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A hoax message spreading on Facebook claims that “Medical research Authority of the US” has found a new cancer in human beings caused by “Silver Nitro oxide”. It warns users not to scratch any types of scratch cards using your nail, as it contains the compound which can cause “skin cancer”.

In a blog post, Microsoft announced that it has teamed up with the Mozilla team to release a new version of Firefox with Bing, which includes Bing as the default search engine. Well, don’t get too excited about that. This will be released as a separate version along with the default version which is powered by Google search.

A new scam is underway on Facebook with the title – “Take the Free $1,000 Walmart Gift Card Survey! [link]“, tricking users to click on the link and take an online survey in order to receive a free gift card. The scam also asks users to share the message with their friends in order to qualify for the prize, and that’s how the scam is being spread on the social network.

A new scam is reportedly spreading like wildfire on Facebook with the message “FREE £170 Worth of Tesco Vouchers [link]“, tricking users to click on the link and spread the same scam across the social network by sharing it with friends.

Uploading .exe files is generally not allowed on most online services like Gmail and Facebook. However, a vulnerability found in Facebook lets you attach .exe files and send them across to your friends and other people. This could be misused by hackers/spammers to send malicious files to any user on Facebook.

A political website – “FreeBieber.org” that launched a campaign in opposition to the U.S. Senate’s proposed “Commercial Felony Streaming Act” or “illegal streaming ” bill, offered a petition to stop the bill from passing, and as a part of the campaign, the site uploaded edited pictures of Justin Bieber behind bars and fake images of him being arrested.

With more than 800 million users, Facebook is taking security seriously, and in an aim to help users protect their accounts, the social networking giant has announced two new security improvements – Trusted Friends, and Application Passwords.

The social networking giant, Facebook is planning to build a new multi-million ‘mini town’ data center in the northern Swedish town of Lulea – the first outside the US, in order to improve the performance of the European users. It is said to be the largest of its kind in Europe.

Google on Tuesday announced and released a stable version of Chrome 15.0.874.102 with over more than two dozen of vulnerabilities. The Chrome team also implemented a defence against the BEAST SSL attack. There were 11 high-severity flaws, including URL bar spoof in history handling, various use-after-free issues, heap overflow in Web Audio, and cross-origin policy violations, which were fixed in the new version.

A new scam is reportedly spreading on Facebook, which claims that you can play Mario Kart on Facebook for free. This is click-jacking and like-jacking scam, which also offers you to complete some online surveys.

Who said Microsoft cannot invent? The Microsoft Research team are making use of most interactive and favourite interactivity solution, Kinect, in a research project that will definitely “wow” you. The project is named “HoloDesk”, which allows users to play or manipulate with virtual 3D objects, in an aim to bridge the gap between the real and the virtual world.

How nice would it be if the blind could walk around the streets without the white stick in their hand? That’s what Anirudh Sharma has been working since January 2011. Anirudh, who holds a Bachelor of Information Technology Engineering degree from Rajasthan Technical University, has developed a system called “Le Chal”, which is a Hindi translation for “Take Me There.”

After Google, which redesigned most of its services, the next on the list is the micro-blogging site Twitter, which has been quietly testing some new changes to its timeline. The new timeline brings contextual information right into your stream. This allows users to see in-line tweets, expand other tweets in conversation and view embedded media.

A new scam is reportedly spreading like wildfire on Facebook with the message “Eat for Free at Cheesecake Factory! [link]“, tricking users to click on the link and spread the same scam across the social network by sharing it with friends.