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Computer hackers can use power sockets to spy on what youre typing

Computer hackers can use power sockets to scout what people are typing, warn experts. hackers can use power sockets to scout what people are typing, warn experts. Researchers Andrea Barisani and Daniele Bianco, of Inverse Path, have revealed that poor shielding on some keyboard cables can allow hackers to identify each character typed on a computer. According to the BBC, the information passed along cables connecting keyboards to desktop PCs is leaked onto power circuits. "Our goal is to show that information leaks in the most unexpected ways and can be retrieved," the Telegraph quoted the researchers as saying. During the study, the research focused on the cables used to connect a type of keyboard, called a PS/2, to desktop PCs. They found that six wires inside a PS/2 cable were typically "close to each other and poorly shielded", thus information travelling along the data wire, when a key is pressed, leaks onto the earth wire in the same cable. The study said tha...

How to insert images and pictures in Gmail

How to insert images and pictures in Gmail Easy way Gmail is cool, really cool and I use it as my primary mail. I used to use other emails before but now I use gmail as my sole email. I even assess my office pop mail using gmail's pop collector. However, there are a few things that I like to see in gmail.1. You cannot insert images and pictures into gmail message. You can send them as an attachment but you cannot insert them into the message body.2. You cannot format the message using html. That is too bad.OK, they are too bad but you can still do these, and it is not difficult. Very easy indeed.To so these, first, open a google document. Write your message with message in it. Just write anything you want and insert any picture or image anywhere you want in the message. After you finish, just select the whole page and copy. Then go to gmail, open the compose window, and paste. Done! It is that easy.Now what if you want to do some html formatting? Go to google pages, create a new we...