"Retired" LulzSec Attacks Sun Website

Just when parts of the Internet had breathed a sigh of relief at the"retirement" announcement of the hacking group LulzSec, the group seems to be back with a new attack on UK tabloid The Sun's website. The Sun is owned by News International, an organization owned by media baron Rupert Murdoch, which has been in news recently for a phone hacking scandal in the UK, a scandal that has resulted in the firings of a number of senior editors employed by the company and the closure of the 168-year old News of the World tabloid.

True to their modus operandi of attacking controversial entities, LulzSec hacked the Sun website and planted a hoax story claiming that Murdoch had been found dead in his garden after ingesting "a large quantity of palladium," an element used in manufacturing electrical equipment.  People trying to access the Sun website were instead being redirected to another site with this story. The site stopped working soon after and instead visitors to The Sun site were being redirected to LulzSec's Twitter account.

LulzSec have made news in the past after hacking the sites of PBS, an American news organization and also attacking AT&T, AOL, the U.S. Navy, NATO and the FBI.

Android 3.2 Update Coming to Your Tablet Soon

Google has officially announced the Android 3.2 update for tablets. The update is expected to arrive sometime in the near future for a range of tablets including Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1, Acer's Iconia Tab 500, and Toshiba's Thrive.

Huawei had also recently announced what it claimed to be the "world’s first Android 3.2-based 7-inch tablet."

The incremental release will include the following subtle changes.

1. It allows for better customisation/optimisation of apps for a range of tablet screen sizes, not only the 10.1-inchers.

2. A new zoom-to-fill screen compatibility mode will render the application in a smaller screen area and then scales the pixels to fill the current screen.

3. Media files can now be loaded directly from the SD card.

Viewsonic To Release Dual-Sim Android Smartphones Soon

After Viewsonic recently unveiled the Android-based tablets, reports state that Viewsonic has two Android-based Dual-SIM smartphones in their line-up of releases. The Viewsonic V350 and the Viewpad 4 are the two phones that are up for launch.

The Viewsonic V350 is an active Dual-SIM device with a 3.5-inch screen and runs on Android 2.2 (Froyo). Apart from that the phone will have a 320x480 pixel capacitive touchscreen, 5MP auto-focus camera, microSD expansion up to 32 GB, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 and assisted GPS navigation. The phone is likely to be priced around Rs 17,000.

The Viewpad 4 running on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) boasts of premium features. It has a 4.1-inch capacitive touchscreena and will run on Qualcomm MSM 8255 1 GHz platform. It will support HD 720p video recording, playback, upload, and a mini HDMI 720p display output. A 5 megapixel auto focus camera, Bluetooth 2.1 and WiFi 802.11 b/g/n wireless enables video calling via an additional front facing camera on the phone. This phone is expected to be priced around Rs. 20,000.

Ajay Sharma, country manager of Viewsonic in India, said, "We will launch these two smartphones along with our tablets. Both the phones are high on technology and will offer superior functionality. We will also introduce our dual SIM technology and 3D interface with these phones."

Let us see how Viewsonic manages to handle the competition from the established players in the market already.

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Nokia N9 Smartphone Featuring MeeGo Unveiled

Those who are waiting for Nokia's Windows 7-based smartphone will have to wait for a bit more. But the good news is that, Nokia has unveiled the Nokia N9, what is probably going to be Nokia's only MeeGo-based device.

Nokia is marketing the N9 as a pure touchscreen smartphone sans any button (even for home screen). The N9 model comes with a large 3.9 inch touchscreen and is available in black, cyan and magenta and will be available in two versions: 16GB and 64GB. Users can navigate back to the home view by simply swiping across the edge of the phone's screen. The N9 also features an 8MP camera with wide-angle Carl Zeiss optic lens.

Take a look at the website which showcases the N9 and the features. We believe that this might be a good step forward for Nokia. Let's wait and watch.

Opera 11.50 Featuring 'Featherweight' Design Launched

Opera today launched the latest version of their web browser, Opera 11.50. The browser bears resemblances to Google Chrome and it looks like Opera has joined the bandwagon of making browsers which are minimalistic in design. Incidentally, Opera calls the new interface 


‘Featherweight’.The refurbished interface features only four buttons alongside the address bar. Opera 11.50 has Speed Dial extensions or widgets which gives you a customizable dashboard for your favourite websites.  The browser also receives web app support with version 11.50 as seen on the Google Chrome browser.

According to Jan Standal, Opera's vice president of desktop software, "Even though Opera is extremely fast -- fast at opening and closing tabs, opening windows -- we got reports from users that they felt Opera was slower than other browsers," said Standal. "We wanted to make the browser feel lighter and faster, but keep its functionality."

Indian users may be glad to find Punjabi and Bengali language interface support added with Opera 11.50. The newest edition, Opera 11.5 RC5, was issued today, and can be downloaded from the company's website for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

LG Optimus Black Released in India

The smartphone segment is just getting more competitive by the day. LG has recently launched the younger sibling of the Optimus 2X- the Optimus Black in India.  LG displayed the phone at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2011 held in Barcelona.

Touted as the brightest screen in smartphones, the  4 inch IPS LCD display a.k.a. the NOVA display of the Optimus Black has a resolution of 480x800 pixels. It also has a 5MP camera which is capable of recording 720p HD video at 30fps. It runs Android 2.2 froyo out of the box and has LG Optimus UI 2.0 and Gesture UI 2.0. The Optimus Black is also a very light phone weighing just 109 grams.

You can pick up the Optimus Black for as low as Rs. 19990 from Letsbuy or Flipkart.