systems within one to two years and mobile operating systems within three to five years. In May, China banned government use of Windows 8, Microsoft’s latest OS, a blow to the U.S. technology firm’s business, raising fears China was moving to protect domestic firs. Microsoft is also under investigation for anti-trust violations.

In March last year, China and Google had too much control over its Smartphone industry via its Android mobile OS. Mutual suspicious between China and the U.S over hacking have escalated over the past year following revelation by Edward Snowden that U.S. intelligence planted “backdoor” surveillance tools on U.S.-made hardware.

Onion Virus ( malware )

 A ransomware, is a type of malware which encrypts user data and then demands ransom for decryption. It encrypts every kind of data that may be of value to the user without his or her knowledge. The data can include personal photos, archives, documents, databases and diagrams among others.

 Kaspersky said that “Onion” is a new breed of encryption ransomware that uses a countdown mechanism to scare victims into paying for decryption in Bitcoins. The cybercriminals claim there is a strict 72-hour deadline to pay up, or all the files will be lost forever.

 The ransomware is dangerous because it uses the anonymity provided by the Tor (which stands for The Onion Router) network to mask the location of the criminals behind the attack. It uses the anonymous network Tor to hide its malicious nature and makes it hard to track the actors behind this ongoing malware campaign.

 To transfer secret data and payment information, the Onion communicates with command and control servers located somewhere inside the anonymous network. Kaspersky said that the very latest samples of the malware support a Russian-language interface. This fact and a number of strings inside the body of the Trojan suggest that the malware writers speak Russian, it added.

 The Police ransomware infected mobile phones in over 30 countries, running on Google’s Android, which visited specific porn sites. It purported as a message from local police and demanded a ransom of between $100 and $300 in order to unlock the device.

HEART ATTACKS & HOT WATER

A very good article which takes two minutes to read. Heart Attacks And Drinking Warm Water

This is a very good article. Not only about the warm water after your meal, but about Heart Attacks. The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals, not cold water, maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating.

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

Common Symptoms Of Heart Attack...

A serious note about heart attacks - You! should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting . Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.
You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive..

A cardiologist says if everyone who reads this post shares it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life. Read this & Send to a friend. It could save a life... So, please be a true friend and share this article to all your friends you care about.

Internet Explorer 11 - blank page – (Internet Options) settings grayed out - does not load sites

Internet Explorer 11 is inbuilt feature in windows 8 and Windows 8.1. There is no separate installer required for it. Since it is one of the windows inbuilt features, it can be enabled or disabled from Windows Features on and off.

Causes

However, Internet Explorer (IE) sometimes will get crash. IE crash may happen due to below reasons.

• Unexpected reboot during installation or un-installation.
• When external application trying to change the registry. (Normally this will happen while user trying to install freeware)
• While installing not supported version of IE.

Symptoms

Due to application crash following issues would be faced by the user.

• Internet explorer cannot be launched
• System will get hang after IE invoked.
• While connecting with data card / modem system performances extremely will go very low
• User cannot change any settings from internet options
• Internet options would be disabled / grayed off
• Following screenshot depicts above said problem.

User can solve above problem by deleting the current changes in IE / settings. This will reset all the IE settings and will give fresh look as first logged in.

Before deleting the setting, user requested to create restore point and take a backup of OS. This will help to recovery the OS if anything goes wrong during this task.

Fix for the problem.

• Go to “Run” type “REGEDIT” and hit enter. It will invoke the registry Editor application.
• Go to this path “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer”.
• Delete “Internet Explorer” folder.
• Reboot the PC.
• You would have got “Internet Options” enabled.

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