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Se está expandiendo a través de Facebook, un scam que ofrece dos tentadoras entradas para una fiesta en un barco que tiene como destino, la isla de Ibiza, lugar conocido por sus clubes, discotecas y vida nocturna.
Según el Diario Ti: Para hacer más tentadora la oferta, se afirma que este supuesto festejo tiene barra libre y también garantizan que asisten la misma cantidad de chicos y chicas. Además, una vez que se llega al lugar, se prometen dos entradas para el famoso lugar de bailes Space Ibiza.
El fraude llega de parte de algún contacto que haya caído en el engaño y le pide al usuario que busque una frase concreta en Facebook o Google y que seleccione el primer resultado que aparezca. En ambos lugares se logra el objetivo del ciberdelincuente, pues si se escribe lo que explicita el mensaje, se obtiene como primera opción, el sitio de la estafa. Esta técnica de posicionar sitios maliciosos dentro de las primeras opciones es conocida como Black Hat SEO.
Una vez que se accede al resultado, se le pide a la persona que seleccione su país para luego completar un formulario que pide información personal como nombre y apellido, correo electrónico, número de teléfono celular y compañía, entre otros.
Los ciberdelincuentes solicitan esta última información con el objetivo de suscribir a la mayor cantidad de personas posibles, a costosos servicios de información mediante mensajes de texto o SMS. Para que la potencial víctima no sospeche, se le dice que el número de teléfono y compañía son necesarios para comunicarle el resultado en caso de ser ganador.
También se le ofrece al visitante la posibilidad de omitir este paso argumentado que si se conecta por Facebook, no tendrá que escribir todos esos datos. Si el usuario ingresa mediante este método y permite que la aplicación acceda a los datos de su cuenta, el scam le enviará a todos los contactos de la víctima las instrucciones de búsqueda para hacerlos caer nuevamente en esta estafa.
Para lograr aún una mayor cantidad de víctimas, en el sitio se le pide al usuario que si le gusta la fiesta, haga clic en el botón de Facebook “Me gusta”. De este modo, se estará expandiendo este fraude nuevamente, a través de esta red social.
Se le recuerda al usuario que nunca debe entregar información privada ni tampoco permitir que cualquier aplicación acceda a su cuenta de Facebook para poder evitar este tipo de ataques. Además, se recomienda la utilización de un antivirus con capacidad proactiva para sumar un nivel más de seguridad a sus computadoras.
Fuente: ESET / DiarioTI
Let’s blow the 29 candles for the birth of the IBM Personal Computer known as “PC” !!
The IBM PC was announced to the world on 12 August 1981, helping drive a revolution in home and office computing. it was the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform.
The machine was developed by a team headed by Don Estridge in Boca Raton, Florida, at the IBM Entry Systems Division.
The cheapest version cost was about $1,500. Nowadays, that amount of money would represent $3500 !!
Do you imagine paying such amount for your home PC??
The phrase “Personal Computer” was common currency before 1981, and was used as early as 1972 to characterize Xerox PARC’s Alto. However, because of the success of the IBM PC, what had been a generic term came to mean specifically a microcomputer compatible with IBM’s specification.
The Intel 8088 is an Intel microprocessor based on the 8086, with 16-bit registers and an 8-bit external data bus. The processor was used in the original IBM PC.
The 8088 was targeted at economical systems by allowing the use of 8-bit designs. Large bus width circuit boards were still fairly expensive when it was released. The prefetch queue of the 8088 is 4 bytes, as opposed to the 8086′s 6 bytes. The descendants of the 8088 include the 80188, 80288, 80186, 80286, 80386, 80486, & 80388 microcontrollers which are still in use today. See the list below for a more complete list.
The most influential microcomputer to use the 8088 was, by far, the IBM PC. The original PC processor ran at a clock frequency of 4.77 MHz. A popular clone using an 8088 was the Leading Edge Model D, with a switch to select running at 4.77 MHz or 7.16 MHz.
Apparently IBM’s own engineers wanted to use the Motorola 68000, and it was used later in the forgotten IBM Instruments 9000 Laboratory Computer, but IBM already had rights to manufacture the 8086 family, in exchange for giving Intel the rights to its bubble memory designs. A factor for using the 8-bit Intel 8088 version was that it could use existing Intel 8085-type components, and allowed the computer to be based on a modified 8085 design. 68000 components were not widely available at the time, though it could use Motorola 6800 components to an extent. Intel bubble memory was on the market for a while, but Intel left the market due to fierce competition from Japanese corporations who could undercut by cost, and left the memory market to focus on processors.
A month ago I bought a bottle of Talisker 10 Years – Single Malt Scotch Whisky.
It’s really original, It’s quite strong (45,8% vol) and it has a powerful smoked flavour.
Talisker is the only single malt Scotch Whisky from the Isle of Skye.
The fact is that being in such a bad-weathered isle, it gives it that powerful taste it has.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Powerful peat-smoke with seawater saltiness, the liquor of fresh oysters and a citrus sweetness.
Palate: Rich dried-fruit sweetness with clouds of smoke and strong barley-malt flavours: warming and intense. At the back of the mouth.
Finish: Sweet malty flavours that blend into a smoky climax.
The ITM (In the Mouth) Hearing Device
It’s a small device designed for people who have hearing problems and doesn’t want to wear an ear device. You wear it inside your mouth, and its technology makes you listen the sounds through your head bones. Incredible, isn’t it?
SoundBite Oral DeviceThe ITM device is custom made to fit around either the upper left or right back teeth, does not require any alteration of the teeth, and is easily inserted and removed by the wearer. It contains electronics, a sealed, flat, rechargeable battery, wireless capability that picks up sound transmissions from the BTE, and a small actuator that converts those signals into vibratory energy. All of these miniaturized components are hermetically sealed inside a dental grade acrylic that has been safely used for making dentures for many years.
The Cyglo Night Bright Tyre is an invention that incorporates LED lights into a bicycle’s tires. It recently won an inventor’s contest on a BBC television show, and they’ve since secured patents and are looking for a partner with the means for production.
Visit www.nightbrighttyre.com for more info.
Cyglo Tyre is a unique, patented invention designed to revolutionise cycling safety. Click here to learn how Cyglo works.
The New Kindle: Smaller, Faster, Cheaper
[original article in mashable.com The New Kindle: Smaller, Faster, Cheaper]
Today, Amazon announced the newest generation of Kindle, its popular e-reader.
As hardware is wont to do, the newest version of the Kindle has become smaller and lighter while retaining its 6-inch reading area. Contrast on the screen has improved by 50%, and page turns are 20% faster. Storage on the device has doubled, and battery life is up to an entire month. And for you type geeks, new custom fonts and hinting on the device mean that words and letters will be more crisp, clear and natural-looking.
What more consumers will be interested in, however, is the price on the WiFi-only version of Kindle: a cool $139, which undercuts Barnes & Noble’s Nook e-reader by $10.
Kindle with 3G wireless connectivity will still retail for $189, and Kindle’s larger, newspaper- and magazine-oriented DX model is selling for $379.
The new devices will ship to customers in more than 140 countries and 30 territories starting on August 27.
We last saw some significant Kindle price cuts in June, when the device’s price tag dropped $70 from $259 to $189. At the time, we chalked this move up to a price war with the Nook, which is Kindle’s closest competitor in terms of price and features. Although the iPad is competing with e-readers for consumer dollars and is a popular hypothetical choice among this blog’s readers, single-purpose e-readers are priced to win this particular battle.
And Kindle’s not doing too badly in terms of selling e-books, either. One author has already sold a million copies of his novels in the Kindle Store. And Amazon says their Kindle editions are now outselling their hardcover books.
Given the low new price of the WiFi-only Kindle, would you be more inclined to purchase this device, either for yourself or as a gift, than you would have been previously? Ultimately, do you think consumer demand is broad enough to continually support both tablets and e-readers indefinitely, or will the does-it-all functionality of tablets win out in the long run?
