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Google has launched a new effort to warn its users that they could be the victims of cyberattacks from hostile governments. Account-holders working in international relations, development and other sensitive areas have received messages from the search giant informing them of recent efforts to spy on their online history. The move comes after the company started detecting 'tens of thousands' of new hacking attacks originating in the Middle East. Warning: Google has sent this message to a number of at-risk users Google is a tempting target for hackers, as it is not focussed solely on search but also offers its users services such as email, mapping and Chrome, one of the most popular web browsers. This week, according to the  New York Times , users thought to have been targeted saw a message attached to their accounts saying, 'Warning: We believe state-sponsored attackers may be attempting to compromise your account or computer.' This is not the first t...

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that Facebook, Google+ companies should be asked to set up their servers in India. Gehlot drew the attention of those present at the Chief Ministers Conference here including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that communal elements had posted some proactive comments on Facebook which resulted in communal tension in a region of his state. "Effective action was taken immediately against the miscreants," he said and added that while his government complied with the idea of Freedom of expression, but it should not be misused by communal elements and needs to be dealt with all severity. "I would appreciate if these site could develop a system which by itself prevents posting of material with communal and anti-national overtones," he said. "As the servers of these social networking sites are located outside the country, it becomes an arduous task to obtain any information related to such incidents. "I wou...

Servers in Air with Drones The Pirate Bay is always looking at ways of improving itself, but the latest idea is "out there." The site is thinking about creating tiny, flying servers that would act as proxies for the site and hover several kilometers in the air. "One of the technical things we always optimize is where to put our front machines. They are the ones that re-direct your traffic to a secret location. We have now decided to try to build something extraordinary," The Pirate Bay  wrote . "With the development of GPS controlled drones, far-reaching cheap radio equipment and tiny new computers like the Raspberry Pi, we're going to experiment with sending out some small drones that will float some kilometers up in the air," it said. The Pirate Bay, against all odds and several attacks, is still up and running serving millions of users around the world.  The reason why the site has been able to function as long as it has and to continue to...

Experience the Cloud Computing by Flying Into the Cloud..Just Follow the steps to Set up your own private cloud system using   Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) , which is powered by the   Eucalyptus platform . The system is made up of one cloud controller (also called a front-end server) and one or more node controllers. The cloud controller manages the cloud environment. You can install the default Ubuntu OS images or create your own to be virtualized. The node controllers are where you can run the   virtual machine (VM)   instances of the images. System Requirements At least two computers must be dedicated to this cloud for it to work: One for the front-end server (cloud or cluster controller) with a minimum 1GHz CPU, 512MB of memory, CD-ROM, 40GB of disk space, and an Ethernet network adapter One or more for the node controller(s) with a CPU that supports Virtualization Technology (VT) extensions, 1GB of memory, CD-ROM, 40GB of disk space and an Etherne...