A Fresh Beginning Name it - 2011

Like birds, let us, leave behind what we don’t need to carry… 
GRUDGES SADNESS PAIN FEAR and REGRETS. 
Life is beautiful, Enjoy it. HAPPY NEW YEAR

Now it's cyber war: Army of hackers target MasterCard and PayPal in revenge of WikiLeaks

1. Visa, PayPal, Amazon also come under attack 
2. Card unable to make online payments for six hours
3. 5,000 'hacktivists' believed to be behind this

Computer hackers have sent two of the world’s biggest credit card companies into meltdown in revenge for cutting off payments to the WikiLeaks website.

The attack was launched by a shadowy international group called ‘Anonymous’ which said MasterCard and Visa had been targeted for freezing the account of the whistleblowing site.

The devastating blow to the credit card giants came on one of the busiest online shopping days of the year.

Hackers also targeted online payment system PayPal, Amazon and a Swiss bank over the WikiLeaks row.

Yesterday, a six-hour stoppage on the Mastercard secure code system is thought to have affected hundreds of thousands of shoppers worldwide and highlights how vulnerable the world’s computer systems are to attack.

Last night Visa website was also taken down for a period after it came under attack.

It is thought just a few dozen ‘hacktivists’ launched the electronic onslaught, which was taken up by other supporters.

Operation: Payback was formed in September to target groups opposed to internet piracy

The ‘distributed denial of service’ (DDoS) attack involved around 2,000 computers bombarding the website’s host computers with requests for information, causing them to crash.

WikiLeaks has been publishing classified U.S. diplomatic cables, to the fury of Washington authorities.

Just Live by your own way as no body is perfect

"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out".
Decca Recording company rejecting the Beatles, 1962.

 "Heavier than air flying machines are impossible".
Lord Kelvin, President, Royal Society, 1895.

"Everything that can be invented has been invented".
Charles Duell, Commissioner US Patent's Office, 1899

"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk,"
Harry Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927

"640K ought to be enough for anybody".
Bill Gates, 1981

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers".
Thomas Watson,IBM Chairman

Everyone knew it was impossible, and there came this idiot who didn't know it, and he did it!"
Marcel Pagnol

Toyota Etios Price

Rs 4,96,000* - Rs 6,86,000

Toyota India unvieled its all new small car Etios Hatchback and Etios Sedan concept at the Auto Expo 2010. Toyota India has launched the sedan variant of Etios and the hatchback version will be launched in March, 2011. The diesel variants of both the versions will feature the same engine which we have seen in Corolla Altis diesel and will be launched in June, 2011. In addition to India, the Toyota Etios (the name means 'the origin of') hatchback - Etios Liva will also be sold in Russia, South America and perhaps other emerging markets.

Fast Facts about Toyota Etios

- Etios Launched - Four Variants - J, G, G Option, V and VX
- Booking starts today (1st December) at Rs. 50000. Deliveries start in January 2011
- Base Variant of Etios priced at Rs. 4.96 lakhs!!
- Etios hatchback will be launched in march, 2011
- The hatchback version is Etios Liva
- The diesel variants of Etios will be be launched in June, 2011
- Etios sedan powered by a 1496cc 4 cylinder in-line petrol engine
- Maximum power of Etios is 89 bhp at 5600 rpm
- Maximum torque of 132 nm at 3000 rpm
- Centrally mounted instrument cluster and steering mounted audio controls
- Safety features includes dual SRS airbags and ABS with EBD

Price of Toyota Etios

Toyota India has announced the prices of Toyota Etios:

- Toyota Etios J - Rs. 4,96,000.00
- Toyota Etios G - Rs. 5,46,000.00
- Toyota Etios G Option - 5,96,000.00
- Toyota Etios V - Rs. 6,41,000.00
- Toyota Etios VX - Rs. 6,86,000.00

All these prices are ex-showroom New Delhi.

Senate expected to vote on food safety bill (USA)

The Senate is expected to vote Tuesday on legislation that would revamp food safety, give significant new authority to the Food and Drug Administration, and place new responsibilities on farmers and processors to keep food free from contamination. The Senate began debate on the measure Monday.

A version of the bill easily passed in the House more than a year ago but has languished in the Senate. Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) is pushing to get the bill passed before the lame-duck session ends in December.

It's Cyber Monday Again.

Cyber Monday, it is a marketing term for the Monday immediately following Black Friday, the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States. The term made its debut on November 28, 2005 in a Shop.org press release entitled "'Cyber Monday' Quickly Becoming One of the Biggest Online Shopping Days of the Year".

This year many companies are giving offers mainly as follows:

Amazon Cyber Monday Deals

TigerDirect Cyber Monday Deals

Frys Cyber Week Sale

Best Buy Cyber Sale

Staples Cyber Monday Sale

NewEgg's BlackFriday Sale

Target Cyber Monday Newsletter mail (requires sign-up)

Wallmart Cyber Week Specials

MacMall Cyber Monday Deals

HP Cyber Monday Sale

Jaganmohan Reddy & his mother resign from the Congress.

Hyderabad: rebel Congress MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy Today announced his decision to resign from the party and Lok Sabha . In a five-page 'open letter', first read out on his television channel 'Sakshi' on Today morning, the Kadapa MP and the son of late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S R Reddy, also said his mother Vijayamma, who is an MLA from Pulivendula constituency, would also quit her seat and the party.