US government advices computer users to disable Java on their computers

The US Department of Homeland Security is advising people to temporarily disable the Java software on their pc's to avoid potential hacking attacks. The recommendation came in an advisory issued on 10 January Thursday 2013.

Security Experts believe hackers have found a flaw in Java's coding that creates an opening for criminal activity and other high-tech mischief. Java is a widely used technical language that allows computer programmers to write a wide variety of Internet applications and other software programs that can run on just about any computer's operating system.

Already Jaime Blasco, Labs Manager with AlienVault Labs said."Java is a mess. It's not secure," "You have to disable it."

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Radiation Level test between Samsung Galaxy S III and iPhone 4S

How much radiations a Smartphone emits? Do you know iPhone 4S emits three times more radiations as compared to Galaxy S III.

This comparison test was conducted by Tawkon who developed an iOS and Android App to measure the emission rate of radiations from iPhone and Android. Basically, in this test, they measured the SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) of different Smartphones such as Galaxy S III, iPhone 4S, Droid 3, BlackBerry Bold 9700. You can see the results in below infograph
Are you really fearing about these radiation.Don’t be panic, FCC regulates the SAR levels. They have set a limit value and iPhone 4S fall under the Normal value.

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