Simple Thoughts (Technology) – Newsletter for December 22, 2010

UK puts its SAS choppers on terror alert

LONDON – The British Government and top army commanders have decided to put the country’s crack SAS helicopters on a state of high alert to crush any Christmas terror attack.

Chinooks and Pumas were moved to the elite unit’s Hereford headquarters when fears of a Mumbai-style attack in the UK first emerged, The Sun reports.rmy … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : UK puts its SAS choppers on terror alert.

Sony Remix Project Re-Imagining Bob Dylan

Sony is presenting the users with a chance to remix a loved Bob Dylan Classic “Subterranean Homesick Blues”. The best person to remix the song will get an opportunity to go to South Africa on a trip.
Each of the components that had made up the classic number namely vocals, drums, electric guitar and bass …. Original source  : Sony Remix Project Re-Imagining Bob Dylan.

How To Get Travel Tips From Facebook Friends on TripAdvisor

FaceBook the Social Media titan has announced its collaboration with travel website TripAdvisor to enable users to get timely advice from friends as he logs into his Facebook account.
The new easy TripAdvisor’s interface will allow you to select any location from the map and the read the user experience of your friends who have … Original source on Gaea Times at : How To Get Travel Tips From Facebook Friends on TripAdvisor.

Apple Pulls Plug On Wikileaks

Association with the Wikileaks as a brand is something of a red herring for most financial institutions. Now interestingly Apple has all of a sudden joined the bandwagon of banning Wikileaks from its platform. In news today is the recent action of the tech giant where they removed an iPhone and iPad app from … Read more : Apple Pulls Plug On Wikileaks.

Android Gets Stunted SoundCloud

Android users have more reasons to cheer as the newly furnished SoundCloud is arriving on the popular SmartPhone platform. However the app actually cuts corners in a few features. We really think that some more polishing should have been done before rolling it out.
The app was very recently named as one of the Top … Original source on Gaea Times at : Android Gets Stunted SoundCloud.

Sibal meets Sunil Mittal, Anil Ambani on telecom sector concerns

NEW DELHI – Union Communications and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday met Bharti Airtel’s Sunil Mittal and Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group (ADAG) chairman Anil Ambani to discuss issues and ways to ensure that the growth of the telecom sector is not derailed.

Sibal is reportedly meeting … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Sibal meets Sunil Mittal, Anil Ambani on telecom sector concerns.

Rajya Sabha MP Chandrasekhar wants Standing Committee on IT to probe 2G scam

NEW DELHI – Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar has written to the members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology urging them to begin an independent probe into the 2G spectrum scam.

Chandrasekhar, who is himself a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, … Read more »»».

Most Common Passwords Divulged

LOS ANGELES (GaeaTimes)- There are a good bunch people who are getting more and more net savvy. The internet could be referred to as the center of technologies these days. If a person does not have the internet connection, then he or she is thought to be living in the Stone Age. Roughly, … Original source on Gaea Times at : Most Common Passwords Divulged.

UK paramedics criticised for posting pictures of daft antics on Facebook

LONDON – Paramedics in the UK have been criticised for posting pictures showing them fooling around on Facebook.

The pictures included the NHS emergency staff and 999 operators sleeping at desks, fooling with vacuum cleaners and pulling funny faces.

One snap showed a line of the South East Coast Ambulance Trust …. Read the original article  : UK paramedics criticised for posting pictures of daft antics on Facebook.