USB Stick Scans Your PC for Porn

In case you forgot where you stored them.

For those of us who have older kids surfing the Internet, the Porn Detection Stick (PDS) could certainly be a handy tool. Developed by Paraben, this $100 thumb drive scanning device will dig through your hard drive and uncover currently stored images--or previously deleted for that matter--related to pornographic imagery.

"The Porn Detection Stick uses a complex series of algorithms to analyze flesh tones, shapes and curvatures, face detection, body part separation, and more to alert you to images likely to contain pornographic material," said Proof Pronto, a re-seller of the USB device.

Or it could just do a system wide search for *.JPG, etc.

Using Windows-compatible image detection software, the PDS will scan around 70,000 images in less than two hours. The device cannot detect pornographic videos, nor can it can scan images on the Internet. Nevertheless, Paraben promises less than 1-percent false positives on images found locally on the drive.

Confirmed: Ufone Solid Offer Extended till March 31s

We are just told by sources at Ufone that company has decided to extend its Solid Offer till March 31st, 2010 – for existing subscribers. This is second time Ufone offer has been extended its Solid Offer, that allows free on-net calls after first three minutes.
Earlier reports said that Ufone may take back this package, while we are not sure about the cause, but now Ufone Solid Offer will remain valid till 31st, March 2010.
No further activation or renewal charges will be imposed, instead all those subscribers availing this package will automatically keep using it till March end.

New Versions of Opera, Google Chrome Released

Just after Microsoft launched its browser choice screen, Google and Opera release new versions otheir software.

Web surfers looking for something other than Microsoft's Internet Explorer may want to check out two new releases just launched on Tuesday. Opera Software is the first out the door with an updated version of its Opera 10.50 we browser. This is the first full release since Opera 10 appeared on the Internet back in September 2009.

The company said Tuesday that Opera 10.5 brings a revamped interface to the plate, private browsing, and platform integration. "On Windows 7/Vista, we let Opera enjoy Aero Glass, as well as supporting Aero Peek and Jump Lists. Now, you can easily access your Speed Dials, tabs and more from the Taskbar," the company said.

On the Google front, the search engine giant has released the latest beta of its Chrome browser, offering "instant machine translation" of webpages without the need for plug-ins or browser extensions. According to this blog, the browser will prompt the user with an inquiry to translate when visiting a webpage not created in the user's default language.

In addition to the embedded translator, Chrome now also offers a new "Privacy" section in Chrome's Options dialog. "From these settings, you can control how browser cookies, images, JavaScript, plug-ins, and pop-ups are handled on a site-by-site basis," the company said. "For example, you can set up cookie rules to allow cookies specifically only for sites that you trust, and block cookies from untrusted sites."

PTCL is Going to Double the DSL Speeds: Again

It seems like PTCL is going to double the DSL speeds of broadband customers very soon, most likely with in month or two, at most – same like it did last year. According to news the existing packages will be doubled as

• 1 mbps to 2mbps
• 2 mbps to 4mbps
• 4 mbps to 8 mbps

According to PTCL representative and feedback of different users PTCL is testing these double speeds on randomly selected subscribers from different areas of country. These users will be downgraded after the testing period ends to their original speeds and will be upgraded after official announcement, which is most likely to be on 23^rd march, but can be delayed as no final date has been announced yet.

The up gradation process may take several months according to the size of network. Though PTCL is using is ADSL2+ which supports up to 24mbps but at same time there are many subscribers on Copper media, which supports up to 4 mbps at most (that too with distortion).

We hope that student package users will also get this upgrade and can enjoy higher speeds at discounted rates as recently PTCL discontinued all student packages above 1mbps.

We will keep you informed on this, you can also share your experience in comments if you got this test up gradation.

No official words on the situation yet.

Apple Sues HTC Over 'Stolen Patented Inventions

Apple going after HTC for its phones, claiming that they're rip offs of the iPhone.

Up until now, we thought that Apple's iPhone was coexisting decently with many leading HTC handsets – many of them powered by Google's Android OS. Today we find out through court filings that Apple is launching a considerable lawsuit against HTC for infringing 20 patents "related to the iPhone's user interface, underlying architecture, and hardware."

Apple this morning fired out a very short press releaseannouncing the litigation. In it, Steve Jobs said, "We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it."

Jobs continued, "We've decided to do something about it. We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours."

Engadget has clippings from over 700 pages of exhibits submitted to the District Court by Apple. Interestingly, Apple also names some of HTC's Windows Mobile-based phones, but refers to those as "DSP Products." On the other hand, the other devices were named specifically as Android.