Lip-reading technology in cellphones lets you communicate soundlessly and securely

You may have been worried about the very private cellphone conversation between you and your loved ones or your business partners being overheard by someone nearby. So, sometimes you wish to just whisper on the mouth piece of the cellphone and hope the one on the other end to be able to hear it.

With the lip-reading technology, soon, cellphones will be equipped with the capability to read your lips and even you whisper on the phone or just move your lips, the person on the other end of the call will be able to get what you’re trying to say.

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Netgear ProSecure UTM 5 thread management system

No matter you’re into small or large businesses, you should be highly concerned of the security of your office’s computer network. NetGear has unveiled their latest thread management system, ProSecure UTM 5, which comes packed with lots of security technologies in just a single box, including firewall, SSL, IPSec VPN, URL filtering, network antivirus, and antispam protection. Amazingly, it costs below $300 each, which is definitely affordable for both small and large businesses.

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Zavio’s F511W IP security camera allows video monitoring on the iPhone, web browser

Zavio’s F511W is an IP-based security camera that can be connected to your home or office network via WiFi. The device allows the user to use any web browser including mobile browser on the iPhone or other smart phones to view the live video that it’s capturing.

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BeenVerified allows instant background check on your iPhone

BeenVerified has got an iPhone application that allows the instant background check of a person right on your iPhone. The BeenVerified Background Check app is definitely handy for those who’re headed for a date with a person that you might have just got to know online or via any speed dating or match-making websites.

Or for some small business owners who plan to meet up with some new clients, so you could just do a background check right on your iPhone of the person that you’re going to meet up with.

The BeenVerified.com Background Check app provides you details of person including the age, address history, relatives, even the properties or any criminal records associated with a person. The application even scans social networking sites to fetch their details and photos. And it can also verify each contact stored on your iPhone’s address book.

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Spy camera hides in ID card

How easy it is now to spy on someone. A spy camera can now come in the form of an ID card or a name badge, which you can wear around your neck and spy on the passers-by or your colleagues.

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GSM encryption cracked

This is bad news for GSM cellphone users. The encryption that protects the transmission of your voice data over the GSM networks, has been cracked by a group of 24 hackers in Berlin. Meaning that the voice calls transmitted over the GSM networks could possibly be eavesdropped or intercepted.

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Lockface USB flash drive lets your face unlock the data

Lockface USB flash drive comes with strong security protection for the data on it. But to unlock the drive to access the data, you do not have to key in password, what you have to do is to present your face. It uses face recognition technology that allows you and only you to access the data.

Lockface needs to work with the webcam of your computer. In order to get Lockface USB drive to remember your face, you’ve gotta register a number of pictures of your face. After that, the Lockface drive verifies your face every time you access the data on it. It doesn’t need any extra software to be installed on your computer.

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Trojan Email attacks Vodafone and Verizon customers

Customers of Vodafone and Verizon shall get yourself aware of a spam email which carries a Trojan and will be arriving at your inbox anytime. The email will come in the form telling you that your account has exceeded the limit. This email looks like it’s coming from Verizon or Vodafone with the subject “Your credit balance is over the limit” and also offers an attached “balance checker” for you to verify your payments.

But actually the so-called “balance checker”, which is a zip file, is actually a Trojan that can do more damage. The email also contains sentences such as “Please use the attached Verizon (or Vodafone) Balance Checker Tool to review and analyze your payments” ,to lure you into opening it. Once you open the attachment, you’ll then get infected with a Trojan called Regrun.

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Super tiny spy cam doubles up as a webcam

Here comes a little useful pint-sized spy cam which you can use to monitor what’s actually going on at one corner of your home. Or if you’re a journalist, it allows you to capture videos on the run without getting noticed easily. The tiny spy gadget can go completely wireless, by having it powered by two rechargeable batteries.

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Virtual Butler mirror pops up scary face to alert you of home events

The Virtual Butler is basically a server that presents itself as a mirror that has a scary face to pop up to tell you what’s going on in every corner of your home. The Virtual Butler can be connected to various home security gadgets including cameras, doors and alarms etc to receive feeds from them. And then alerts you with its scary face on the mirror.

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